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Just ordered a Wolf replica

JJ Blair

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I've lusted after this guitar since I was a kid. Leo, at Scarlet Fire Guitars, seems to be building some beautiful ones. Sent off my deposit today. We'll see how it goes.

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JJ Blair

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The original was built by Doug Irwin, who worked for Alembic.

This is how it looked in '73, when it was new.

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And then it got modded in the late '70s with HBs, and an effects loop, and looks like this now. (I want the '73 electronics.)

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J.D.

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Almost looks like a synth pickup was installed between the harmonica and the bridge humbucker.
 

JJ Blair

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Sweet mother popcorn! Somebody's almost ready.

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And after a touch of amber tint...

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Congrats!

Leo is a great guy. I bought the second Tiger that he ever made. Sold it a year or so ago mostly because it was so friggin' heavy. Plus, he inadvertently put four different brass bindings on the guitar (two on the front and two on the back). This was before he was intimately familiar with the original Tiger and mistook two maple layers for brass binding. It looked great but the outer two brass bindings on either side (the ones that shouldn't be there) had a real issue with the finish and it was lifting off pretty severely. The OCD part of my personality had trouble desalting with it. He's since perfected the craft.

Enjoy!

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I've long been on the fence for a grabbing a Liger by Phred... I've just picked up a Travis Bean, so maybe that will get me close enough to the Jerry tones I've long lusted after... if not, it's back to the fence I will go...
 

JJ Blair

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Congrats!

Leo is a great guy. I bought the second Tiger that he ever made. Sold it a year or so ago mostly because it was so friggin' heavy. Plus, he inadvertently put four different brass bindings on the guitar (two on the front and two on the back). This was before he was intimately familiar with the original Tiger and mistook two maple layers for brass binding. It looked great but the outer two brass bindings on either side (the ones that shouldn't be there) had a real issue with the finish and it was lifting off pretty severely. The OCD part of my personality had trouble desalting with it. He's since perfected the craft.

Enjoy!

:peace2

The original Tiger is a boat anchor!
 
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