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Mountain Cat Guitars

Hi Folks, We are a by appointment vintage, boutique, and used guitar business located in Suffern NY,

09/01/2024

Really amazing refinish and restoration of this late 40s banner Gibson J45 just finished up by Josh at !! Perfect timing because we are right in the middle of our next boutique Guitar project, which will involve acoustic guitars!!!

08/22/2024

Really cool pics of this latest Golden Road model guitar being built for me by !! Really wild, looking ebony board, the wood for the body and the neck come from Greenwood cemetery in Brooklyn, and the pick ups we are going to use are a set of staple pick ups built by Seymour Duncan for our late friend Walter Becker!!

08/14/2024

Just got this really cool early 80’s Guitar Trader LP!! I had always heard about these, but never saw one in person. Really nicely done, awesome top, with 1962 early Pat numbers, 53 pots and harness with caps, and original plastic!!! Really great sounding and playing!!!

08/13/2024

One of the most weather checked Les Pauls I’ve seen!!

07/05/2024

Always psyched to be back at Torne Valley Vineyards!!! Come on out and hear some classic country, Americana, Blues, and folk music!!!!! Going to be a real cool afternoon!!!!!

07/05/2024

Haven’t done the shot in a while, lots of fun stuff at the shop!!!

06/28/2024

Just got this really nice 1968 SG Junior!! Sometimes all you need is one pickup!!!

06/18/2024

Just got this really great sounding SG Special in white with tons of awesome weather checking and a great neck!!!

06/16/2024

James Carbonetti at has been building this amazing Golden Road model for me!! With an incredible looking ebony fingerboard, and set of staple pickups that were hand wound by Seymour Duncan for Walter Becker!! Going to be a very special instrument!!

06/12/2024

Just got this Bacon and Day Belmont,,these were made by Gretsch in the 50s!! Amazing set of DeArmomds and a big neck!!! Really great old Jazz box for a reasonable price!!!

06/09/2024

All strung up, getting final set up, fret work and a few finishing touches!!

06/06/2024

Just got this really nice Lefty Gibson Les Paul studio in this really cool red!! These are a really great value, and lefty’s can be hard to come by!! Right now it is strung up righty if anybody wants to play upside down, but we will be setting up lefty again!!

06/02/2024

First mock up of the new NL series guitars!! Still some more aging to do, get strings on them, do some fret work, and cut the nuts, but they are getting there!!!

06/01/2024

Necks are really coming along for these NL Series guitars!!

05/30/2024

Just got this amazing handmade resonator guitar by German master luthier Joe Striebel!! Incredible build quality, really woody sounding, and has a McIntyre Feather pickup!!

05/29/2024

More aging on these NL series guitars, and some shots of Josh cutting out the guards and lacquering them!!

05/28/2024

Some nice shots of this SG-Teor!!

05/27/2024

This custom ordered Tweedle Dee amp with master volume and heavy aging is really coming along!!!

05/26/2024

Just got this really nice 2006 Gibson Custom Shop R6 Goldtop!! This was a particularly good era for these!! Nice dark board, and great finish!!

05/23/2024

Working on a custom ordered Tweedle Dee with a master volume. Also, this one will be much darker in color, and more heavily aged than we have done so far!!! Going to be a fun one!!!

05/20/2024

Potvin Guitars “Project 58” in Silver Fox!! This was a project we did a while back to copy my favorite 58 Junior!! I sent it up to Canada for Mike Potvin to spend time with and build these guitars! This one Josh from shot in silver fox and aged!!!

05/16/2024

Letting these bodies cure a bit before more aging!! Josh will continue aging the bodies, then the necks, then assembling!!

05/15/2024

This amazing looking SG-Teor just finished up and is on its way across the pond from England!! We are always psyched to get guitars from Damian Probett!!! His models are always really cool, well throught out , and contain aspects of our favorite vintage guitars!! The build quality is always incredibly high, and they always sound great!!

05/13/2024

Aged tweed cases for this current batch of “NL Series” guitars!!

05/10/2024

Josh is starting to age the bodies on these Protocasters!!

05/09/2024

More aged tweed case progress for our “NL” Series guitars #

05/09/2024

Just finished up this makeover on this 2017 Explorer! We love explorers! Very underappreciated guitars!!!

05/09/2024

makeover on this 2017 Explorer!!! We love doing Explorers!!!!

05/08/2024

Getting these tweed cases, lacquered and ready for aging for our blackguards!!

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http://www.mountaincatguitars.com/

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Videos

Did some really nice videos for the @protocasterguitars NL series guitars recently with @danieflerry filming and editing!! Here’s a quick preview!! #Protocaster #protocasternlseries @mountaincatguitars #blackguard #handmadeguitar #boutiqueguitars #VintageGuitars #guitar #guitarporn #relicguitar #agedguitar #mountaincatguitars #geminipickups #labellastrings

Demo video for another one of these @protocasterguitars NL series guitars! Doing demos for each one for the new Protocaster website! There will be a section just for these guitars where people can compare the videos and see if they prefer any particular ones!! This one is esquire style!!! #Protocaster #protocasternlseries @mountaincatguitars #blackguard #handmadeguitar #boutiqueguitars #VintageGuitars #guitar #guitarporn #relicguitar #agedguitar #mountaincatguitars #geminipickups #labellastrings #fuchsaudio

Demo video for one of the new @protocaster NL series blackguards we just got!!! #Protocaster #protocasternlseries @mountaincatguitars #blackguard #handmadeguitar #boutiqueguitars #vintageguitars #guitar #guitarporn #relicguitar #agedguitar #mountaincatguitars #geminipickups #labellastrings #fuchsamps

Quick video I made after unboxing the new @protocasterguitars NL series guitars, will make proper high-quality videos ASAP, this is plugged straight into a @blackvoltamplification amp and using the audio from the camera. #protocasterguitars #protocasternlseries #boutiqueguitars

Just got a new video camera, a bit of experimenting with a quick shop tour!! #guitars #guitarshop #guitarlife

Video for an amazing @protocasterguitars Double cut!! Very cool Black with anodized guard, and a great feeling hand carved “V” neck!!! Very Stratty sounding!!!! #protocasterguitars #guitarvideo

Doing some demo videos in the. “jam Room”, quick clip of some slide playing on this amazing Monty Bluesmaster!! Another awesome guitar from Canadian guitar building legend Brian Monty!! #montyguitars #handmadeguitars #boutiqueguitars

Another telecaster makeover on the go, this one is a recent re-issue, going to be a really cool aged butterscotch!! Always fun doing butterscotch Teles!!! #protocastermakeover #butterscotchtelerelic #blackguardtelecaster

This guitar has been the subject of lots of comments and conversations since it came in!! It seems to be a love it or hate it vibe!! The elusive Gibson Eye!!! #gibsoneye #gibsonguitars

This Maduro Brown Gibson Les Paul Custom is going up for sale today on Reverb!!! For all you cigar guys out there, this is a really cool guitar to play while enjoying your cigar!!! #gibsonguitars #lespaulcustom #customshoplespaul

New aged @fuchsaudio “tweedle Dee” amps!! Aged by Josh at @protocasterguitars in nitrocellulose laquer!!! Now they look as vintage as they sound!! #handmadeamps

We had a great time shooting #mountaincatguitarspodcast season 3 episode 1 with Rob from @geminipickups!! we discussed Rob‘s pick ups, and at length, PAFS, and winding some after examining the five sets of PAF we will use in this podcast !! #podcast #guitarpodcast #guitar #guitarpickups #pafs

Demo for this amazing @probettguitars Rocket 3 model!! Amazing build quality, and really well thought out design, combining a bunch of our vintage favorites!! #probettguitars

1959 Gibson ES-345 demo video!! Sometimes there just nothing like the genuine article! Two amazing sounding PAF’s, great neck, and lightweight super resonant!!! #vintageguitar #vintagegibson #vintage345

New video comparing the new @fuchsaudiotech Tweedle Dee to a couple of latest 50’s tweed deluxe’s, we think it holds up pretty nicely, #amplification #amp #tweedamp

@protocasterguitars black guard I was using for some amp demos yesterday, we are starting a run of heavily aged white guard and black guards in the next few weeks!!! And look out for the new Protocaster website!!! #boutiqueguitars

Making a video this morning comparing the new Fuchs Tweedle Dee to these two late 50s narrow panel deluxes!!! Should be a lot of fun!!! we are currently working on aged versions of these done by @josh at @protocasterguitars, #fuchsaudio #tweedamp #tweedamplifier

Quick demo video for the new @fuchsaudio Tweedle Dee amp, A faithful reproduction of the last 1950s narrow panel tweed Deluxe!! We are currently working on aged versions by @protocasterguitars!! #guitaramp #amplifier #handmadeamps

Quick video from the shop of a 1965 Strat we just got, refinished by Josh at @protocasterguitars!! #vintagestratocaster #VintageGuitar

A quick look at the latest “Golden Road” model guitar we are working on with @carbonettiguitars based on this 1955 Black beauty!! #Vintage guitar #blackbeauty #lespaulcustom