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 Post subject: Nick Lucas on stage
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 12:33 pm 
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First name: Ed
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City: Chestertown
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Zip/Postal Code: 21620
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A year and a half ago I posted about a Nick Lucas Special that I made for my daughter who plays blues in Brooklyn NY. She always plays a 1937 National Duolian on stage, but last weekend she travelled to our little Eastern Shore community in MD and did a show and she brought along the Nick. This is the first time I have seen her play it on stage. She sang a few songs, including Creole Belle by John Hurt, the first song she asked me to teach here when she was 13:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSR0kSIIuxY

She also has a repair shop (brooklynlutherie.com) and I had a chance to hear it next to a real Nick and it performed reasonably well. This small mahogany/sitka guitar sounded very similar but did not have as much volume.

Here is the build story on that guitar:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ruby1638/9538400539/in/album-72157635130471994/

I am so glad I finally got to see it in real action

Ed Minch


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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 1:47 pm 
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That's really good stuff,
I also have a daughter who sings and plays a 13 fret Nick Lucas I built, go girls!


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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:46 pm 
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Pretty cool to see your daughter perform and with one of your guitars. I have a son so if I built a Nick Luca I suppose it would be safe but it's already too late for my D28 - dang kids think if you have it then it's theirs too gaah

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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:54 pm 
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Mamie is the bomb! I like her Stewmac video she did too.

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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
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Loved the performance by your daughter, and loved all the background info just as much.


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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
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Excellent!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.


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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 9:56 pm 
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Thanks all

I am still high 2 weeks later

Ed


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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
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Very nice Ed, and some of my favorite music. No frills, no flash and no bang. Just honest tunes.


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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
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Love it. You nailed that gutsy old Gibson sound! John Hurt is one of my favorites.

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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
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Ruby50 wrote:
Thanks all

I am still high 2 weeks later

Ed


As you should be. Excellent work by both of you. What a wonderful thing!

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 Post subject: Re: Nick Lucas on stage
PostPosted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:41 am 
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Very nicely done indeed! [clap]

Thanks for sharing.

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