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I just got accepted to the Lincoln College's guitarmaking program. Not sure what to expect but I was told by the interviewer that it will be mostly hand tool. Wish me luck on this because I will need to do something about my machines, and a lot of other things too... the program starts in September.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Best of luck Tai, sympathize with the machinery.
I've just bought a set of plans from one of teachers there, James Lister, for my first classical build. http://www.jameslisterguitars.co.uk/ListerGuitars/GuitarPlans.html
Quite impressed with the look of them.

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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.

You need to take a very big hammer to them. That college is also known as The College of the Lincoln Luddites.

You'll probably come back a devout clog wearing hand tool convert!

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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.

Well done, Tai. Wish I could join you.

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We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at guitars.

Awesome, I'm sure you'll get a lot out of it!

Congrats!

That is an excellent career move! Lucky guy!!!

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Joe Beaver
Maker of Sawdust

Good for you, Tai! Don't worry about the amount of hand tool use. You'll be able to apply much of what you learn to power tool use, with the added bonus of learning to "read" wood much better than if you used power tools alone. Best of luck, and remember to keep us up to date!

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

Excellent! Congrats! I don't think there's a better investment than one's education.

Are the courses only in England?

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久保
美智え

Well, I can't do courses in the US, I don't know much about Australia (I'm not even sure I want to go there... just about any animal is poisonous there), so for now all I can see is UK. There isn't anyone offering any serious luthier courses in Taiwan.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

That's cool. More power to you man. It must be a big change to go to uk for a year! I looked around where I lived but you have to know German fairly well. While I am fluent, I am just not fast enough in the language yet to go to school with technical terms. They do have a lot of schools for violin making around here though.

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久保
美智え

I'm told European luthiers tend to be traditional, probably not a bad thing because perhaps I can attract clients who are more affluent...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Good luck, and welcome to Europe

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Rian Gitar og Mandolin

Are you fine with Korea? I perhaps have a "teacher" for you there....

I don't know... I do not know Korean and after being in Asia for so long, I'd like to get out for a change. Though I'd love to stop by Germany sometimes and look at your giant bandsaw...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com