This guitar was completed at Christmas time of 2008. Damian Openshaw is a local Cache County Deputy. I teach 5th grade and he has been our DARE instructor for the last few years. In his introduction to my class he mentioned his guitar playing hobby. I immediately started to think of a law enforcement themed guitar. I mentioned to him what I had in mind. He was very enthused but knew it might require some time to raise the money. In the meantime an Openshaw family tragedy made me realize that I had to find a way to just get this done. Here was a good guy that deserved something nice done for him. I really couldn't afford to just build it, but I was willing to donate my labor. We ended up having Deputy Openshaw's DARE students from Providence, Millville, Wellsville, Canyon, Nibley and River Heights Elementary secretly each donate a dollar. This provided money for the materials and the project was underway. He picked it up on Christmas Eve.
H* alder body
* top made to duplicate the Cache County Sheriff's flag
* 1/4 inch top of curly ash and black walnut
* gold mother-of-pearl stars inlayed into the ash
* white mother-of-pearl inlayed as mountain snow caps
* digital sheriff's badge graphic
* police spec bullets inlayed as fret markers, 44 mag to 223
* sheriff's green headstock and neck
* gold plated hardware
* grover tuners
* deputy ID tag inlayed into 12th fret
* neck through construction
* maple neck, ebony fretboard
* strings through body
The attention to detail, materials, craftsmanship and personalization for the player are all exquisite. I can't wait to see the next one! (They look best in person)
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