New Lion Day - EMERALD!

[FELINEGUITARS]

Yeah - Tim hadn't decided at the time of the build and obviously had access to the pickups so we did it without - think we used a pair to test her out with but took them out

We have had customers supply bits that they want on their custom builds if they are unusual bits, so it's pretty flexible.

JT originally specced to have Cold Sweats in his Preacher but after playing for a while swapped them for mules.

I think a few customers have found the guitars more responsive than off the shelf ones and ended up going for a more vintage pickup because the guitar delivers the tone they need without a hot pickup - in fact one player in a bad called Dirty Deeds found the hot pickups too responsive using big monitors onstage (they were supporting Iron Maiden and Maiden have big sidefill monitors) and changed from Duncan Distortions to Duncan Customs (this was pre-BKP) which worked out perfectly.

[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

thats simply UNHOLY
Best Tonality of GREEN i ever seen
it looks like you are walking in the surface of an alien planet. everythign in Green
how much it costs?
is the neck profile/shape any near a modern C shape thing?
jp

[FernandoDuarte]

Price wise I will sell it for £2000 ono

[Jonny]

I like the maple top, it's away from the whole "Wow, look at the waviness of that top, it's like it sticks out from the guitar!" and the "Oh, it's green" sort of comments. It makes the person think "Wow! What top is that!" which is what I like.

Good job.

[Plus I'm back from a very long absence -___________- And I'm at Uni too! (Roehampton)]

[Johnny Mac]

That looks bloody amazing Jonathon! I love the green.

[Antag]

OK, having been down to Feline yesterday & played this guitar, I just have to revive this thread.

When the marine-blue korina lion was sold, I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief :lol: but now I'm back to square one :roll: :lol:

If you think the Emerald Lion looks good on the pictures, wait until you see it in person & more importantly, play it.  It is an eye-poppingly gorgeous guitar - a really intelligent, well thought-out upgrade of the classic Gibson design.  In playability terms it's light years ahead.  A beautiful, beautiful guitar.  Someone needs to get down there & buy it (someone not called Antag, that is ;))

Actually, people need to get down there & buy several of Jonathan's guitars.  Whoever snaps up that black explorer is going to get a bargain & the white superstrat with the Petrucci switching has one of the nicest necks I've ever played on.

(Disclaimer: Just in case anyone is wondering, I have no connection to Feline guitars aside from being a regular repair customer & Jonathan did not ask/pay/bribe or otherwise coerce me into making this post...) :)

[MrBump]

OK, having been down to Feline yesterday & played this guitar, I just have to revive this thread.

When the marine-blue korina lion was sold, I breathed a HUGE sigh of relief :lol: but now I'm back to square one :roll: :lol:

If you think the Emerald Lion looks good on the pictures, wait until you see it in person & more importantly, play it.  It is an eye-poppingly gorgeous guitar - a really intelligent, well thought-out upgrade of the classic Gibson design.  In playability terms it's light years ahead.  A beautiful, beautiful guitar.  Someone needs to get down there & buy it (someone not called Antag, that is ;))

Actually, people need to get down there & buy several of Jonathan's guitars.  Whoever snaps up that black explorer is going to get a bargain & the white superstrat with the Petrucci switching has one of the nicest necks I've ever played on.

(Disclaimer: Just in case anyone is wondering, I have no connection to Feline guitars aside from being a regular repair customer & Jonathan did not ask/pay/bribe or otherwise coerce me into making this post...) :)

I know what you mean.  I played his "pimped SG" a little while ago, and it was ace.

Mark.

[AndyR]

I'm with Antag all the way on the looks of this one - the pics look good but, for me, they don't go near what it actually looks like.

I tend not to go for fancy wood grains, "interesting" colours, and so on, on my guitars. I think guitars like that are very pretty, and I love looking at them, but the more "beautiful" they are, the less "mojo" they seem to have for me.

But this one (and the pics on here did get dismissed by me as "pretty guitar"), when you see it close up, is something else. It's got the pretty bits, but none of them shout "hey I'm a pretty bit" at you, the whole guitar is in harmony. I didn't even realise what I was picking up - it was just one of those guitars that you accept without even thinking (admittedly I was only trying the frets to see if I liked the fretwire!). I only played it for a few minutes, not even plugged in, but I've found myself thinking about it on and off ever since.

The missus hasn't helped - I rely on her for that disinterested "oh yeah, its a guitar" to calm the GAS. But then every now and again I get a "hey that's nice..." - I own several guitars because of this! She saw the pics here and, unfortunately, she was not disinterested!! :lol:

I'm still not convinced I ever want to spend that much on a single guitar, and it was lighter than I was expecting... but I am wavering :roll:

SO, please, SOMEONE go and buy it before my tele's ready for picking up!!! :lol:

[Will]

My girlfriend is obsessed with green. I think she would probably have a worse reaction than your wife Andy :P

Jonathan, if I'm down there again soon, please do not mention it to my lady. PLEASE!

[Philly Q]

SO, please, SOMEONE go and buy it before my tele's ready for picking up!!! :lol:

If I'd won the Euro Millions last night I'd be in there.  But I didn't...

[Ted 'N' Leo]

SO, please, SOMEONE go and buy it before my tele's ready for picking up!!! :lol:

If I'd won the Euro Millions last night I'd be in there.  But I didn't...

Ditto. I've got a mate who doesn't even play and he said he wanted it.

[FernandoDuarte]

SO, please, SOMEONE go and buy it before my tele's ready for picking up!!! :lol:

Which one? Sell the strat or change your LP :twisted:

[FELINEGUITARS]

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 the white superstrat with the Petrucci switching has one of the nicest necks I've ever played on.

I am thinking of using that particular neck as a template for a series of 24 fret neck superstrats I am planning for next year.
It's a nice profile as you mentioned Antag- kind of like a cross between a good 80s USA Jackson and a nice '62 strat
Not superslim like some Ibanez but not chunky either - just right!

Actually the customer who is buying that guitar has asked if i will make him a different neck for it
He loves the feel of the neck, but wants one with different inlays :o
It does mean that that particular neck could be available for the Antag custom project

[Plexi Ken]

Loving that Lion, great work  :)

[AndyR]

SO, please, SOMEONE go and buy it before my tele's ready for picking up!!! :lol:

Which one? Sell the strat or change your LP :twisted:

It's only the emerald Lion I've seen close up Fernando - it is very tasty - not seen the others.

And what's this blasphemy about selling my strat? :lol: