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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: FELINEGUITARS on February 19, 2012, 04:45:38 PM

Title: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 19, 2012, 04:45:38 PM: This personal project has been lurking on my back-burner for a while, but as I've started making progress with it, I thought I'd share it with you guys.

It is based on one of my Panther super-strat guitars, and features a mahogany body , floyd rose (shown with a Gotoh, but we will put an original Floyd on here in the end as it's my favourite to use). The neck is maple with an ebony board and will be fretted with Dunlop 6000 gauge frets.

The body was painted by my friend Nick Smith with my favourite image of 2000AD comic's resident law enforcer.
Many artists have drawn Judge Dredd over the years but this is based on a drawing by the original artist : Carlos Ezquerra
I had my airbrush artist friend Nick Smith do the artwork on the body - he used a mix of airbrush and paintbrush

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Judge%20Dredd%20panther/greenstrat6.jpg)

Here is the neck with the inlay letters just laid on the fingerboard during the planning stages of the project
It was a no-brainer as to what to inlay in the fingerboard:- Dredd's familiar catchphrase "I AM THE LAW"
Those who know me well enough to know my surname is LAW will see the extra appeal of this inlay.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Judge%20Dredd%20panther/greenstrat7.jpg)

This last week has seen me being very busy doing inlays so I decided to get stuck in to the big task of inlaying all this pearl
It took a lot of doing , but the result was worthwhile:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Judge%20Dredd%20panther/greenstrat5.jpg)

Nice clean inlays, which then had to be cut through once inlaid to allow for the fret slots to be reinstated

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Judge%20Dredd%20panther/greenstrat3.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Judge%20Dredd%20panther/greenstrat4.jpg)

I had also planned for the last 8 frets to be scalloped, which is something I like to have on some of my own guitars.
I often scallop from the 13th upwards but here I planned to do it from after the last inlaid fret which was frets 15-22

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Judge%20Dredd%20panther/greenstrat2.jpg)

We even "offset" the side dots in this area to avoid them being in the way of the scallops - it's nice to plan ahead sometimes.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Judge%20Dredd%20panther/greenstrat1.jpg)
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 19, 2012, 05:07:16 PM: Really nice guitar! I love custom guitars!
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Stevepage on February 19, 2012, 05:27:47 PM: That's an incredibly neat scallop!

I'd really like to see a Ninja Turtle V or RR shaped guitar like Dan Spitz old Jacksons :D
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: nfe on February 19, 2012, 05:36:51 PM: Marvelous.
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 19, 2012, 05:37:53 PM: Quote from: nfe on February 19, 2012, 05:36:51 PM
Marvel-ous.

2000AD-ous!
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: nfe on February 19, 2012, 06:17:23 PM: :lol:

(Survey said) Top answer.
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Andrew W on February 19, 2012, 06:43:11 PM: Like Dredd, like this. I think Brian Bolland was my favourite Dredd artist but you can't go wrong with Ezquerra.
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Philly Q on February 19, 2012, 08:34:44 PM: To think I only saw that guitar a week ago, with no inlays, and you've done all that.... plus your regular work.

Nice job! :D

But makes me feel embarrassed by my own inactivity. :oops:
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Telerocker on February 19, 2012, 09:17:30 PM: Very sweet, with a Jem-type fretboard. Great workmanship!
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 19, 2012, 09:31:17 PM: Quote from: Philly Q on February 19, 2012, 08:34:44 PM
To think I only saw that guitar a week ago, with no inlays, and you've done all that.... plus your regular work.

Nice job! :D

But makes me feel embarrassed by my own inactivity. :oops:

Been very busy this week Philly - here's another 3 that got done:

The Flame top Tiger that I showed Twinfan when you were down last weekend...

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/419876_10150662042049002_790429001_10775259_1342667054_n.jpg)

Some Trini Lopez inspired inlays on this Tiger Model

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/432322_10150662043569002_790429001_10775266_431399312_n.jpg)

The Feline Fatcat that we borrowed your Gibson ES339 to copy from:

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/407179_10150662040054002_790429001_10775247_1497375422_n.jpg)
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: gwEm on February 19, 2012, 09:36:49 PM: lovely job on that scalloping there Jonathan
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Philly Q on February 19, 2012, 09:56:42 PM: Quote from: FELINEGUITARS on February 19, 2012, 09:31:17 PM
Been very busy this week Philly - here's another 3 that got done:

The Flame top Tiger that I showed Twinfan when you were down last weekend...

Some Trini Lopez inspired inlays on this Tiger Model

The Feline Fatcat that we borrowed your Gibson ES339 to copy from

Excellent! I think Tom was working on the one with the Trini inlays while we were there, and you showed us the Fatcat with the routing for the inlays just taking shape.

I must say I was really quite taken with the Fatcat (and the Lion with the ESP style control layout....). The inlays and the ebony board look awesome! Very much looking forward to seeing that one progress! :D
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: FernandoDuarte on February 19, 2012, 09:59:54 PM: Awesome guitars!! Love the neck joint :D
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: 38thBeatle on February 19, 2012, 10:31:00 PM: Impressive stuff there Jonathan. I love the look of all but that Fatcat looks beautiful.
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Telerocker on February 19, 2012, 11:14:36 PM: Thumbs up for all, but specially for the Fatcat.
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: HTH AMPS on February 20, 2012, 12:39:47 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdsO1mBGE4
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 25, 2012, 01:12:10 PM: Quote from: Telerocker on February 19, 2012, 11:14:36 PM
Thumbs up for all, but specially for the Fatcat.

It's shaping up nicely now
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/CUSTOM%20BUILT/solid%20ES%20guitar/fatcat.jpg)
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: HTH AMPS on February 25, 2012, 02:55:16 PM: ^ That looks REALLY nice Jon, what colour? - tobacco sunburst would look right sexy :D
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Philly Q on February 25, 2012, 04:31:31 PM: I think Jon told us it was going to be solid black, which seems a shame.... a sunburst or cherry would be nice on that relatively plain maple.

What's the bridge, a Schroeder? Much as I love wraparounds, I'm not sure about the shape of that one. Of course it would be easy to swap. :)
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: James C on February 25, 2012, 05:43:18 PM: Quote from: Philly Q on February 25, 2012, 04:31:31 PM
What's the bridge, a Schroeder? Much as I love wraparounds, I'm not sure about the shape of that one. Of course it would be easy to swap. :)

Not a massive fan of the bridge, although it does seem to match up with the inlays nicely
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Johnny Mac on February 25, 2012, 07:20:53 PM: Your Judge Dread project looking good Jonathon. Anthrax clips coming up?

Those others your working on look lovely. 8)
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Telerocker on February 26, 2012, 01:23:36 AM: Sheer beauty. Stick to classic colourschemes: Tobacco Sunburst, Heritage Sunburst, Cherry etc.
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on February 29, 2012, 01:47:02 PM: Here is the Dredd with the neck bolted on to give a better idea of how she'll look when finished:

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/426353_10150685617759002_790429001_10860962_192362083_n.jpg)
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Twinfan on February 29, 2012, 02:04:48 PM: That looks superb!

I must say, I'm loving that Trini Tiger..... 8)
Title: Re: 2012 - a growing sense of Dredd!
Post by: Telerocker on February 29, 2012, 05:23:56 PM: Looks fantastic.