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Originally Posted by D-EJ915 
that white amott is mega sexy, is it gloss? looks satin in that pic
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That's a good question. I've been talking to Itaru (Caparison's head designer), he told me their paint job process is fairly unique, and he explained to me how the different paint jobs change the tone in different ways. It's hard to explain though, I'm just paraphrasing. It's not a satin finish, but it's not your average finish either.
I know the guitars with the "Pro" designation in the specs have that special kind of paint job. Supposedly it brings out more of the low mids of the wood than their standard paint job.
The best I can summarize it for you would be: it's more or less regular white but its not your standard gloss white guitar. I also believe it's thinner (on purpose, for tonal reasons - many luthiers have told me over the years that the less paint on the guitar the better the tone, that's why Michael Sherman prefers to only use natural stains and not paint).