Your favorite kind of guitar finish?

[Dan Gleesak]

I'm not too choosey really, a guitar either speaks to me or it doesn't
I typically shy away from gloss though

 

[ccn]

Last time I finished a bare wood body I just went with an oil finish because it seemed easiest . Biggest benefit is scratches never show on it . I also like nitro gloss finishes but they scratch way too easy .


I wish I had the attitude of EVH , the below is something that cracked me up when I first read it a long time ago.

Eddie was never terribly concerned with the aesthetics of his guitars beyond his trademark stripes. Wear and tear was a good thing. As beautiful as his EBMM sigs were, he just used and abused them. Michael Anthony even recounted once that Ed was frustrated that Mike had a bass that looked too beautiful - figured wood, nice finish, no wear. So he grabbed it from Mike and made gouges in the front of it with a screwdriver. Mike was pissed, but the damage was done.

Back in the day, this is something that made EVH who he was. It was an awkward learning curve, but he never really adhered to conventional... anything, if he could help it.

 

[midnightlaundry]

I like both kinds.. Country and Western