Great session today! Mark, please don't be too frustrated with the lack of practical in balance with the questions. They were excellent Qs and fascinating informative replies. The same information ma...

so I was wondering if anyone had any recent experience of ordering smaller shipments (less than £135) from them? @jonhodgson Yeah I did and I didn’t get charged any VAT/import tax or whatever you wan...

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.

But for consignments less than that, the seller is supposed to collect the VAT, and then pay it to HMRC, for which they have to be registered for UK VAT and keep relevant paperwork How the hell does ...

Only yesterday, I requested Dancing Fool on a friends radio show. Something in the waters????

Light colours, especially greys and blues are notoriously bad for fading. If you use one of these then try to make sure you have a UV rated lacquer to protect the stain underneath. I think this can al...

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...

Colortone is available from Stewmac - sometimes they refuse to ship it but lately seems OK.

Thanks Matt I heard Mark call it "sucky sweet" when referring to guitars with high gloss - clear laquer finish in a video (don't ask me which one) and it made me laugh. I really like stains that show...

@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...

Just caught up with today's live stream after having to leave early. Another great session. Enjoying watching the progress even though I'm no where near building a guitar yet. 🙂🎸...

But I'm going for my covid vaccine tomorrow, that'll be like having a day out. Hope that goes well @robin. Spoke to my old mum earlier this eve - she had hers a couple of weeks ago, and had no react...

That was an epic session today - thanks Mark for all the time put into that, and thanks to Carol too! It was so long, that I had to eat my lunch whilst watching. Don’t think anyone noticed though. ...

We are allowed out for essential food shopping only and there isn't much else open anyway. And we can't even stop off for a click and collect at Toolstation on the way home from a hospital appointmen...

@mattbeels We are allowed out for essential food shopping only and there isn't much else open anyway. Even take away food shops are delivery only unless they have an outdoor serving hatch. Also for ex...

Thanks Mark It's from the competition I'm afraid; Crimson water based stain, penetrating oil, then a layer of carnauba wax. The neck was taken to 1500 grit then oiled using 2000 grit paper and it's li...

Looks cool - what finish/stain did you use?

After myhowling balls up with that neck the other week, I wanted something to do whilst waiting for replacement wood so I decided to revisit the first guitar I made. It started life as single humbucke...

My favourite song today:

@mattbeels It was a good session today longest one ever I think nearly two hours. Your trip sounds good we are still not allowed to go anywhere.