Whats New Pussycat - Feline Guitars Updates thread.

Deijavoo · March 2015

FelineGuitars said:

Did you plug in ?
Did you get a chance to have an opinion on the pickups?
To be fair it's impossible to get a proper appraisal with a lot of noise going on.

I didn't. I asked to try it through the KSR Orthos which was fine but the 30 minutes peace break was on (which was actually a good idea for the weekend). So I played it unplugged and frankly it played me. Typically I like my action a lot higher but it was so nice, effortless and just such a well put together bit of kit.

However I heard other people playing it through various amps and the constant for me on the pickups was how articulate they were, really aggressive when you dig in but just very clear if that makes much sense? Even with the tons and tons of gain going on in that corner it was still there. The really good thing with that corner for the weekend was that I could play the amps at me/against a wall and away from the other stands, but yeah in general it can be a fucking nightmare to hear what is actually going on at those things.

The GAS strikes so very much. I actually dreamt about a Tele Trussart, a Nik Huber Orca, a Jaden Rose and of course a Blackmachine. I'm far from any sort of tech player but I found great sounds in all guitars I tried regardless of target market.

PM coming.

Deijavoo · March 2015

Extended range was also a hot topic in the same vein.

I play normally in Eb with 11s or 12s but this B6 was just so great to play I never noticed any change of formula.

FelineGuitars · March 2015

Yeah - the B6 possibly had 10s on so the tension would be similar to Eb with 11s

Deijavoo · March 2015

Sorry I should say but with higher action. I add some slide in from time to time so just get used to thicker nickel and that extra height but this felt really natural even so low and slick.

I need one.

:-)

hubobulous · March 2015

Those Blackmachines are excellent, I must agree. I'm not one for fixed bridges, by my God, they are so lightweight and comfortable. A real gem of a guitar. I understand your GAS @Deijavoo

FelineGuitars · March 2015

Got Wood!

A stash of wood purchased at great cost that may be going towards our Jubilee guitars (25th Anniversary).

This is what I spend my money on when I sell a few guitars

WARNING _ you may ned to sit down if you like figured wood or look away if you don't care for it........

capo4th · March 2015

Holy shit batman

ThorpyFX · March 2015

WOW!!! you really need to ensure these are double stained!!

TTony · March 2015

A couple of those look ok.

:-O

paisleysoul · March 2015

Sweet baby moses. OBSCENE!

hubobulous · March 2015

You're a bloody pusher!! I love the 'imperfection' at the top of the slab of the third one down :-)

capo4th · March 2015

Can someone tell me how wood gets this quilt effect? Is it just the grain and the way the wood has grown and then been cut?

Dave_Mc · March 2015

That's some pretty epic figuring right there. It even has a "1" in a circle in the third pic there.

ThePrettyDamned · March 2015

Calling @gassage

FelineGuitars · March 2015

capo4th said:

Can someone tell me how wood gets this quilt effect? Is it just the grain and the way the wood has grown and then been cut?

Wikipedia says:

Quilt or quilted maple refers to a type of "figure" in maple wood. It is seen on the tangential plane (flat-sawn) and looks like a wavy "quilted" pattern, often similar to ripples on water. The quilted figure is only found in the Western Big Leaf species of maple. It is a distortion of the grain pattern itself. Prized for its beauty, it is used frequently in the manufacturing of musical instruments, especially guitars. Quilted maple is an end grain figure that shows a circular pattern on flat sawn material. There are many terms that describe the shape and pattern of quilted maple. Aka watered, popcorn, tubular, sausage, bubble wrap, angle step.

Philly_Q · March 2015

Are the darker colours of the last couple of pieces natural, or have they been wet to highlight the figuring?

FelineGuitars · March 2015

The last two are naturally darker - they all got a quick wipe with some spirits to show the grain

Just found a picture of a felled maple tree that will be quilted maple, and you can see where they have stripped the bark back that it has grown funny underneath.

Neil · March 2015

^^
That's very interesting Jon, I never realised you could see the quilting on the outside edge of the bark stripped tree.

Not quite as hit and miss as I thought.

FelineGuitars · March 2015

A couple of the curent builds took a move forward over the last week

Enjoying the Derrig inspired "Appetite"

Deijavoo · March 2015

Nice man.....as always!

OilCityPickups · March 2015

Jeez man it's difficult working with you! You take my pickups and use them for guitar porn ... you are a very bad man!

FelineGuitars · March 2015

They were offered counselling afterwards - I'm not that unfeeling.

rsvmark · March 2015

Those samples are just beautiful. Would you consider a body part in pc from those who are not as blessed in the wallet dept?

Handsome_Chris · March 2015

Bloody hell, Jonathan, why won't you guys let me live. The choices of British guitars are far greater than 25 years ago.

I was chatting to Doug at The Guitar Show: The man is a mine of information, I can not remember everything he was saying, but I kinda remember what he was saying about tone relating to string gauge/tension and pick hardness. I'm not going to regurgitate it here, I may have it completely wrong.

Hertz32 · March 2015

I've always found thick strings, and lightish picks give me a great base for tone, and then adjust pick material for fine tuning. That way the strings dont go sharp as you pick. But it's all relative as the string will vibrate more over a larger scale length so you have to balance the three.

FelineGuitars · April 2015

Okay - well finally got the project I had been looking forward to getting finished done:
I had wanted to bild an SG type the way we do, but see about using some old leftover hardware and use an oil finish to keep the price down, so it could be offered for sale at a lower price than it usually would (normally a painted version of this would be about £2300+)
We are offering this one at £1799

3 piece mahogany neck with rosewood board

mohogany body (thicker than normal SG for balance, strength at neck join)

Bound Rosewood board with real Mother of Pearl inlays (no plastic)

24 Dunlop 6100 frets

Grover tuners, Schaller bridge and tailpiece (these are the only parts that I recycled)

Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell pickups

CTS pots , Switchcraft jack, screned cavities

FelineGuitars · April 2015

Those who know me will know that UFO are one of my all time favourite bands and I have something of an Obsession (sic) over them.
In recent times I have been lucky to do some work for their rhythm guitarist and keyboard maestro Paul Raymond.

Thought I'd share a picture of the Vintage brand Les Paul style guitar that Paul will be using on this next UFO tour.
We recently upgraded both pickups on this baby .
The bridge pickup is a Bare Knuckle Mule and the single coil type pickup in the neck is an ASL Pickups Big Block Broadcaster pickup.
Paul had the ASL in the bridge for the Paul Raymond Project dates where he was working with a slightly mellower vibe, but we switched it to the neck (where it sounds great ) and gave him the punchier sound of a calssic PAF in the form of a Bare Knuckle Mule.
The eagle eyed amongst you may spot that Paul has his guitars strung back to front - a legacy of learning to play on right handed guitars turned upside down. It's also one of the resons that Pauls playing sounds a little different as he strikes the treble strings in a chord first if playing with downstrokes.

juansolo · April 2015

That SG *wibble*

FelineGuitars · April 2015

With the Darkness hitting the road again very soon , it was time for a quick pit stop for Justin's guitars - we had done brother Dan's guitars already.
So the main Alpine Slut (justin's main white LP Custom) and her sisters came to visit.

We did some fretdressing and added Earvana Nuts to the guitars to improve the clarity and in-tune-ness of the chords. We also swapped the two bridges and tailpieces on the white guitars for TonePros locking ones, as the original bridges were collapsing a bit in the middle from years of string tension.

These are 3 great sounding guitars and otherwise completely stock.

This one is Justin's main guitar that he calls the Alpine Slut

jeztone2 · April 2015

Ah they were on the bench the other day when I visited weirdly enough.

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