Hi Folks,
Anyone remember this "cat"? If so, you're dating yourselves!
Gold MOP, red coral, larger eye engraved.
Thanks for looking!
Paul
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| Author: | 1bordeaux [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:20 am ] |
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Hi Folks, Anyone remember this "cat"? If so, you're dating yourselves! Gold MOP, red coral, larger eye engraved.
Thanks for looking! Paul
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| Author: | Andy Zimmerman [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:29 am ] |
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Absolutely Felix the Cat the wonderful wonderful cat!!!!! Nice inlay |
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| Author: | Evan Gluck [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:40 am ] |
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I assume his magic bag of tricks is on the 12th fret 
Very cool! Evan |
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| Author: | Serge Poirier [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:45 am ] |
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Cool cat, lovely work! 
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| Author: | peterm [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:53 am ] |
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WOW!! Great job!
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:02 am ] |
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Now that's cool!!! |
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| Author: | Brock Poling [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:18 am ] |
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That is really cool... nice work Paul. |
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| Author: | JBreault [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:07 am ] |
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Nice work Paul! I think Martin did a Felix themed guitar, except the whole thing was laminated on. Yours is much nicer! |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:08 am ] |
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Cool! Do you know what kind of beast this is going on? |
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| Author: | old man [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:13 am ] |
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Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow mewo meow meow meow meow meow meow meow I always liked Felix. Great job. Ron |
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| Author: | 1bordeaux [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:54 am ] |
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[QUOTE=CarltonM] Cool! Do you know what kind of beast this is going on?[/QUOTE] It's some sort of electric kit guitar. i believe the neck was from Warmoth. I just heard from one of the guys at Felix the cat productions. They want another one done. 
I'll post a picture of the completed project when they pass it on. Paul |
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| Author: | 1bordeaux [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:58 am ] |
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Here's an earlier image prior to final sanding. I left out the white river pearl in the materials listed at the beginning of the post. It's used for the face. Paul 
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| Author: | Dickey [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:38 am ] |
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Whimsical, well-executed, humorous, light-hearted, beautiful, and downright delectable. Go Paul, nice inlay. |
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| Author: | old man [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:52 am ] |
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Neato, Paul. Question: Do you have to pay some sort of royalty to the Felix people when you use an image like that? Ron |
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| Author: | Evan Gluck [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:12 am ] |
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Hey Ron, you just sang the Meow Mix song! My father was the director and cameraman for all those commercials in the 70's and 80's. I used to watch him film those when I was a kid. Thanks for the memory! Evan |
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| Author: | 1bordeaux [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:21 am ] |
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[QUOTE=old man] Neato, Paul. Question: Do you have to pay some sort of royalty to the Felix people when you use an image like that? Ron[/QUOTE] Ron, This is for Don Oriolo, the son of the artist that helped create the Felix character. felix history They actually still have a production company with retro Felix the cat items. Don't feel bad, I didn't know either! 
To be honest, when I received an e mail from "felix the cat", I thought some SPAMMER had a clever sense of humor. For some reason, I decided to open the message. 
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| Author: | old man [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:28 am ] |
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Wow, Evan, that must be some great memory. I always liked those commercials. Can't imagine how exciting it would have been as a kid to see the real thing. Ron |
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| Author: | old man [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:29 am ] |
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Thanks for that info, Paul, very interesting. Ron |
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| Author: | Evan Gluck [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:37 am ] |
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Ron it was alot of fun growing up with that, he also did all the food footage for Burger King, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, etc etc.... He won about 13 Clios' (Oscar equivalent)several for the Meow Mix campaign. I actually keep the stuffed cat he used to focus the camera before the real cats were put on the set in my shop. It was the stunt cat! Evan |
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| Author: | CarltonM [ Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:50 am ] |
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[QUOTE=1bordeaux]It's some sort of electric kit guitar.[/QUOTE] Well, that's too bad. If you get the chance, ask him if he's ever considered a custom-built instrument to go with his custom inlay. Some of the guys here make superb electrics! BTW, it's very cool that you're getting at least two commissions out of this! |
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| Author: | clavin [ Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:31 am ] |
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Nice one.. Craig L |
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| Author: | vpelleri [ Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:25 am ] |
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Wow! Whodathunk that a cartoon character could be beautiful? You are a master of your craft. |
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