Whats New Pussycat - Feline Guitars Updates thread.

PaulTheAged · June 2018

Whilst England are still in the World Cup we should all be singing this song

PaulTheAged · June 2018

FelineGuitars · June 2018

Could this be Three Lions on a Shirt?

Paul - with those guitars you are clearly winning , even when Palace or England aren't.

Hattigol · June 2018

Can't resist this, given the tenuous link with the title thread....

What's brass and sounds like Tom Jones?

Trombones.

(Here all week).

FelineGuitars · June 2018

My latest plaything - The Tabby GT

Basically an alder bodied Feline tabby with the extended cutaway on the rear and body comfort contours

Neck is a 3 piece quartersawn maple with some nice flame figuring,12" radius fingerboard with Dunlop 6000 fretwire and an Earvana nut. Neck fixings are via Grainger's threaded inserts in the neck and allen bolts.

Inlays are Paua abalone for the front and side markings are OTT size Luminlay (glow in the dark) within a black circle.

neck has an oil finish while the painted bits are all nitrocellulose

Fab racecar paintwork by @lamf68 ;

Hardware is a Schaller Hannes Bridge (similar to what we have been using on the Blackmachine guitars) and Ratio Tuners.

Pickups are Bare Knuckle - Miracle Man humbucker and a Slow hand strat puckup with a steel baseplate at the neck

Controls are CTS pots , Jensen tone cap and a switchcraft jack in an Electrosocket.

Cavities screened with our Nickel screening paint.

Kebabkid · June 2018

Nice work Jonathan - that's a beaut!

hubobulous · June 2018

Yeah, that Tele is cool

DrCornelius · June 2018

PaulTheAged said:

Tip of the hat to another Palace fan on here, that's 3 of us I know of now :-)

CHrisP86 · June 2018

And all three of us palace fans have owned that red Lion as well!

FelineGuitars · July 2018

Tabby Madcat - TAFKAP coming along nicely

jeztone2 · July 2018

FelineGuitars said:

My latest plaything - The Tabby GT
Basically an alder bodied Feline tabby with the extended cutaway on the rear and body comfort contours
Neck is a 3 piece quartersawn maple with some nice flame figuring,12" radius fingerboard with Dunlop 6000 fretwire and an Earvana nut. Neck fixings are via Grainger's threaded inserts in the neck and allen bolts.
Inlays are Paua abalone for the front and side markings are OTT size Luminlay (glow in the dark) within a black circle.
neck has an oil finish while the painted bits are all nitrocellulose
Fab racecar paintwork by @lamf68
Hardware is a Schaller Hannes Bridge (similar to what we have been using on the Blackmachine guitars) and Ratio Tuners.
Pickups are Bare Knuckle - Miracle Man humbucker and a Slow hand strat puckup with a steel baseplate at the neck
Controls are CTS pots , Jensen tone cap and a switchcraft jack in an Electrosocket.
Cavities screened with our Nickel screening paint.

That is stunning.

DavidRees · July 2018

that is fabulous Jonathan ...

pmbomb · July 2018

ain't it just.

FelineGuitars · August 2018

Kt's all a bit tele themed again here

Here is the latest Tabby Special in a Mary Kay style see-through white finish over swamp ash

Will show up better in a studio pic (to follow) but here is a quick phone snap:

DrBob · August 2018

The way that custom scratch plate interacts with the control plate and the bridge is soooo trick. That and the forearm relief make for a killer vintage reimagined aesthetic

FelineGuitars · August 2018

DrBob said:

The way that custom scratch plate interacts with the control plate and the bridge is soooo trick. That and the forearm relief make for a killer vintage reimagined aesthetic

We're trying to make it one of our popular models and it is all about the "updated classic" vibe we like to perpetuate.

Here was it's sibling , now in the hands of a forum member...

hubobulous · August 2018

That tele was lusted over by me for quite a while. It just worked for me every time I went to try things out at Feline. It now resides where it belongs :-)

Guitar_Slinger · September 2018

FelineGuitars said:

Could this be Three Lions on a Shirt?

@FelineGuitars ;; you should sell t-shirts at next year's Guitar Show - some of your guitars laid out horizontally, with the caption,

* ahem *

"Felines on a shirt"

I'll get me coat.

FelineGuitars · October 2018

Well the Shred Lion project is nearly complete - a trio of guitars that bridge the gap between our popular Lion models and the Blackmachine B6s we build so favoured by tech metal players. We will run their own thread in a bit , but here is a sneak of the first completed one

FelineGuitars · October 2018

Also a rather distinctive looking Feline Tiger model destined for Portugal...nearing completion

Musicman20 · October 2018

FelineGuitars said:

Well the Shred Lion project is nearly complete - a trio of guitars that bridge the gap between our popular Lion models and the Blackmachine B6s we build so favoured by tech metal players. We will run their own thread in a bit , but here is a sneak of the first completed one

That is beautiful. Classic yet unique and modern.

FelineGuitars · October 2018

Two new babies coming through:

Strat Gilmour Pulse

Our homage to the candy apple red strat that Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour played in the 1990s. Loaded with the EMG SAV pickups and the DG20 active electronics circuit with a mid boost and a guitar expander control.
Guitar has an alder body and three piece quartersawn neck .
Hardware is tuners from Sperzel, bridge is a Gotoh 510 narrow spaced tremolo with a steel block and an Earvana nut aids the tuning. All access neck joint with machine thread screws into brass inserts in the neck

Feline Tabby Special - Mary Kay Finish

A twist on the classic bolt-on neck singlecut guitar in a transparent white over a swamp ash body.
All access neck joint with machine thread screws into brass inserts in the neck

Gotoh bridge with twitable saddles for good intonation and Gotoh height adjustable post tuners
Bare Knuckle Yardbird pickups

Electrosocket recessed jack socket cup with a switchcraft jack socket

Both have Luminlay side dot markers - activate with a UV torch and they will glow for an hour or more - great for dark stages, and All access neck joint with machine thread screws into brass inserts in the neck

Musicman20 · October 2018

More beautiful work. Strangely, before I joined The Fretboard I had not heard of Feline Guitars. I've told a few friends about your work, so hopefully the word is spreading.

FelineGuitars · October 2018

Here is another - this time an RG type superstrat

FelineGuitars · October 2018

We will have a new string gauge set available soon- one that we have been testing out and having good results with - it stands somewhere between the best-selling 10-46 and the popular 10-52 sets and is a slightly better balanced set (having the unwound strings from a set of 10s and the wound strings from a set of 11s. It is a good companion to our other hybrid set (Best of Both Worlds 9-46)

FelineGuitars · October 2018

busy couple of days in the workshop... this is all we are building for next year at this point , so get in if you woul like to be on next years list.

hotpickups · October 2018

Just out of interest @FelineGuitars how long is the lead time for one of your guitars?

FelineGuitars · October 2018

hotpickups said:

Just out of interest @FelineGuitars how long is the lead time for one of your guitars?

We usually quote about a year, especially as we do it in tandem with our repair work
This allows for the guitar to be built and allow a little rest time between stages so the wood has a chance to settle and stabilise after each process
It also allows enough time to get it painted too and back , reassembled, rested and final set-up.

It also means you can pay for it more easily over the course of it's build.

hotpickups · October 2018

FelineGuitars said:

hotpickups said:

Just out of interest @FelineGuitars how long is the lead time for one of your guitars?

We usually quote about a year, especially as we do it in tandem with our repair work
This allows for the guitar to be built and allow a little rest time between stages so the wood has a chance to settle and stabilise after each process
It also allows enough time to get it painted too and back , reassembled, rested and final set-up.
It also means you can pay for it more easily over the course of it's build.

Sounds about right. Is each guitar priced individually ?

FelineGuitars · October 2018

yes every guitar is priced based on specs although there are pricing trends for similar models.

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