Colin Scott
Educational content creator with a mission to bring understanding to the mysterious world of guitar technology.
Colin has been making video content for CSGuitars since 2011, working to educate musicians on the technical aspects of the equipment they use to make music.
Through a unique perspective of scientific analysis and a tinkerer’s interest in how things work, Colin’s videos are a must for anyone seeking a geekier explanation of how their favourite tones are generated.
‘Guitartan’ - a multiscale Flying V built from a whisky cask top and Scott clan tartan.
If you couldn’t already tell from the accent, Colin is from Scotland; growing up in South Lanarkshire, but now living near Edinburgh.
He is no stranger to wearing a kilt, eating haggis, having a wee dram in the evening, and has even built the most Scottish guitar: the whisky barrel topped ‘Guitartan’ as part of the 2021 Great Guitar Build Off invitational competition.
Colin regularly includes elements of his heritage and culture into his work, so that no one can ever be in any doubt of where he’s from.
Embodying the welcoming nature and ingenuity that Scots are known for, Colin hopes to display a positive representation of his country to his worldwide audience.
Graduating with a Master’s degree in Physics with Visual Simulation from the University of Strathclyde, Colin shares alumni status with famous Scottish inventors and scientists such as John Logie Baird (inventor of the television), Henry Faulds (developing fingerprinting techniques), and James Young (paraffin distillation).
Colin has worked as an electronic technician for an R&D smart hydraulics company, wiring control cabinets, modifying PCBs and making many, many sensor cables for hydraulic test rigs.
A few years in electronics retail tempered his ability to explain complicated technology in terms that could be understood by anyone, alongside the ability to understand a problem and provide a solution based on an extensive knowledge of a wide product range.
All of this built on top of a deep interest in electronics, robotics, and mechanical engineering from a young age has distilled itself into an uncanny ability to answer almost any technical question with knowledge and authority.
This education allows Colin to work on live amplifiers, solder guitar electronics, and wind fantastic sounding pickups, under the brand Heraldry Pickups, with ease.
“for the good of mankind and the improvement of science, a place of useful learning” - John Anderson, founder of University of Strathclyde
Youtube thumbnail for ‘Boss HM-2W - Analysing the NEW Waza Chainsaw | Gain Appreciation’ which looks at the distortion effect on both a circuit level and in practical terms through scope traces.
Circuit comparisons and animated graphics are a common inclusion in ‘Science Of Loud’ videos
Restoring dirty guitars that have fallen into disrepair is the core objective of ‘Axe From The Grave’. The most popular video in the series has accrued almost 1 million views to date.
With over a decade of online content creation experience, Colin specialises in promoting educational video content through the Science of Loud Youtube channel.
Science Of Loud offers musicians the ability to understand their equipment in a more in depth and technical fashion than is found on any other guitar show online.
This has prompted many leading industry brands such as Boss, Orange Amplification, and Walrus Audio to seek out CSGuitars as part of their product launches and promotion, providing a scientific perspective to an ever more technical product range.
Popular video series ‘Too Afraid To Ask’ takes viewer questions about the fundamental principles behind guitar technology and answers them using example products, often breaking the problem down to a circuit level, or analysing the physics of the situation.
’Gain Appreciation’ sees Colin utilise oscilloscope traces to visually showcase the waveform changes made by popular overdrive and distortion effects, giving viewers a more tangible understanding of what their effects pedals do.
Guitar restoration series ’Axe From The Grave’ documents the processes required to repair and maintain instruments. Improving performance is at the heart of the series and as such modification projects are also included under this heading.
All of these shows can be viewed in convenient playlists on the Science of Loud Youtube channel.
If you’d like to see your products featured on Science Of Loud with the signature scientific analysis CSGuitars is known for, please get in touch via the CONTACT page.
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