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A customer brought in a guitar made by British luthier Rob Armstrong and it needs a neck reset. I drilled thru the 15th fret to inject steam but there doesn't appear to be the usual void at the end of the dovetail as on most older acoustic guitars. I've done resets on dozens of Guilds, Gibsons, Gretschs, etc. so this is a bit of a dilemna. I'd hate to cut the fingerboard at the 14th fret to find out what type of joint it has. Has anybody any knowledge of his guitars? I've searched the web and there's little info available on him.

Steve,

I've sent you a pm.

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

Thanks Dave, that's one link I didn't find.

PM? Was this neck joint designed by Mi6?

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Pat

LOL

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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.