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On the open Cmaj7 a G,F, E on the 1st, D and open B on the 2nd, same on the Fmaj7, a G on the 1st string for the Fm6, on the two D9 and C9 add a note on the 1st string two frets up with your little finger- don't forget to add a Abmaj7 to the Cmaj7 and Bbmaj7 when you move down the fretboard, John- and end or start your verse with a Cmaj scale played from D to D- D E F G A B C D, then the open Cmaj7 again.
I came up with Cmaj7, C9, Fmaj7, Fm6, Cmaj7, D9, then Cmaj7 up the fretboard, Bb maj7, Abmaj7, Fm6 and the open Cmaj7, in that order.

The string doesn't get wrapped around, Olly, it just goes through the hole twice, which eliminates string pressing on string as the string is tightened. Have you had the guitar a long time, by the way? I havn't seen a locking nut in years.

I can understand that, and you have a little one or two as well, don't you, at home? I don't do anything but garden or read or listen to music at home- the only guitar-related  stuff I do at home is typing and printing lesson material- 5 or 6 hours at work is enough.

Need to tune your guitar every time you pick it up?  Who needs it... OK, here's a little technique called lock-tight familiar to anyone who's worked with Fillipino musicians, most SE Asian guitarists and many aussie musicians as well.
When you re-string, rather than taking the string a little of the way through the hole and then winding it, take it all the way through the hole, pull it tight without kinking it, then put it through the hole again .
Then tune the string- you will be able to replace the string in a fraction of the usual time required using the traditional method, string breakage is reduced by around 80% and the strings will hold their tune, in some cases, for weeks.
There is another string technique called forcefield which I will be happy to post if anyone wants it, but personaly I find lock-tight to be the most effective.

Well, on the down side in TABS there is no indication of counting ie: the value of each note and the pace of the piece, but how often are you going to play a piece you have never heard? The big plus in TABS, I think, is the fact that there is no need for a stack of ledger lines on the top of the staff- and, as for pace, most printed music I see now doesn't have a metronome setting anyway, so I guess the publishers assume the musician to have heard the piece before they first play it and therefore know the speed at which it is played.
Sheet music, though, is far easier to work with if you are playing the piece as a solo, that is playing the melody or voice line combined with the chords.

same old, same old.

Did you have your site designed and set up for you, Olly? And if so, was it expensive?

Do you retail using drop shipping? Most wholesalers here won't work on that basis, and margins are around 30%- no where enough to cover down-time and overheads, I feel, in todays economic climate. Freedom, who produce a vast range of pretty much every musical instrument under the Chinese sun, and are well worth checking out, work on a 100% margin through their disributors here- quality is that of gear that retails for at least double the RR. I assume they sell into the UK, Olly. Just a thought....

One word? Right now, after a Sat of non-stop group music teaching from 8.30 to 2PM..?
Well, it starts with an F, and it ends in ed

Well, I hope you have better results from eBay than I had- and not just Ebay but about another 6 local aussie and international online sales and auction portals, with the aim of establishing a viable online addition to the retail sales I have at the moment from my music business...the end result for guitars that were high quality and I thought very keenly priced was a big fat zero. Which is why I find Olly's site and the range of gear available so impressive- it wouldn't be there unless it sells, I guess.
I've got to say it's a whole lot harder to sell online than I thought it would be.

Take a look at the learntoplaymusic site, or search under ""Progressive music books"", Olly..they produce a huge range of adults and kids instruction books, mostly keyboard and guitar, available all over the world, which come with a CD and DVD so they can be used to teach yourself if you have some basic musical knowledge. We use the kids Keyboard books for kids music classes and retail them for 20 bucks.

If you are playing directly over the pick-ups the noise is more noticeable, so moving your right hand position slightly is one option- also the more vertical your pic is the less pic noise is transmitted, playing flatter increases it... and possibly the best option is to move to coated strings, such as Elixers.