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BTW, the LP Studio should have had the color mixed into the lacquer, not a stain on the body.

Also, oil based lacquer when sprayed correctly should dry pretty much on contact with the wood.

Lastly, each coat of lacquer melts into each other. This is why it’s fairly easy to repair a lacquer finish on an older guitar. Doesn’t matter how old the lacquer is, any new coats will melt into the old. With Polyurethane, each layer lays on top of each other, making finish repairs more difficult down the road. You can sand into a poly finish and see the layers.

Look171: the finish will affect the sound of acoustic or electric guitars. When I built my LP I went out of my way to replicate the finishing techniques exactly as Gibson did it in ‘59. Granted, the exact composition of today’s oil based lacquer isn’t anywhere near what it was back then, I drove far to source it as close as I could.