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

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