NGD - I AM THE LAW

FelineGuitars

NGD - and this one is for me (couldn't really be for anyone else really.)

It's been a LONG time coming as stuff for myself usually gets put on the back-burner when things are busy here at Feline.

But finally here she is

Based on the Panther superstrat design that I build, this kicked off about 12 years ago

We used a big hefty slab of mahogany that I had in store for something special.

Through my younger brother I got hooked on 2000AD comics and Judge Dredd in particular.

there have been several different artists to draw Dredd over the years 

I rather liked Mike McMahon's artwork (whilst not the creator of the look he was the first regularly published artist drawing Dredd in 2000AD 's early days).

This was a particular design he did  that made it onto a t shirt that I subsequently owned

It started taking shape in my mind as to what it should become and with the help of my friend Nick Smith (airbrush artist) this is what started taking shape.

Here it is as soon as he had painted the image before we got the top coat of lacquer put on

By this time I knew I wanted to do something fun with inlay 

and what is more befitting for Judge Dredd than his trusty " I AM THE LAW" catchphrase

Those that know me will know my Surname is LAW - so kind of fitting to have on my guitar.

I debated having the headstock in the shape of Dredd's gun (the lawgiver) but figured it may get cumbersome - especially as I started wanting LEDs and a laser sight on it. So I went with our usual Panther headstock and would let the inlay do the talking instead.

Here is the neck with the cut out pearl letters laid in place

I chose to bunch it up at the headstock end so i could scallop the last few frets

And once the frets went in it looked like this:

So spec wise we have the following 

Sperzel tuners

Schaller Lockmeister Floyd Rose Tremolo

Mahogany body

3 piece maple neck with ebony fingerboard

Dunlop 6000 fretwire (big!)

Pickup is an old EMG58 which is a darker sounding one - a bit like a fat P90

This runs on 18v for a better headroom.

The second knob is the EMG RPC (resonant peak control) which allows you to add more of a single coil like top end to the beefy sounding humbucker

jd0272

Not normally my thing, but OOOOOSHA. Nice!

Dave_Mc

nice

kelv_w

wow i think it's pretty cool! love the inlays.

Are you keeping it personally or selling it? 

FelineGuitars

this one is mine - after 12years I feel I should keep it

JookyChap

Brilliant - I was a 2000AD junky too, and that is perfect

Bucket

That is all kinds of awesome.

stonevibe

Drokk!

UnclePsychosis

I love that.

Really great artwork.

mike_l

Love it,

Andyjr1515

Stunning :-)

jaygtr

An amazing guitar, although not my thing.
I'd like to have a go though :-\"

DiscoStu

80s-tastic! Nice one!
I used to have an Anthrax 'I am the Law' t-shirt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rVFi6qkPHE

mart

Not my bag, but it's a cool idea beautifully executed. A fantastic piece of work, and a good advertisement for your guitars!

Fez

Nice one

Jalapeno

Nice, not exactly one for hackneyed blues licks at the Dog & Duck though - you'd have to live up to it on stage !

equalsql

Same here. I'm not all all a fan of pointy 'metal' guitars but your friend is one hell of a good artist and the final result is simply stunning! 

dafuzz

Awesome

mudslide73

I love all that stuff.. I grew up in the era of Charvel, Kramer etc. so that pushes all my buttons. Single hum too. The graphics and inlays are incredible.

littlegreenman

I remember the posts about this from "the other place". Great stuff that it's finished.

I'd have gone with a Carlos Ezquerra graphic personally, but that is still all kinds of Ossum!

welshboyo

DiscoStu said:

80s-tastic! Nice one!
I used to have an Anthrax 'I am the Law' t-shirt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rVFi6qkPHE

As soon as I saw it I thought of Scott Ian