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Originally Posted by rockabilly69
Nice sounding guitar, but for the life of me, I can't figure why H&D used a polyurethane finish on $4000 guitar?
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Maybe because it's the most widely used finished in today's guitars and many people prefer it to nitro.
I'm going to be very bold and say there is really no difference in tone between the two. There are SO many other factors that effect tone you could argue to ad nauseum about why one guitar sounds better to one person than another and the finish would be way down the list of factors.
The main factor that effects a guitars tone in my experience is the expertise of the player. More practice produces good tone, that is if the practice is intentional. Less time on the minors and more time on the majors is what all of us musicians need if we are seeking the best tone. If we just want to nit pick things we can't definitively prove then the forums are the place to be.