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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Lew on December 02, 2010, 10:54:13 PM

Title: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on December 02, 2010, 10:54:13 PM
Yo!

Here be some pics and general pimpage of my Daemoness Atlantean. The guitar is being built around the theme of a Hokuto No Ken character called Souther; a sociopath with a fetish for child slavery.

It's going to have heavy inlay work on the neck as well as the face and back of the body. A mix of black line and materials is being used.

The Kanji that's going on the fretboard translates in to -

"Ai yue ni (because of love)
Hito wa kurushimaneba naran (people have to suffer)
Ai yue ni (because of love)
Hito wa kanashimaneba naran ( people have to feel sad)
ai yue ni (because of love)"

as well as the Kanji (brass) the image of Souther with the extended arms will be inlaid. 6mm red dots will be running up the board where there's no inlay. Black binding running up the neck and headstock and a maple overlay on the headstock. The truss cover is going to be ebony and is getting Southers cross motife inlaid in m.o.p.
 
The back of the body is getting some blacklined images of the awesome post nuclear imagery in HNK. The front of the body is getting Southers face in blackline and his 'bloody cross' attack in opaque red. The back of the guitar is going to be solid white and the front is going to be an opaque white with solid white edges kinda like a burst. The tops getting stained black and sanded back for the grain to really pop through the opaque white.

Woods are Ash and Maple. 50mm nut width with 19mm to 20mm depth and 20" radius.

Hardware is going to be Hipshot, open geared tuners and Hipshot hardtail... and gold! The frets are going to be gold too :o the pickups are Rebel Yell in the bridge and a VH2 in the neck with black covers.

So, yea... totally over the top and totally $%&#ing awesome :D
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on December 02, 2010, 10:56:42 PM
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Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: dave_mc on December 02, 2010, 11:00:15 PM
nice :D
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on December 02, 2010, 11:22:23 PM
awesome! :D
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: jibidy on December 02, 2010, 11:31:13 PM
This is pretty cool! More please;)
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on January 26, 2011, 04:01:59 PM
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1362/img0478q.jpg)
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Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: shobet on January 26, 2011, 04:19:09 PM
I'm looking forward to seeing this fully completed.
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lezard on January 26, 2011, 04:30:21 PM
Awesome guitar and great taste in anime! (+1)
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: roland_rat on January 26, 2011, 06:51:58 PM
Very nice,

I am looking forward to seeing this one finished looks very inresting.
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Andrew W on January 26, 2011, 06:54:20 PM
Love the design and the artwork, very nice.  I also really like the blood splat X over the very fancy maple top - I can hear a few PRS fanatics coughing into their cornflakes I think :).
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on January 26, 2011, 09:47:37 PM
Ta :)

One can only hope, Andy  8) I know alot of people will think it's ott but one thing I didn't want was a 'furniture guitar' in the wood/finish dept..

(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9781/img0570wf.jpg)
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: lamp on January 26, 2011, 09:56:34 PM
Amazing.
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Shag101 on January 26, 2011, 11:50:59 PM
So, yea... totally over the top and totally $%&#ing awesome :D

Could not have said it better myself.....awesome
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Keven on January 28, 2011, 03:16:11 AM
Wow. and it's a 7 string also! kudos. i love the overall crazy feel of the guitar.
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Stevepage on January 28, 2011, 11:54:55 AM
This is looking awesome. I love that painting on the back, that's incredibly close to a scene in fist of the north star, right down to the shadows.
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: FernandoDuarte on January 28, 2011, 09:57:18 PM
It's a sick job!
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: MDV on January 28, 2011, 10:07:36 PM
That artwork is superb.
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on January 30, 2011, 04:30:57 PM
This is looking awesome. I love that painting on the back, that's incredibly close to a scene in fist of the north star, right down to the shadows.

4mins in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX9AGkd290Q&feature=related

http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1200/whiteburst.jpg
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on February 04, 2011, 07:42:25 PM
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Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: roland_rat on February 06, 2011, 01:19:53 PM
That is looking very nice how long till you get it ?
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 06, 2011, 09:31:53 PM
This guy is sick... His inlay and paint job are really good!
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on February 07, 2011, 12:36:52 AM
That is looking very nice how long till you get it ?


Abou four weeks :o
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Fourth Feline on February 07, 2011, 11:23:19 AM
Absolutely stunning !   :o

I keep going back to look at the pictures in detail.  You have an enviable talent - and deft touch indeed !  :D
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on February 20, 2011, 12:54:26 AM
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Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: roland_rat on February 20, 2011, 02:53:19 PM
Very nice indeed. :D
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Philly Q on February 20, 2011, 03:07:09 PM
It's an amazing piece of work!

I'm not totally sold on the closed black pickup covers, but I can't decide what (if anything) would look better.

Are the frets actually gold-coloured, or is it a trick of the light (or my monitor)?
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Dmoney on February 20, 2011, 03:09:18 PM
the ship in the sky scr@per... is that from fist of the north star?
I watched that recently and it had that image in it... kinda... just wondered if it is something else
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 20, 2011, 04:15:02 PM
Unique!
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on February 20, 2011, 04:53:56 PM
It's an amazing piece of work!

I'm not totally sold on the closed black pickup covers, but I can't decide what (if anything) would look better.

Are the frets actually gold-coloured, or is it a trick of the light (or my monitor)?


Yep, the fret wire is gold. EVO fretwire or some such something or another. We were going to go gold covers but I think the black looks best. It kind of makes a symmetry with the black binding up the neck and the gold frets + the black headstock binding and the gold machines. I may put black saddles on the bridge yet.

the ship in the sky scr@per... is that from fist of the north star?
I watched that recently and it had that image in it... kinda... just wondered if it is something else

Yea, read previous posts - I put a link to the video :) It's obviously a HNK guitar and I love the architecture throughout.

(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/862/img2229w.jpg)

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Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Lew on March 25, 2011, 11:06:09 PM
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Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: MrBump on March 26, 2011, 07:59:48 AM
Wow!

That's a real labour of love.

Looks amazing.
Title: Re: The Command Star!
Post by: Nadz1lla on March 26, 2011, 10:54:03 AM
Niiiice dude!  Again the quality of Dylan's work is overly evident.  Bet you're proper happy with that one mate!  :D