@matt beelsThe 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 t...

@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 su...

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

Crimson do it, RS have a spray lacquer, I'm sure there are others.They're all expensive though, and for the amount he's got the StewMac seems to be a ...

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 yo...

@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 smal...

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 ...

I actually meant to write Transtint rather than Colortone, but it seems they are the same product anyway but marketed under different brands.It's a sh...

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 offi...

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 b...

If it was me I'm sure I would. The improved tone and lack of bum notes would be a dead giveaway.

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

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 e...

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 argumen...

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