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There's a nice write up (with pics) of it in the second volume of the Robb Lawrence Les Paul book.

Justkid - Gibson DID do a small run of 50 LP CUSTOMS as 25th Anniversary Models in Silver (not Silverburst), but those were for GC only and were done in late 1978. I still don't believe that this was a 1977 Gibson "Anniversary" Model (as originally stated by the OP) for many reasons, including several that you mentioned.

Beautiful guitar!

Vee body is SOLD! Thanks much, and looking forward to seeing how this one gets finished up by somebody with focus and a plan!

What fucking IDIOT would think that was a Chinese copy? Let me guess...TGP commenters? They think EVERYTHING is a Chinese fake.

I'm not a big bumper, but thought I'd dig this one out of the woods. Just dropped the price on the Vee body. The Korina Thinline body has been sold. I'll put up pics of the Korina body blank traced from one of my 4-digit Standards and the optional maple top billet later tonight if there's any interest in that...it was going to become a cool Mandocello or something originally.

Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

The Shishkov Guitars site got moved to a new server by the host yesterday. It is supposed to be much higher performing, etc., but took the site down temporarily. It should be up and fully running by now.

I thought that the TRC change was more about not aping Gibson and more forging a different identity for the brand. They changed to the "suppository" TRC in the mid '80s, and went through several changes in the 90s before settling on the one the ended up with at the end. I'm sure Frank U. Or Jol could answer that for sure.

The headstock has been refinned. That is NOT an original logo. It's kind of a messed up one - the fonts are all wrong.

No. I had a 1990 and a '95 that were featherweights. They didn't chamber until a decade later.

Everything is going to be just fine with a chambered body and the maple top/cap thickness Mike is going to use. It won't be too far off of a very familiar spec (in fact, possibly even more robust), and will be plenty adequate to manage any body chambering. Got that straight from the man himself, so all is right in the world again!

I've got these on mine - cool stuff.

There should be some of my personal and HFC picks in there somewhere from when it made the visit through Maryland!

Not currently for sale!

If he told you...

Exactly - this is more the "test bed" for the pickups Mike is having matched to the guitars in this run than a demonstration of the final specs.

I love it when a plan comes together!

Sweet!

The term "P.C." hadn't been DREAMED of back in 1979!

My guess is that Mike will have his own slogan/ saying before too long...

No catch phrase yet. Mike is just focusing on making the best guitars possible. The sawdust should start flying soon!

Thanks, TM!!

Please do not post emails here - personal addresses should be left to PMs so they don't become spam bait. You can email Mike directly at that address for details. Thanks!

I believe the original intent for limiting the finish options was to keep the costs down by "batch finishing" in as few colors as possible. By changing to non-standard finishes, you'll probably get a finish upcharge because of the additional costs involved in getting that done. If everybody ordered a different finish, the entry price becomes less and less do-able.