Last seen: Mar 27, 2025
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.
@RussYou just need to make it as neat as Tao Guitars do
I don't know what timescale they do it over, but I know PRS let their necks sit for a period after each stage of shaping so they can assess how they m...
I was looking at square rods, not sure if they would act more like the strips.But quite frankly, if a 2mm strip will do the job, I'll go with that, so...
Nice jig.Is there a reason you choose to shape the outline of the neck before routing for carbon and trussrod?
Caparison have trademarked the shape of their headstock, but not the tuner arrangement. This stuff really is a minefield!
They have two trademarks (well lots, but two we care about), one is for the shape, the other is specifically for the 4+2 arrangement, quoting from it"...
One thing I have learned today is that Ernie Ball trademarked the phrase"My guitar can kick you guitar's ass"(The trademark is now dead, so you don't ...