Epiphone AlleyKat

[charlie chitlin]

Played a few-years-old one today.
Nice guitar.
Anybody have one?
Small body...like a 339.
And...an...is it possible....? Ebony board?
Sure looked like it to me.
Hard to get that on a $300 guitar!

[boneyguy]

I had a WildKat a few years ago which was a real dud of a guitar. About a year ago I picked up a used FlameKat for next to nothing and it's a very nice guitar. It plays great and sound great. All three models (FlameKat, AlleyKat, WildKat) have the same body design. Only the pickup pairings are different.

The FlameKat has 2 mini humbuckers. The FlameKat is also just about the ugliest guitar ever so I've repainted mine. I'm just waiting for some nicer weather to finish the job.

Anyway, all that to say that "yes" the fretboard on my Flamekat is definitley ebony.

Here's a stock FlameKat. Ugleeee.....



Here's mine repainted. I was going for a Gretschy green look. I like that the flames are still visible. I was hoping that might happen.

[brookdalebill]

I've had AlleyKats and Wildkats.
I liked em' both, but I liked the AlleyKat more.
I'm just not a P90 guy.
I thought it was a great shape/size.

[Teiscoman]

I had an AlleyKat--beautiful guitar, but I never bonded with it. I found it a very smooth-sounding guitar, without quite the bite or roar that I want.

[charlie chitlin]

The one I played had a full-sized and a mini humbucker.
I didn't get to plug it in.

[Elias Graves]

I owned one for a while. Definitely a rosewood board on mine.
The bridge pickup on those sits a little further away from the TOM and I never could find a sound I liked from it.
Then the body warped.
Great idea, poorly executed, at least in the one I had.

EG

[Deaf Eddie]

I have a FlameKat, love the look, like the feel, but I can't seem to bond with the Epi mini-humbuckers.

So, I had my pal Pete at Vintage Vibe rewind a pair of dead Dearmonds from a mid-sixties Harmony I had laying around, gonna load those up (once I get around to it). He makes most of his pups three-conductor (independent ground/shield), so I should be able to do a few phase/series tricks with a Superswitch 5-way replacing the 3-way.

I'm hoping for the best of all worlds - vintage Harmony Rocket tone, modern construction. Should be fun.

[boneyguy]

Originally Posted by Deaf Eddie

I have a FlameKat, love the look, like the feel, but I can't seem to bond with the Epi mini-humbuckers.

So, I had my pal Pete at Vintage Vibe rewind a pair of dead Dearmonds from a mid-sixties Harmony I had laying around, gonna load those up (once I get around to it). He makes most of his pups three-conductor (independent ground/shield), so I should be able to do a few phase/series tricks with a Superswitch 5-way replacing the 3-way.

I'm hoping for the best of all worlds - vintage Harmony Rocket tone, modern construction. Should be fun.

Although I didn't really mind the stock p/u's I had my friend rewind and de-wax the stock Epi minis for me but I haven't had them in the guitar yet. I'm waiting for the weather to get warm so I can finish spraying the final clear coats on the guitar and then get it back together. But I love the way the guitar plays and sounds and , in my case, I prefer the green flames that I've got now.

[blowtorch]

Boneguy, love the new paintjob.

[boneyguy]

Originally Posted by blowtorch

Boneguy, love the new paintjob.

Thanks. It was a happy surprise that it turned out that way.

[6stringelectric]

I have one of those FlameKats too, and yes that is an ebony fingerboard.