@matt beels The situation is probably even worse now than it was two months ago because of Brexit affecting the few options from the EU. I don't know the regulations but when you consider that vanilla...

@matt beelsI know about Crystalac, I watch a lot of Highline Guitar videos.Solarez also looks very good (Near instant cure when exposed to ordinary sunlight rather than waiting a week before you can l...

@Boo That looks interesting, "Lacquer without aggressive odor, environmentally and human friendly.", like the sound of that/ have you tried it?

I'm looking for a water based clearcoat that can be applied without spray equipment, the tonetech seems to be one of the few marketed to guitar makers that is available in the UK.But I haven't found a...

Daaaaang, that’s some expensive paint! I didn’t really think about it from your other post about SM but doesn’t anyone in the UK have shielding paint?!? Crimson do it, RS have a spray lacquer, I'm su...

I think it's nuts too, I'm just relaying what the new rules are.I don't know how they're policing it, if at all.

I think there are plans for examples of all of those on this site (plus other stringed instruments like ukeleles and madolins) You have to pay if you want the actual plans, but you can get quite a goo...

@Rocknroller912I'm aware of how things used to work, but the law changed at the beginning of this year (see the link in my original post).Now for smaller consignments the seller (or the online marketp...

Wow, that is crazy. I think it's already ridiculous that you have to pay VAT on the shipping charge, but inventing a stupidly high charge so they can get VAT off it is criminal (morally speaking).

Colortone is available from Stewmac - sometimes they refuse to ship it but lately seems OK. I actually meant to write Transtint rather than Colortone, but it seems they are the same product anyway bu...

Interesting, according to gov.uk the VAT threshold is only £15 (duty is £135). I guess there's a degree of luck involved as to whether the customs officer dealing with your package can be bothered to ...

Yes, Stewmac aren't cheap, but they have so many cool looking things. But with the Stewmax option meaning there's no postage on individual orders, it becomes reasonable to make small orders. When I fi...

Maybe the customer wouldn’t realise if an air guitar was handed to him/her instead of a transparent guitar. If it was me I'm sure I would. The improved tone and lack of bum notes would be a dead give...

I don't know if this has been brought up here before, but at 11pm on December 31st the rules on VAT for goods imported to the UK changed for the whole world, not just the EU.Basically if a consignment...

On the subject of court fights over patents, even when you win you can lose.I'm a Software Engineer and many years ago worked for Sensaura, a company that evolved from a 3d sound project in EMI's Cent...

That's a plus, the customer has to come back to you for a replacement.

I just came across this, rather interesting. It's certainly put me off Angelus leather dyes (which is a shame, because they can be found quite affordably, have lots of colours and look great when Dere...

The overall aesthetics of Tao guitars don't click with me, though I wouldn't call them ugly as sin, there are much uglier guitars.But the individual elements of their guitars are outstanding.

I'll agree with you, and there may be a legal argument that it's a functional decision and not really a brand identifier. I don't know if that argument has ever gone to court, or if other companies ha...

@russ I'd say the control cavity of the blue one has hints of Swiss Watch about it.