Is the finish on this guitar a nitrocellulose finish? Or is it comparable to a kind of french polish? Thank you JB
Thank you for contacting us.
The finish is neither nitrocellulose nor french polish, but rather a type of polyurethane applied with special techniques.
On the back and sides there is a high gloss “HE” finish and on the soundboard a “HE matt finish”
https://www.hanika.de/en/guitars/recital-line/id-56-pf.html
if you look at another page on the hanika.de website you can see more information on each of these finishes.
https://www.hanika.de/en/materials.html#lacke
(the first section of this page is devoted to woods and the second section to finishes).
The high gloss HE finish on this page is called “UV-CURING ACRYLIC VARNISH HIGH-GLOSS FINISH” and is the right hand box on the first row. The “he matt finish” on this page is called “PUR* VARNISH HE MATT FINISH” and is the left hand box on the second row.
Hanika guitars in general are finished to an extremely high standard but always with a view to minimising the weight of varnish on the soundboard.
Please email or phone if you have more questions,