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Message:: [QUOTE="Chinoiserie, post: 13115264, member: 79460"]Hello and thanks for the advice. I decided to take the plunge yesterday and try and smarten the fret board up because it looked terrible. I found the coating to slightly dissolve in alcohol so I think it is shellac. I think the whole guitar had been covered in it. The back and table are in reasonable condition but the side panels, neck and headstock are poor. I'm tempted to look at these in the future but nor sure yet. I won't be touching the table as I don't want to go anywhere near the work around the sound hole. Anyway, I'm really pleased with the fret board finish. I stripped it with nitromors, wiped all the stuff off and then sanded it with p600 then p2000 when dry. I applied bees wax and furniture polish and it has come up good. Oh and I found this info regarding Ricardo Sanchis guitars. Some higher end models go for crazy amounts but I think this is a lower end one. The label in it seems generic and there is no serial number on it. "I believe it's a workshop guitar made under Ricardo Sanchis Carpio's supervision. Sanchis Carpio is primarily a flamenco builder who used to build for the Conde workshop (a number of '90s Condes were actually built by him). Headstock crown matches Sanchis Carpio, but I believe he had two lines: his own luthier built ones with his full name; and then more inexpensive models with labels that have varied over the years ("Ricardo Sanchis" or "Sanchis Lopez"), which were built by his sons or other workers in the shop. I'm not 100% an expert on this, but I can say that's legit though I think it's more of a "student" guitar. " [ATTACH=full]559102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]559103[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]559104[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]559105[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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