First peek at the Feline "Pantera" (UPDATE & SOUTHPAW TOO)

[FELINEGUITARS]

Rather than start a new topic on this I thought it might be better to  raise this one from the ashes and avoid the risk of someone saying "didn't you post this stuff before?"

Quick catch up
I started making the Pantera stripped down version of our Panther model and it was all looking very good.
But for some reason I never followed up and posted any more on it once it was all made, other than the single piccy as seen above

Some will remember that that it has a slimmed down thickness and shares some aspects of the Blackmachine B6 model, which I confess is a guitar that I am very fond of and get to see fairly often, through my work with Doug.(owner of Blackmachine)

So here it is in all it's glory.......



I love the grain symmetry on the back of the body



Easy neck joint



You can tell it's a slimmer guitar

[FELINEGUITARS]

Oh yes - I promised that I'd show a lefty version too ..........I know there are some left handed players out there too :D

This one features the BKP aftermath pickup - so she's ready to rock!



I experimented with a solid brass bar instead of individual ferrules for the string anchors
I remembered it being a feature of a few guitars years ago and much was said about the positives to doing it that way - so I had a go.
The Schaller Hannes bridge does something similar, so I'm in good company.
Shame I can't play well left handed to feel the benefits :(



Nice rear view again showing off the slim profile of the guitar

[Telerocker]

Very neat guitar!

[Philly Q]

I do like the look of the oil finish!

Do you do anything to fill the grain of the ash, or just go straight to the oil?

[HTH AMPS]

The execution of the workmanship is top notch, can't say anything about that.  However, for me the wood is a bit on the pale side - its a cosmetic thing.  I'd prefer to see something darker - can you stain ash?

[Twinfan]

^ I'm with HTH here.  They look superbly well made though  :)

[darkbluemurder]

These guitars look very nice indeed. Too bad I am not more often in the UK.

Cheers Stephan

[FELINEGUITARS]

The execution of the workmanship is top notch, can't say anything about that.  However, for me the wood is a bit on the pale side - its a cosmetic thing.  I'd prefer to see something darker - can you stain ash?

To be fair - the image you see is with 1000w of studio flash hitting it and it tends to lighten up how the wood looks
When you see the guitar in real life it looks a bit warmer in colour.

I might try a tinted oil at some point though - could be interesting provided that you can keep the tint even all over

[nfe]

Like I said on Facebook: looks rad. Just needs a Discharge sticker and gaffa tape strap locks and it's ready to rock. How much will you be doing them for?

[tomjackson]

Looks great Jonathan. I'm getting more and more into straight forward, stripped down, workin' man's rawk axes.

Me too.

More AC Cobra and less Bentley, if you know what I mean.

[dave_mc]

very nice :)

[gwEm]

high quality craftsmanship.. its not my thing, but then again theres plenty in your range that is ;)

[darkbluemurder]

BTW Jonathan, how do you select which BKPs go into a particular guitar of yours - apart from specific instructions given by the customer? Do you swap them often in new guitars to see whether another model fits that particular guitar better?

Thanks,
Stephan

[Loomer]

Simple and effective, I love it. Reverse headstock and 1 pickup, and you have my ideal axe, more or less!

[gwEm]

Simple and effective, I love it. Reverse headstock and 1 pickup, and you have my ideal axe, more or less!

agree, the reverse headstock on the leftie model really sets it off!