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bcombs510
PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 7:06 pm 
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Met up with Colin North today to drink Scotch and talk shop! Colin, thanks for the hospitality whole I was in Scotland. Brexit or no Brexit we had a great time! Thanks for a tour of your shop and letting me play your fabulous guitars.

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Tom West
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Looks like someone did some serious damage to whatever was in that bottle..........................I'm quite sure you both have a great visit. CONGRATS.
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Colin North
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It was good to meet you Brad, come back anytime.


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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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More than three years later and a second chance to meet up with Colin. This time in Arbroath at a nice restaurant at the boatyard.

Great to see you, Colin!

Below is a pic of Colin with a truly lovely guitar he brought to the restaurant. I was glad to see it, hear it, and play it.

Colin told me a story about an older finger-style player who had an opportunity to play this guitar. He played a nice intricate piece. After finishing he commented to Colin that he’d not been able to pull the melody out like that on his own guitars. The ease with which the instrument played enabled him to be at his best. That’s a high compliment and what most of us are seeking with guitar building. Kudos to you, Colin.

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Nice!


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Colin North
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Great to see you and catch up Brad. hope it's not so long until next time!

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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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Nice


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alan stassforth
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Very cool!
Beauty of a guitar.
Any one know what became of Tom West,
who posted on this post years ago?
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Well done, lads!

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Hesh
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Very cool guys and scotch too!!! :)


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Colin North
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Can't beat a bottle of good Scotch!

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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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P.S. how do you post pics THAT big?

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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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You guys are both invited to come visit me too. As you can see I'm well stocked in Lutherie Supplies. :)

Hey it's for French polishing what else did you think that I did with it..... :D


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Nice section Hesh!

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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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Colin North wrote:
P.S. how do you post pics THAT big?


I used Tapatalk.

It’s interesting, I hadn’t noticed until now that Tapatalk no longer asks how large you want the image to be since the latest update. I’ll poke around to see if there is a setting preference. :)

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Haha, right on!


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