Author Topic: Feline Southpaw Tiger completed (BKP Abraxas loaded) (Read 3473 times)

FELINEGUITARS · « **on:** April 06, 2008, 02:51:15 PM »

FInished this baby a few weeks ago but haven't posted pix yet as have been busy with some of the other custom jobs begging to be finished.
So here she is :

Mahogany back with a lovely maple top , a three piece mahogany neck with an ebony board (25" scale)
Dunlop 6155 frets - similar to modern Fenders and PRS
Sperzel tuners, graphtech nut and Tonepros hardware
BKP Abraxas humbuckers with a push/pull coil tap on the tone control

Woogie · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2008, 02:53:51 PM »

For sale?

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2008, 02:58:43 PM »

No - that was a custom build Woogie
Sorry - should have said
Was for someones 50th birthday present to themselves
Can certainly build one for you if you want though
Price was about £2000

nfe · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:01:07 PM »

Nice top.

I'll e looking forward to my Feline when I finally recieve the timber and parts from the original luthier

8)

Woogie · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:04:21 PM »

Quote from: FELINEGUITARS

No - that was a custom build Woogie
Sorry - should have said
Was for someones 50th birthday present to themselves
Can certainly build one for you if you want though
Price was about £2000

It's a nice axe!!

If I had a PRS style guitar it would have something similar to this finish:

WezV · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:04:28 PM »

yeah - that tops great!!

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:06:33 PM »

Yeah - that PRS looks great Woogie
Can you see how they have double stained the grain with black and sanded it out prior to doing the red coat- just makes it look more dramatic , although it does lose a bit of the 3D effect of the flamed maple in real life.
We opted to not double stain the top which makes the effect of the flame a bit more subtle- was what the player wanted
Turned out really nice - a bit like JT's Preacher in colour - kind of an ICE TEA vibe to it.
There were a couple of minor cosmetic flaws /features in the wood but that was part of it's charm- it's real wood not photoshopped perfection.
It sounded fantastic as well - was a shame I couldn't really make the most of it myself as it was left handed.(IE I couldn't play lots of stuff on it like I would if it was right handed)
Look forward to hearing what she sounds like in a years time when she has really settled down- yummy!

Bird · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:21:23 PM »

Very nice 8) 8)

ailean · « **Reply #8 on:** April 06, 2008, 03:50:19 PM »

Nice work :drink:

ilÿti · « **Reply #9 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:43:25 PM »

Isn't it AbraxAs and not AbraxIs? Or is -is the plural?

Anyway, that's a lovely guitar. I'm sure it sounds beautiful too.

PhilKing · « **Reply #10 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:46:03 PM »

Looks very nice Jonathan. How do the Abraxas's sound in it? I love them in the Hamer Sunburst that I have.

FernandoDuarte · « **Reply #11 on:** April 06, 2008, 06:55:56 PM »

Very nice build! 8)
Very classy!

But didn't understand about divided the build because it's left-hand :?:

38thBeatle · « **Reply #12 on:** April 06, 2008, 07:05:49 PM »

Looks fantastic Jonathan.

dave_mc · « **Reply #13 on:** April 06, 2008, 09:21:59 PM »

ah that's very nice. :)

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #14 on:** April 06, 2008, 10:59:14 PM »

Quote from: FernandoEsteves

Very nice build! 8)
Very classy!

But didn't understand about divided the build because it's left-hand :?:

I think I meant that it was a shame that I couldn't play lots f riffs and stuff on it because as it's left handed I have to play everything upside down.

It was set up beautifully though and the new owner loves it

Sound wise the Abraxas (is the plural Abraxii?) pickups sounded fab
Nicely compressed under high gain for a Santana like tone and sweet under clean conditions