Feline "SOUTHPAW" Emerald Tiger (picture heavy)

[38thBeatle]

That is a stunner Jonathan.

[Stevepage]

Amazing! shame it's built the wrong way round  :lol:

[WezV]

i have to do this with lefty guitar pics



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much better

[Johnny Mac]

Thats really lovely. I like the fine looking grain and the colour is just right  8)

[LazyNinja]

i have to do this with lefty guitar pics



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much better

 :lol: I have nothing against lefty guitars but I can't assess whether I like it without doing that either. And fwiw I love it! Any reason why you didnt make it Santana model shaped Jonathan?

[shaman]

bunch of righties!!!You have NO idea...can you  imagine how I feel when I walk into ANY guitar shop in the world??..No idea!!!  :D  You are all righty Elitists!!!!

[viking]

Beautiful !The fretboard don't look like Ebony.What kind is it?

[Zaned]

That's a beautiful guitar! :)

The hipshot tremolo is really great. It's very much like the PRS trem, except that it pivots on two points. And I like the neck heel on that guitar, it's so much smaller than the PRS 22-fret models. How deep does the neck tenon go?

-Zaned

[Nadz1lla]

Once again Jonathan, you have made me drool with one of your green guitars. You know I wander around music shops now trying to spot any green guitars they have. And when I find one it's still not as good looking as the Lion or this example here.

Bugger it, when I've paid off my credit cards, I'm saving up and coming to you for my first custom. Get that Emerald spray ready! (Oh, I'll be about 10 years btw, lol) :lol:

[Lukie]

Nice guitar! I always wonder if right handed builders can make decent left handed instruments to the same level of quality and playability as their right handed instruments. How does this one compare?

[il˙ti]

Lovely. The frets look teensy weensy but I guess that's his preference.

[shaman]

Nice guitar! I always wonder if right handed builders can make decent left handed instruments to the same level of quality and playability as their right handed instruments. How does this one compare?

...yes!I am a lefty..have Taylors,Gibs,Fender,Tom Anderson,HAmer,MArtin-all are exceptional ...i bet there are more righty lemons than lefties simply because there are so many more righties....I bet its 90% righty  10% lefty in terms of production..

[FELINEGUITARS]

Thanks for the positive vibes guys
Here's some repies to the sensible points & questions raised

Oops - yes the fingerboard was actually nice dark rosewood
I have become used to playing my Macassar Ebony board (Amber Lion) which looks similar and I slipped up when describing it

We went for the classic shape rather than the original Santana shape because the player was drooling over that shape even though he is a Santana fanatic.

Good question about right handed luthiers making left handed guitars - because I learnt to quantify setup heights in things that can be measured to put the guitar in what I call "the golden zone" which was done after much research and R&D - enabling me to train other makers and repairers (trainees) to get consistant results (usually when working for me) it also means that we can apply the same rules to a left handed guitar and get the guitar feeling great.

It is still true that with a right handed axe I can play it properly and make any final tweaks  to my satisfaction, so usually with a lefty (where possible) we have the player come in and play the set up guitar and tell us if anything can be tweaked further for their liking. This player lives 10 miles down the road - so easily done.

Fretwire was Dunlop 6155 which is what PRS and modern Fenders use (when not a vintage reissue)

We favour a small heel on this design and the Tenon goes right the way under the neck pickup - like the pre 1993 PRS ones. The Hipshot tremolo is fab - really smooth!

We have a great green colour that we use - this one was a touch lighter stained than the Emerald Lion - in some lights it's like a juicy apple and more Gemstone coloured in other lights.

As ever we have our payment by instalment scheme that works well - this time we operated a sort of "wedding list" kind of arrangement where friends and family could ring in /call in and make payments towards the guitar. It was a great way to make a birthday EXTRA SPECIAL

[viking]

Feline quote :"Oops - yes the fingerboard was actually nice dark rosewood "

   Thanks ! In fact,i prefer the rosewood for these guitars  8)!But i never tried the Macassar ebony..

[AndyR]

Bit late to this... that's another cutie there Jonathan :D