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geetarman77
 Post subject: Chechen anyone?
PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 10:16 pm 
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I recently purchased this set of Chechen wood. So far it seems kinda brittle. Pretty hard. Sides were tough to bend.

Anyone ever use? Thoughts? Image


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meddlingfool
 Post subject: Re: Chechen anyone?
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What's it tap like?
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Joe Beaver
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Interesting. Looks kind of like a dark ash.

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Colin North
 Post subject: Re: Chechen anyone?
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http://www.wood-database.com/chechen/

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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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Clinchriver
 Post subject: Re: Chechen anyone?
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Got this from Hibdon Hardwood, hard to believe its the same stuff. Very tough interlocked grain, had to hit my plane blade on the hone a couple of times to get a clean cut. Taps like wet cardboard but its gorgeous.


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Colin North
 Post subject: Re: Chechen anyone?
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Seems to vary quite a lot -
http://shop.espen.de/en/Tonewood-Acoustic-Guitars/Back-Sides/Western-Jumbo/Back---Sides-Caribbean-Rosewood-Western-with-sapwood-A---FSC--.html

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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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B. Howard
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Doesn't look anything like the Chechen I have used in the past.....

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James Ringelspaugh
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The chechen I've seen was really rich in browns and reds... really beautiful and colorful wood.
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Bryan Bear
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The chechen I have seen looks just like what clinchriver posted. I have a set but have not yet used it. It is beautiful stuff the verigated grain has a ton of different colors in it.

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