NGD - an act of Willpower

[gwEm]

I think the biggest act of willpower is in allowing Will to have the guitar!  There's no way I could do what Jonathan does (aside from the fact that I'm hopelessly inept at woodwork :roll:) - it would break my heart to build such a beautiful guitar, then sell it to someone...

its always interesting to see the guitars that luthiers buy rather than make themselves. Jon and Wez have posted some quite individual stuff here in the past. theres a guitar Jon bought recently that i thinks an absolute joy to play and hear, but enough of that!

[Philly Q]

Nice to hear Will's got his guitar at last!  :D

I like the way the top's got just enough grain to show through the finish.  What is it, "plain" maple?

just plain maple Philly ;) Wouldn't have it any other way

Philly only plays AAAAA grade quilt maple tops or higher.

I insist on nothing less.

[38thBeatle]

Beautiful- great job Jonathan.

[adamj]

lovely looking (and im sure lovely sounding too).

one question tho, the design on the headstock is a lot like the Gibson/Epiphone diamond thing, im guessing this is an intentional nod to them, but wouldnt you have some copyright issues? just wondering, excellent job tho!

[FELINEGUITARS]

I don't normally offer that on my guitars - it was a one off request from Will
Probably wouldn't do that again the same way - would find an alternative /original design

[Afghan Dave]

I spend alot of my day mentally spec'ing out Feline guitars I intend to commission...

I would want the space on my Lion headstock to have a version of the "split diamond"

My solution would be to go similar to the Edwards headstock motif



BUT... Use a mother of pearl "3 claw cat scratch!"  :P

None more Feline...