Judas Priest – Ram It Down
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1988 album Ram It Down.
Music from Ram It Down
Artists on Ram It Down
Gear Used On Ram It Down
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Judas Priest – Ram It Down (1988). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by K. K. Downing on Ram It Down
In this video, we can see Downing with his signature Mini V Guitar in.
This guitar has a Red Finish with two rows of metal studs on the top and bottom of the body, a Shadow Neck Humbucker and an EMG Bridge Humbucker, two selectors and one Fender control Pot, a Kahler Tremolo, and a Scalloped Rosewood Fretboard with Trapezoid Inlays (as can be seen at 1:02).
This guitar is one of four Mini V's Hamer made specially for Downing. Downing considers this an important guitar in his career and it was played extensively during the "Turbo", "Ram It Down" and "Painkiller" tours and onward.
It was customised by Downing whilst on tour in the U.S., he said that he didn't think it was quite "Metal" enough, so went to a Hardware Store and bought a quantity of Upholsterer's Studs which he then proceded to hammer into the guitar's body to create its now-famous look.
Unfourtunatly, Hamer refused to mass produce these Guitars for the public, as the only ones in existance are in Downing's possesion, however these Guitars have been subject to many replicas over the years and there are many videos on how to make one.
