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Old 04-23-2012, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jimmybee View Post
Stratokatsu ( what the heck does that mean?)
Easy... My favorite guitar is a Strat...

The scream a Karate master makes when he or she breaks a brick, a board or a hand... is called a Katsu. That's not what they say, but rather, it's the description of the sound. It means 'the scream of my soul"

It just sort of popped into my head when I was trying to think up a screen name for a forum about 20 years ago. I was reading the book Zen Guitar and came to the chapter named Katsu. Thinking about the name I needed and how Katsu sounded like caster, the Strat part and katsu just fell together.

Some might say I haven't had another creative thought since then.

Unfortunately, over the years I've grown to play about 99% acoustic and almost no electric anymore. I've simply become too well known by that name and changing it to something like Martinkatsu or Taylorkatsu just sound right, does it?
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