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Colin North
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Customer sent some pictures, which I didn't get before releasing into the wild.
OMC with soundport, 23 mm wedge - EIR with Lutz top, 650 mm scale length
Redwood burl rosette
Bubinga bindings
Swietenia macrophylla neck
Honduran Rosewood FB, bridge and Headplate.
EnduroVar Gloss
Gotoh 510 engraved tuners
JJB prestige 330 pickup with volume control


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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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James Orr
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Beautiful, Colin.


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We have a winner!

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That's a real looker! The details look flawless. I imagine somebody is going to have a Merry Christmas!
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Very niice. What finish do you use?
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Colin North
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It's EnduroVar Gloss

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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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Really nice looking.

So what is going on with that bridge? Are the strings terminated at the back of the bridge? Are the circles at the back of the top of the bridge just ornamental?

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Colin North
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You mean the Parisian Eyes in the bridge pins?

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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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Right. Got ya. Couldn’t see the pins clearly. D
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Colin North
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Yup, sorry about the quality of the pics.

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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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That’s a beauty, Colin!


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That's pretty. Did you have trouble bending the Bubinga for the binding?

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Kind of, bent ok, as close as I could, but had to clamp it in at the cutaway as it didn't confirm to the rise and fall if that makes sense

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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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Makes sense. I've only bent two sets of Bubinga and they both came from a board I resawed - it was really hard to bend, that's why I was curious.

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A real beauty, Colin. I like tops with that cross-silking. I also like that there's no back strip. With wood that nice you don't need any distraction.

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Lovely work Colin
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Nice looking guitar.
Those are some fancy looking tuners!
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