Could somebody please recommend me a good Guitar Luthier in the UK?

[FELINEGUITARS]

I'm really GASing for a Siggery guitar right now. Too bad I'm in Canada  :(

I have one for sale (one that I rebuilt and improved) - will get some pix tonight

[WezV]

Thanks for the recommendations peeps - and whilst i do love to do the full client involvement  thing it is very time consuming and i think i am going to have to give things like that a miss for a little while - focus on what i want to build at the speed i want to build it

 roo's started with us swapping sketches and notes and i think we did discuss every tiny detail along the way - right down to 4 or 5 different oil finish options at the end (it ended up with a different one on the front to the back to really make the most of the wood).  its a lot of fun collaborating that way and i think its important to make the person feel involved - but also very time consuming... and not profitable if the builder is doing it for their primary income.  

so whoever you go for  i would recommend doing some research about what you want, but also listening to how they want to do it.  good to discuss all the options, but its no fun if the client wants to discuss, but needs educating on every last detail

[Philly Q]

:lol:

I don't have any pics i've taken myself, but I have one which were taken by the stormshadow before i bought it



i'm getting a wee bit of buzz on a couple of the higher frets (though that might be my fault... you have to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod, and me being me and lazy i just figured i had it "close enough" :lol: ), but aside from that it's really nice.

They had a bunch of NOS models on ebay for decent prices and I couldn't resist.

EDIT: oh yeah, it's brighter than that in real life :lol: :D

Funky!  :D

Presumably based on Vai's "Green Meanie" just before he switched to Ibanez?

[Afghan Dave]

:lol:

I don't have any pics i've taken myself, but I have one which were taken by the stormshadow before i bought it



i'm getting a wee bit of buzz on a couple of the higher frets (though that might be my fault... you have to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod, and me being me and lazy i just figured i had it "close enough" :lol: ), but aside from that it's really nice.

They had a bunch of NOS models on ebay for decent prices and I couldn't resist.

EDIT: oh yeah, it's brighter than that in real life :lol: :D

Funky!  :D

Presumably based on Vai's "Green Meanie" just before he switched to Ibanez?

I bloody LOVE that!

It even has the cutout on the lower horn... I'd go for the white pickguard though!

[ToneMonkey]

Looks like a guitar that Willy Wonka's built  :lol:

[dave_mc]

^ :lol:

That's a delightfully silly guitar.

my thoughts exactly :lol:

Funky!  :D

Presumably based on Vai's "Green Meanie" just before he switched to Ibanez?

yeah i think so :) thanks :)

I bloody LOVE that!

It even has the cutout on the lower horn... I'd go for the white pickguard though!

thanks :)

Yeah, I think it's "based on" rather than a completely 100% accurate copy. as you say, the pickguard's the wrong colour, the volume knob etc.

I think i prefer the black 'guard, but white would be more authentic.

Just need to get a pink volume knob and switch tip whenever allparts gets them back into stock (they're always sold out of one or the other) :lol:

there's also some really nice birdseye on the neck and board which don't show up in that pic

[plastercaster]

Do you know if they do custom guitars, right down to the customers very last detail?

Hi,
Feline guitars made me this custom:


http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=23345.msg309439#msg309439

As you can see it is a true custom design, I also had choice of woods, fretboard radius, fret gauge, hardware, electronics and the rest!

Most importantly it is beautifully made, sounds the absolute business and plays like nothing on earth.

Jon comes with my unqualified recommendation.

In fact I'm going to enjoy his handiwork right now!

Enjoy your custom guitar hunt  :)

[ToneMonkey]

If you're not 100% sure exactly what you want, I would have a read through of Make Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvin Hisc--k. Not only is it an interesting read (for guitar geeks like us lot anyway), but it'll take you through the design process step by step.

What sort of questions have you got? There's more knowledge on these boards than there are necks under PhillyQ's bed, so post a few of them here if you want. I'm sure we'll all chip in.

[PRguitars]

if your talking about custom made? these are guitars I've made for people in the past.

http://www.prguitars.co.uk/aprguitars%20gallery.html   

e-mail me your spec and I'll see what I can do  :D

www.prguitars.co.uk

Cheers

Paul

[ToneMonkey]

I've not got first hand experiance with PR's guitars (not that I can play the bloody things anyway), but there's a lot of love for his work on these boards.

[PRguitars]

I've not got first hand experiance with PR's guitars (not that I can play the bloody things anyway), but there's a lot of love for his work on these boards.

Thanks mate  :D

Well I did get best British guitar maker and Guitarist choice by the Guitarist mag lol  :D and got the highest score of any guitar maker by Guitar Buyer mag too.  :D
 

[Philly Q]

There's more knowledge on these boards than there are necks under PhillyQ's bed

Not quite.....  :P

[FELINEGUITARS]

I'm really GASing for a Siggery guitar right now. Too bad I'm in Canada  :(

I have one for sale (one that I rebuilt and improved) - will get some pix tonight

Here she is


Here she is in Seconds Out: http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=25529.msg334992#msg334992

[PRguitars]

I'm really GASing for a Siggery guitar right now. Too bad I'm in Canada  :(

I have one for sale (one that I rebuilt and improved) - will get some pix tonight

Here she is


Here she is in Seconds Out: http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=25529.msg334992#msg334992

Nice  :D

[ToneMonkey]

Not my thing, but still very very sexy