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I Touched My First Shishkov Today - 0059 Arrived!


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Then at 3:04 today, I get a DELIVERED message. And I had to look at it in my office for an hour and a half.

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Trish warned me, but I was not prepared. The top is amazing. How do you prepare yourself for this?

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Both the color and the wood grain are lovely. Congrats!

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I guess it's fitting that #0059 is a singlecut!

Killer finish - what a great idea.  That top though...

Thumbs up, sir!

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51 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said:

That first photo had me thinking the guitar had an arched top.  Wow!

That was my impression, too.

But Mike offers both: regular flat- and custom arched top.

I tend to like more of an arched Maverick version. Curves similar to those

http://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/79461-another-dc-custom-just-headed-out/:

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4 minutes ago, soli'd said:

Wow! Is that raspberry to blueberry burst? Never seen a finish like that. 

Beautiful instrument. 

The color is based on the purpleburst trio that Greg had for sale a while back. The Jr in that set really spoke to me(!).

The blue haze on the outside of the burst is amazing; it really glows in the right light.

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Wowzers! What a beautiful guitar. LOVE the blue to red burst!

Tell us about how it sounds....what pickups, etc. what vibrato? 

And what does the mini-switch do?

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Awesome. I really like how the sides/back are natural, really nicely balances things out.

Rock out with it!!

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On 5/31/2017 at 10:26 AM, Jakeboy said:

Wowzers! What a beautiful guitar. LOVE the blue to red burst!

Tell us about how it sounds....what pickups, etc. what vibrato? 

And what does the mini-switch do?

Band rehearsal on Thursday... I'll know more after playing at full volume. It has Josh's Charlotte pickups. They have a little gritty hair on 10 and clean up right away by rolling off the volume. With a long history of playing Gretsch/TV Jones & Tele's, I like clean and bright. Charlotte is right there. The toggle splits the bridge pickup; Not a huge volume drop when switching to single coil - pleasantly surprised! Both positions sound excellent just as Josh described (and he suggested the split for my taste in Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, 80's wave, etc.). The other Charlotte is very bright for the neck position. Lots of tone options.

The bridge is a MannMade 2020 Classic. 

Grover tuners. I like these on my Hamers, so I requested them here.

25-1/2 scale.

Larger neck, D shape; very similar to my '07 Standard, which is exactly what I wanted. 1.7" neck width at the nut. Ebony fretboard with abalone dots.

Must be around 7.5 lbs, super light. Easy to play.

I love the bound headstock and the flat top. I was so glad Mike's SC model featured the flat top. I'm very fond of the Sunburst model, you know.

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7 hours ago, cynic said:

Even the packing tape is excellent!

I just saw that - very nice touch! ;)

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