Nitrocellulose?

[Calaveras]

First off sorry if this has already been asked. I did a search and didnt find any threads.

So I was in a music store last week, and the resident old music store guy and I struck up a conversation about stingrays.
I mentioned that I like the older EBMM stingrays. The ones from the early 90's. Especially the necks. He asserted that the pre-gunstock oil necks were nitro. I thought only the pre EBMM guitars were nitro. All the Ernie Ball ones being poly.
My particular bass is a 93 stringray fretless. The neck is just nicer than anything else I've played. its glossy, but not sticky at all. So do I have a nitrocellulose axe or a polyester one?

 

[bovinehost]

That's not nitro on the glossy necks, nor were the finishes on the pre-EB Stingrays.

 

[58super]

Funny, I know the early EBMM were not nitro but I have an 86 trans red that has checked and aged just like nitro.

 

[Calaveras]

That's not nitro on the glossy necks, nor were the finishes on the pre-EB Stingrays.

so......what is it?
If the pre ebmm arent nitro they sure detiorate like it!

 

[bovinehost]

It's poly.

Poly will relic up just like nitro - only it takes about 4 times as long.

Some of that goopy poly they put on those pre-EBMMs was about 4 inches thick. Now THAT didn't relic like nitro - it went all cloudy and weird and crackly pretty easily.

 

[Calaveras]

I kind of doubted it when I heard nitro associated with EBMM. I have been thru this topic before, except concerning Tobias basses made before the Gibson buyout. I guess there is only a small window during which Mike might have shot nitro on his basses in Socal before it was legislated into not being worth it.
I think that was in 88?