I seem to remember reading someone's post that the Fender Highway Ones' nitro finish is either covered by poly or it's a poly base covered by nitro... anyone know which it is? What would you do to make one a bit more scratch/ding-resistant? Can I just add a few more coats of Reranch's clear nitro finish to a body to make it tougher? If it's coated in poly, will nitro stick to it? Thanks!

I would also like to know this, and does anyone have a picture of what the highway1 looks like when its began to "wear" in so to speak?

I believe it's nitro over poly so...
wood->poly->nitro

Anyone else? I don't want to just start spraying nitro lacquer all over the place...

correction, you start spraying poly lacquer all over the place

....because...it should have polyurethane on top of the nitro?

I thought it was straight Nitro, but I could be wrong. Ibanezcollector also has pictures of the results of a mojoed Highway 1.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=380661

It's nitro over a sealing coat which could be polyester or polyurethane. I was just playing one a couple days ago. The nitro is pretty thin it looks like and will wear off easily.

I see no reason why you couldn't apply clear nitro over it, after cleaning it up first of course, just to get rid of oil and wax.

It's nitro over a sealing coat which could be polyester or polyurethane. I was just playing one a couple days ago. The nitro is pretty thin it looks like and will wear off easily.

I see no reason why you couldn't apply clear nitro over it, after cleaning it up first of course, just to get rid of oil and wax.


That sounds good. This thing will look awesome when it's done. :)