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Wondering if anyone here has one of the Phiga replicas. I have been to the site a couple of times and i have to say from the pictures the Tiger and Wolf Replicas look damn good. I have a resurrection Bolt already and they cost a shit load. Phiga's seem to be more reasonable in price so i'm looking in that direction for one of their Eagles as they call it. Any input would be apprecitated. Thanks.

I am curious as well. I am particularly in the wolf style, although his bolts look very cool too.

My friend bought one of his Wolf guitars not to long ago. It had some electronic glitch which wasn't to bad to resolve. I also believe he said the frets needed to be re-done due to sharp edges. Once all that was taken care of the guitar plays like butter and he loves it.

http://www.philgawen.com/phigaguitars.htm
I love his Wolf.
I E Mailed him once and he got back to me real quick.
I think there is a site called E Harmony or something where people give reviews of shit they buy.
There were 2 reviews back when I checked last year.
One guy said the guitar was only good for hanging on the wall.Ouuch.
Another guy raved about his.
I would love to get my hands on one.
If you think about it $3000 aint that much money for the guitar of your dreams ....
There are some kinda out there stuff on his site too - some UFO stuff,the power of crystals,other hippie stuff.
He says on his site that Bobby Weir bought a guitar from him ...

Do a search here. People aren't pleased with them.

SS, do a search where? I'd like to know a bit more about them. I like the wolf hybrid prototype.

Go to the top of the page and click on search.
Type in Wolf Phigaguitars and you will see some forums. Near the bottom is one from earlier this year.

hehehe...ehem...yeah, right... thanks

This doesn't apply to a replica axe but a word of caution on his personal design "crop circles." They don't line up naturally with the trad frets with dots and I've heard complaints from people saying, after receiving their guitars with the crop circles that if they had realized this they never would have ordered theirs with them.

I hear ya on that one.I was playing a friends Ibanez with the Tree of Life inlay (Vine of life ?)and it was throwing me off ....
Good note good note clammy clam look out !Good note ...


I like a simpler fretboard,too.