Curiosities, news and historical information on new colours and products
What is the best time of the year to paint your guitar?
What is the best time of the year to paint your guitar? The […]
History of the colour TV Yellow
History of TV Yellow, one of Gibson's most intriguing colours of the 1950s [...]
History of the Fender Blonde finish
History of the Fender Blonde finish When Fender launched the first mass-produced [...]
Water-based varnishing, everything you need to know
Water-based varnish for guitars, everything you need to know In this article [...]
Problems in the varnishing process: Orange Peel
Frequent problems in the varnishing process: Orange Peel During the repainting process different […]
Nitro finish: Is it the best option to varnish a guitar?
What is the best option to varnish your guitar? One of the topics […]
The Les Paul Story
Lester William Polsfuss (Les Paul), el “the waukesha magician”. Les Paul is one […]
History of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar at the Monterey Pop Festival.
Sunday 18 June 1967. Third and final day of the Monterey International Pop […]
covid and rock at present
How has the pandemic influenced the guitar world? When rock's biggest believers claimed [...]
How to paint nitrocellulose guitar from scratch step by step
In this blog post we want to show you step by step how [...]
The real history of Relic Guitars.
In the history of relic guitars there are 2 main protagonists Jay W […]
We paint a guitar with a conventional spray.
At Nitorlack we have tried to paint a guitar with a standard spray [...]
How to care for your guitar: 10 tips
The care of your guitar is the most important point to extend the […]
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s first guitar will be auctioned
“Jimbo”, a Fender Broadcaster that belonged to Jimmie Ray Vaughan, but that eventually […]
Digital printing applied to the guitar
The guitar sector has always seemed to me a very reluctant sector to […]
Nitrocellulose varnishes: everything you need to know
What is true in everything that is said about nitrocellulose? And why do […]
New Polyurethane Primer
The client is one of the pillars of Nitorlack, hence the importance of […]
The colors fender in the 60s
In the 1950s, America’s fascination with the car skyrocketed, largely due to the […]
GIBSON colors in the 60s
Gibson unlike Fender did not easily adopt the concept of offering custom color […]
Tips to spray paint your guitar
The spray or aerosol was devised in the 1920s and has since become [...]
The value of “handmade”
We often find the label “handmade” in all kinds of objects, from food […]
The importance of varnish vibration wood
The first article of this blog we would like to dedicate a hotly […]
Learning to varnishing shellac
The lacquer is an easy to do, but slow, it takes time and […]