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 Post subject: Morris guitar neck reset
PostPosted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:16 pm 
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Does anyone here have experience with these Japanese guitars. I have a real nice sounding one I may purchase but it needs a neck reset. I wonder if they are dovetailed and what kind of glue they may have used.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:05 pm 
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Morris? Japanese? I thought these were made in Vermont?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:41 pm 
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Don Williams wrote:
Morris? Japanese? I thought these were made in Vermont?

'fraid not - factory in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan.

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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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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:09 pm 
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I bought one when building log homes in Japan in '89. It was a great guitar. Sold it to one of the other carpenters when I left. Sorry, don't know how the neck is attached though.


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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:19 pm 
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Slight aside....There is (or was) a luthery school in Vermont with the same name. My favorite classical guitar has a Morris from Vermont label inside. It developed a crack, and I emailed asking about the finish before I cleated it. Got a nice answer back that it's lacquer. Roy


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