@tv1010101
Ayr has always been a good place for live music. When I lived there in the 70s every weekend was solid music sessions from end of work on Friday to Sunday night closing time. 

@tv1010101 Ive just been looking at the photos of your instruments which are all wonderful. Don’t think you will have any problem making friends with this quality of work, especially if you have more guitars than you need. Everybody will…   Read more»

I’m hoping to do a course sometime if they ever start again. Only about two hours for me and as long as the parking is motorbike friendly. 

Looks great finished

Marcel
I think that a common theme with professional musicians, they have never got any money and usually manage to get things for free because people feel sorry for them. I’ve just traded a job for free jazz guitar lessons.

@jonhodgson In my experience it’s not what type of finish you apply that makes the difference between good and bad results, it’s the wood preparation and attention to detail like flatting between coats and the final rubbing/polishing. Most finishes look…   Read more»

What are you finishing acoustic or electric guitar

@robin
I think it’s a bit like greenheart which is used in sea water piers because it doesn’t rot. 

@tv1010101 There are quite a few UK suppliers, just need to have the patience to search for them.  Some only have limited supplies and it’s often repair guys who have made their own tools then decide to sell them to…   Read more»

@tv1010101
The owner had varnished the back of the neck with ordinary polyurethane several years ago and he wanted it back to bare wood and re-sprayed. The varnish I had to scrape off was thicker then the FB. 

I would say it’s a bad idea because the zero fret is under string pressure all the time and is bound to wear faster than the other frets. Ive repaired lots of guitars with zero frets and also think that…   Read more»