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sev112 said:

@FelineGuitars might I ask why some of your s shapes have a “neck plate” and some just have 4 individual bolts ?

We tend to make the all access by choice. 

The Yellow strat was a Warmoth body we got from someone that we turned into a project, and the two left handed necks were for a big project that had vintage specs for a Hendrix tribute that didn't materialise so we decided to make a couple of vintage spec s-types in that flavour anyway.

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We've kind of always made a few S -types over the years - this one is from 2006

roberty

Chanced upon this other feline strat today

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And in case we forgot to make something left handed we went for a pair of late 60s inspired strats that we called the Woodstock model

With BKP Mother's Milk pickups, Fender tuners , and traditional heel and a Fatcat Components Double Whammy Bridge with Highwood saddles. The mirror image logo was intentional - I remember seeing it on a lefty strat before and thinking it was a cool touch, also we did the same for our art and graphics guy's guitars (he is also a Southpaw)

Thinking Olympic White for this one

And maybe a 3 tone sunburst for this one

Here it is painted 

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Today's throwback is the Feline Rastacaster

Swamp ash body and a maple /rosewood neck with Dunlop 6100 frets

Gotoh Wilkinson tremolo and Sperzel tuners

A fab stain and paint job by the sadly deceased Mick Dearing 

A fairly standard non pickguard H/S/S layout with a couple of twists

Pickups were Seymour Duncan TB59 and SSL1 vintage strat pickups

The 3 switches were all 3 position with off in the central position 

The Humbucker was full series in one position and split in the other 

The single coils are able to be in phase or out of phase depending on which way you throw the switch

The tone control was different as it had a tone coil choke in the circuit giving an almost wah like filtering  and a push/pull on the tone control let you have that choke either in series or parallel with the tone capacitor

So a wide range of tones could be had from stock sound to mid focussed to scooped and even scratchy sounds like through a small transistor radio. 

sev112

Wow, great look!

How do you get such precise lines in those colour changes ?  Is it just masking tape, or is there some other magic involved.   I’d imagine if it was anything like my attempts at painting things with masking tape, loads of paint / stain would seep under ! 

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sev112 said:

Wow, great look!

How do you get such precise lines in those colour changes ?  Is it just masking tape, or is there some other magic involved.   I’d imagine if it was anything like my attempts at painting things with masking tape, loads of paint / stain would seep under ! 

That was down to the paint finisher we used at the time : Mick Dering of Classic Finishes, who sadly passed away 

I imagine he did a clear basecoat of polyester, and then some very careful masking  and spraying stain 

But as you say - no bleed lines at all ....simply superb!

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Just completed a build for a long term customer
Swamp ash body and 3 piece quartersawn maple neck

BKP VH2 and Dimarzio Area 61 stacked single coils

Hipshot contour tremolo and Graphech ratio locking tuners
All access neck joint and brass insert /machine bolt fixings

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https://clips.twitch.tv/OddProductiveLaptopRitzMitz-WRytYQUEFTIOZ17j

A great clip extract  from Martin Mickels twitch livestream using our Feline Guitars S type with roasted maple neck 

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roberty said:

Chanced upon this other feline strat today

Apologies for veering off topic, but John Gatto of the Good Rats used to play a cat-shaped "John the Cat" guitar.  In fact he had several of them.



And this chap was pictured with one as well:

Sporky

Any offset plans? Perhaps the Caracal? 

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Sporky said:

Any offset plans? Perhaps the Caracal? 

Have done a couple and there may be a couple more in the pipeline for the next year

and yes the logos are deliberately reversed out on the next two - customer is a graphic designer and wanted it that way, and designed how it should be 





and he had a strat too....

grungebob

That blue one is amazing. 

Would look cool with raised Center block like a firebird to match the headstock with split pickguard 

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Here is one we just finished for a customer in Scotland

Colour is the colour that Lamborghini use on the Aventador sportscar

Pickups are Oil City Blackbirds and a Sycorax in the middle

Trem system used is one of our favourites: Hipshot Contour system




The trem has a Tremol-no  fitted and has an access hole via the backplate

Schaller locking tuners  do the tuning duties

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Here we have a pair of similar spec builds: 

Contoured alder body, roasted flame maple necks (ivoroid bound and with luminlay side dots). 

Dunlop 6155 frets, Earvana nuts

Graphtech Ratio tuners and Grainger hardtail bridges 

Elecs are Bare Knuckle via CTS pots and a freeway 10 position switch

Mothers milk set on the s-type one

Irish tour on the Tabby hybrid one

S-type hardtail




Tabby Hybrid hardtail

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This Lake Placid Blue beast ready to go out to a customer - this is his second S type from us

and this Candy apple red one has a 3 piece neck with a lean-back headstock and will be available to buy

prowla

On reading the thread title, I just knew it had to be a Strat shaped guitar!

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Interesting how nitro finishes just age and go a bit relic'd while you are not looking at them

We had a couple of our S-types finished in nitro with the aim in offering a naturally aging and relic'd finish. We expected a little aging but this has gone to town.

So brand new back from the paintshop we photographed it

and a couple of years later sat in it's case - gone nicely aged

Still in the shop but I may have to take new photos to show the progress  of the aging

https://felineguitars.com/collections/guitars/products/feline-alder-s-type-roasted-maple-neck-sunburst

Schnozz

I'd just like to say that the Burgundy Lion SC Cub is wonderful. I like that the grain on the above follows the contours of the pickguard too.

rlw

Apropos the thread title, I fail to understand why anyone would want a guitar that wasn't LP shaped.