Monday, November 8, 2010

Website update

Just done a massive update to the "On the Bench" and "Recently finished" pages on the Feline website.
Sometimes it seems to take an almighty push to get these updates done as I'd far prefer to be working at a workbench than slaving over dreamweaver, but I'm always pleased when I do a big update.

It's probably a relief too for those guys I'm making guitars for to see more up to date pics that they can show to their friends .

Now I just need to turn my attention to other areas of the website that are in desperate need of updating (or some content at all on some pages)

Saturday, October 30, 2010

A guitar for me (again)

Thought I'd share the Feline Lion guitar I've just built myself

I'm in the middle of doing the prototype for the 20th anniversary model and decided to make myself something else as well
Some of you may know my love of flying Vs, and as I recently found myself without a V of my own since selling the Korina one to an existing customer, I decided I needed something to replace it tonally.
And due to my fixations with Michael Schenker and other players who had a similar kind of tone in the early 80s I chose my preferred combination of mahogany body and neck, ebony board and a pair of Cold Sweat Pickups
What a beauty she has turned out to be both visually and sonically

 It's like an all mahogany LP  but thinner bodied and lighter
In essence it's like an upmarket junior (cub) with an arched top

I've utilised some of the same appointments that we were introducing with our 20th anniversary Lions
One is the pearl inlaid headstock logo
Another item which was supposed to be an exclusive for the 20th anniversary was the fingerboard inlays, but I thought I'd like it for this guitar as well

Of course it has the usual Feline Lion  feature of the all access neck joint - so it's super easy to get to the highest frets

The full specs are
Mahogany body - 2 piece rear and 2 piece arched top - just like on a normal Feline Lion
3 piece mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard with deluxe inlay
24.75" scale with Dunlop 6000 frets (22)
Earvana Compensated Tuning nut
Sperzel trimlock machineheads
Tonepros bridge
tonepros locking studs with Gotoh Aluminium tailpiece
BKP Cold Sweat Pickups (4 con/long leg/vintage spacing/zebra finish)
BKP 550k ohm pots
NOS russian oil and paper caps (0.022uF on bridge and 0.015uF on the neck)
switchcraft jack in "electrosocket" retainer
Dunlop straplocks

This one is definitely for me and I'm planning on having it the same colour as the last Lion Cub I made a few years back
This is what I want the colour to be like
Should point out that it has the full arched top on it - you'll see it more once the paint is on as the light will reflect more and show off the curves
Should anyone want one like it - one the same spec would be £2000
Prices will start at about £1700 for one without binding and with dot (or no) inlays

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Welcome to the Feline Guitars Blog

Hi and welcome to our blog
My name is Jonathan and I run Feline Guitars
Check out our main website at www.felineguitars.com


I'm a huge music fan, diverse in tastes from classical to punk, but rock has always been my solid staple. I still get out to see as many live bands as time allows and my appreciation of the best guitar tones serves me well with the guitars i work on.

I'm also a keen photographer – the pictures you see on the site are done by me on the premises., and  I have also started doing a lot of photo shoots for bands which have started to be used on album (cd) sleeves too.

About Feline Guitars

We specialise in guitar repairs, guitar upgrades and improvements. Set up work and fret work are areas which we particularly excel at. I love to make guitars play to their full potential and sound their best.

We create our own line of high-end electric guitars.

These are either standard models that we make or custom build to your own specific and exacting design. The idea behind our custom built range is to build great guitars without compromise - using the very best quality parts and materials.