Feline Lion Cubs - Korina Bluescat

[FELINEGUITARS]

This pair of guitars cme about after hearing someone playing Jazz on a Korina V we made with BKP Stormy Mondays, and thinking it was the best jazz tone we'd ever heard, in spite of the shape being a bit too rock for some Jazz players.
So we set about making a couple of Lion cubs with all the same timbers as the so cool sounding Flying V. We did add a Walnut fronts to give a nice refined look too.

To be fair these sound great for rock, blues pop etc, but they have a smooth top end that is so cool for clean chord passages.

We are still testing out pickups, but at present one guitar has a BKP Mule in the bridge and a BKP Stormy Monday in the neck, and the other is open to experiments.

We have BKP550k pots and some nice BKP/Jensen caps in there too

[Philly Q]

Those are awesome, I'm loving the look of the korina! 

Is that a set of '80s style Ibanez tuners on the second one?

[FELINEGUITARS]

It is a set I had to temporarily use as we were out of stock of the Gotoh 510s that will ultimtely garce that headstock.
But they are v nice (actually a set of ibanez buttons on some posh Gotohs) and I intend to use them on another project as soon as the 510s arrive

[Telerocker]

Lovely guitars. Why a onepiece bridge instead of a tune-o-matic?

[_tom_]

They look awesome, love a plain top!

[FELINEGUITARS]

Lovely guitars. Why a onepiece bridge instead of a tune-o-matic?

I had some of the really high end Gotoh 510 stuff in stock including these two bridges and thought they would work great.
Feel great to use.

[Ian Price]

These look great - that's saying something coming from a pretty much Fender man!

Does the brass bridge sound different to the other? (assuming my eyes aren't deceiving me!)

[Philly Q]

I think it's just one in chrome and one in gold, Ian.

[Ian Price]

Ah, OK. I'll blame it on the low res monitor I'm using at the moment then. 

[Philly Q]

It's only that I'm such a hardware geek! 

I've never actually tried one of those Gotoh bridges, but they do look very nicely made.

[Afghan Dave]

Put your hand in your pocket Philly! 

[Philly Q]

They are getting ever-closer to the kind of spec I would choose, I must admit!

[AndyR]

Oh my goodness, they look fabulous.

I'm guessing this is pre-finishes? How are they getting finished? "Natural" looks like a pretty good idea to me...

[FELINEGUITARS]

Yup - natural finish, with just a hint of amber on the Korina  for a slightly aged look

[Mr. Air]

Great looking guitars. Doesn't really look like jazz guitars to me, but same goes for a V