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Colin North
PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:07 pm 
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Had an '82 D28 in for a refret (and side crack repair) which I've just finished.
Thanks to John Hall's advice, the required compression refret (and the supplies) has worked out really well.
Ready to go out the door with 12's on it, action 2.4/1.4mm (a bit less than 6-4/64ths), just enough relief not to buzz when played quite "firmly" in DADGAD (owner plays in a ceilidh band)
Many thanks John.

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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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John is the best.
He has helped me out, with personal instruction, on more than one occasion.

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