Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: FELINEGUITARS on November 16, 2011, 09:38:06 PM
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat3.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat4.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2.jpg)
A sweet little semi/thinline here...... the first of two similar guitars
This has a mahogany body , and a three piece mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard - with Dunlop 6100 frets
The body is chambered giving a weight that is not unlike a typical strat - which is good when you consider the weight that mahogany can add.
We added a sculpted heel to both the body and the neck to give an easy unfettered access to the top end of the fingerboard - seems to be our obsession :lol:
We chose to use a strongly flamed book-matched (fiddleback) sycamore as a front fascia which you can see took a nice sunburst staining.
Hardware is sperzel machineheads, a Hipshot bridge ,and an earvana nut.
Electronics involve 2 BKP/CTS 550k pots, an oil and paper cap , switchcraft jack in an electrosocket
Pickups are BKP Mississippi Queens with black casings
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Did you get the name Bobcat after I suggested it for your 339 build... or is this just a case of great minds think alike? 8)
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Did you get the name Bobcat after I suggested it for your 339 build... or is this just a case of great minds think alike? 8)
No - it was something that we had in place for this guitar for a while - it was a design specced out by a guy called Bob
Simple really...but also the reason we couldn't use that name for the 339 style guitar
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Did you get the name Bobcat after I suggested it for your 339 build... or is this just a case of great minds think alike? 8)
No - it was something that we had in place for this guitar for a while - it was a design specced out by a guy called Bob
Simple really...but also the reason we couldn't use that name for the 339 style guitar
Ok I'll let you off... sometimes I regret being a Rob, and not a Bob. Just sayin'
p.s. i imagine this guitar sat on the belly of Steve Cropper
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That's a cool looking gee-tar you got yusself there mister! :)
How does it sound?
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Lovely! :)
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It's great - nice and chimey but also fat and bluesy at the same
p.s. i imagine this guitar sat on the belly of Steve Cropper
I'll tell Andy who this one is for - he'd probably be amused by the idea as long as Mr Cropper gives it back.
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That's stunning! Lovely finish & great choice of hardware!
It just looks quality!
Any chance of clips? :lol:
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i imagine this guitar sat on the belly of Steve Cropper
And that's a big belly to sit on!
Lovely guitar! The colour looks particularly excellent, as usual. I think bold colours are a bit of a Feline trademark.
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That is a stunner!
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Mmmm, great tele with lovely colours. I like the concept totally, very nice, however the black hardware is not quite my taste.
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Mmmm, great tele with lovely colours. I like the concept totally, very nice, however the black hardware is not quite my taste.
I'd happily make one with chrome parts or gold parts :D
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This is actually what I've recently been thinking about; maybe the ultimate compromise for me. If you wanna call it that. Soundwise, I tend to the LP-style of crunch; I like that thickness. But at the same time, I love the Fender-style tone.
So; that punch and twang that the Tele shape has, combined with the LP-style materials -> should be thick and clear, with excellent cleans too.
Add to that some comfort contours (like the guitar in the topic), you just might have a winner :)
-Zaned
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awesome :D
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Mmmm, great tele with lovely colours. I like the concept totally, very nice, however the black hardware is not quite my taste.
I'd happily make one with chrome parts or gold parts :D
I'll bet you will.. :)
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I like the look of that one. Very nice indeed.
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oozing class, as usual.
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Classy looking guitar sir :D
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We ended up making two of these guitars in the end
The first one which was for Andy had a pair of Mississippi Queens , but the second one pictured below has some stormy mondays and what a night and day difference there is between them
this one sounds more open and chimey in a more single coil way whilst the MQs had a fat bluesy/R&B thing going on
We chose a classic cherry sunburst for this one
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2-1.jpg)
The back view showing the ribcage contour in the mahogany back , which is chambered for weight and sound too - it achieves a sound somewhere between a tele thinline and a 335 when played unplugged
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2-11.jpg)
One of my favourite jack sockets - the electrosocket - guides the tip of the jack plug into the switchcraft jack
A great replacement upgrade for a tele style jack
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2-2.jpg)
Our all access neck joint works nicely here
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2-3.jpg)
The headstock is a tiltback design - not unlike a Gibson/PRS - no need for string trees
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2-10.jpg)
The headstock has a matching overlay
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2-6.jpg)
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Almost forgot to show the pickup covers which are lovely black ones
Bridge is my favourite hardtail - the Hipshot version
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/tabby-bobcat/bobcat2-8.jpg)
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Looks great Jon 8)
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Absolutely stunning ! You can almost feel them in your hands, just looking at the pictures. Affordable luxury at it's best. :D
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excellent too
I think i prefer the slightly more subtle/subdued colour of the first one, but they're both really nice
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Those are both amazing looking guitars. I only hope they play as good as they look!