i have a question. what is the difference between acrylic and pearloid? i noticed gibson has those 2 as the main inlay material for there recent guitars. i also noticed acrylic looks a little more like MOP. could anyone fill me in?
I BELIEVE - not totally sure here - that the acrylic is a type of vinyl, while pearloid is celluloid. Having said that - Gibson is probably just denoting two different patterns of NON-mother-of-pearl inlay material... as opposed to the real McCoy* REAL MOP is very hard - brittle in fact. My old Guild has real pearl inlay. The fretboard has divots. The inlay is divot free. Totally hard stuff. *Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a luthier!
Great Pic Charlie!! I was always told that the mother-of-plastic they use is celluloid with ground up real MOP in it. I think it is horrible stuff anyway - kinda cute and kitschy on some nice old vintage guitar, but for gods sake their guitars are expensive enough to have real MOP or a better material than bloody plastic! rant over. ps Happy Noo year Charlie!
