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My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
Would go solid colour or sparkle finish, and dots on the FB. Purple, or black. Blazing copper or silver are cool too
It'd probably have the worst resale of any PRS ever but I'd like it
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
I get my Terry Morgans made by Gibson.
They're easily the most accurate Terry Morgan replicas available.
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
The others I've custom built with @GSPBASSES choosing the look, layouts and wood, again doing some work myself but paint where applicable by others;
I guess the beauty of doing the partscaster way is if you get the neck shape too wrong, it wouldn't be the end of the world to get a replacement neck
Also had Raygun Relics put together a hardtail Strat in LPB for me, but that was using an off the shelf body and neck, so not sure that counts, few other guitars that have been finished off with custom / hand made necks too, but I've already posted too many pictures in this thread
I would heartily recommend getting something made to your own specifications – I stumbled across Hugh Manson in the early 90’s and I’ve not got three from him, this is my latest from Tim at the workshop:
I also have some stuff underway at Feline – this is a picture from Jonathan of my custom one (currently pre paint):
Lastly I’ve been working with Matt at Kemp Guitars on some other ideas that I have and this is in the works:
TBH I’ve never understood why you would pay to have £4K plus to have an old or custom shop guitar when you can, for the same money, get something totally bespoke the way you want it. I do find myself in GuitarGuitar looking at £6K Gibsons and Shurs thinking " Yeah nice, but..."
In terms of the how the builds get started I’ve generally always had something in my mind’s eye for all of them at the start so I’ll know things like scale length, body shape and most of the timber types I’m thinking of. None of my timber choices are that out there so far, the Manson above does have an Ebony top, but I do have some ideas that I’ve been bating back and forth with Matt that might be a bit more exotic.
Most of my conversations with the respective luthiers have been about what I’m trying to do and things I’ve not thought of that they need to know – I know mostly what works for me and what I comfortable with in the main.
I’ve been very lucky thought as dealing with Jonathan, Matt and Tim has been extremely easy, they are all massively knowledgeable and helpful!
Feline
Probett
Antony Ryder
Andy Viccars
Fylde
Rob Williams
I have no experience of the others, but have only heard good things.
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
http://alpher.co.uk/guitar-gallery/
Each of the guitars is about the same price as a Patrick Eggle electric. Both are worth a fair chunk more than what I paid for them.
I recently bought a used Feline guitar (the purple one if anyone remembers it) and love the thing to bits. Neck is fantastic, and the whole thing is of a very very high quality. I'd change a few features, but there's zero that would need to be improved in terms of quality.
I've been very lucky buying (used!) and selling high end guitars and been able to own for at least a short while pretty much everything I've ever wanted to own - this is made easier by the fact I tend to like modern type instruments (Ibanez being my main staple), as well as fairly conservative Fenders.
I've owned a Masterbuilt Todd Krause, Cunnetto, Gibson LP customs, Jems, PGMs, J Customs, Jacksons, Custom Shop Charvels, Custom Shop fenders (Tele and Strats), Jacksons (80s, 90s, Custom Shops), Explorers, PRSs (all flavours), Parker Flys ... (note, these rarely overlapped!)
Jon @FelineGuitars has seen most of these things as I've bought them needing a bit of love and then had them tidied up - handy thing was, that in doing this I got to play lots of Feline's guitars.
Having played so many of Jon's guitars, and deciding what I like and what I don't about all the others I've owned, there's no doubt that I can work with him to build me exactly what I want.
I would say though, if you want a Fender Strat (or Tele, LP, etc.) then buy that ... if you're trying to get someone to make a good copy of something that already exists, you're kind of wasting your time. The best strats I've ever played have been masterbuilts (and the Cunetto I got from @gassage).
Also if you're thinking of resale when buying something truly bespoke - you're doing it wrong. Buy used (it _will_ turn up, you just have to wait - I've owned some quite specific stuff, I just had to wait several months/years ...) and then sell it. I've owned many guitars, but only usually a couple at a time.
I've "played the field" (in a lot of senses ... ha.) and now I'm ready to settle down. The Feline I have is getting played to death and has been for a few months now. Everyone who touches it raves about the neck on the thing ... the other guitars I have really can't match it. I just want the same thing, but with a hardtail (and a few other specifics).
Apologies this is a bit of a Feline love-fest of a post ... I can't speak for other makers, plus I would like to repeat my previous statement - if you want something that's the best version of a Fender strat ... buy a fender strat ...