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Ordered 14th July 16:46hrs - just arrived 17th July 13:00 hrs at my house, in Scotland! (and we're hours behind the US!)

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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.

Can't beat that. It's not unusual to get stuff from StewMac here the day after I order.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Yes, but Stewmac -> fedex, -> airport -> transatlantic flight to UK -> clear customs Milton Keynes, England -> local depot Aberdeen (500 miles) -> delivery to me in Inverurie, epic.

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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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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Wow! hahahah! That's great. I just live a couple states away and I have gotten deliveries next day but usually it's two.

It is pretty awesome, how well StewMac understands how to make that happen. It raises the bar for other vendors, that's for sure. I always factor in transit time when I am deciding where to buy an item that multiple vendors carry. StewMac wins my vote a lot of the time, just based on transit time alone.

90% of the time it’s 1-2 days. Comparatively, I ordered a back and side set on the 7th and got it yesterday, the 16th.

I live about 2.5 hour drive from SM’s building. I think the post office must have taken the scenic route.


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TBH, normally small items are arouind 10 days.
This one arrived so quickly I hadn't had a good opportuntiy to let the wife know I'd ordered something.

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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.

If they get any better at this, we'll be getting stuff before we order it!

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formerly known around here as burbank
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A few years ago I ordered a guitar repair vice from Stewmac around 6 pm on a Saturday evening. It was delivered to me by DHL in Tasmania at 10 am on the following Tuesday morning. I still can't believe it. But Covid wasn't slowing things down back then.

I bought stuff from Alaska Specialty Woods, arrived faster than I anticipated, you know COVID and all that.

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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.

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"Practice enough till the results aren't hopes but expectations" forum member Peter Havriluk

I had a small item (string lifter) declared lost in the post after a month, they sent another immediately, arrived in 5 days.

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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.