Curiosities, news and historical information on new colours and products
Which wood to choose to build your guitar?
Woods for Electric Guitar Bodies: Properties and Applications The choice of [...]
History of gold colours on the guitar
History of golden tones on the guitar At NitorLACK we currently offer five [...]
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” on 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 […]