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The idea for the inlays is based on a questionable translation of my German last name into English, supposedly something like "evil river". I made line drawings for fish skeletons and the head of a cat (simplyfied) and Mike tunred them into MoP inlays. The the fretboard is the river, and the cat (frets 11-13) is the predator that has eaten the fish. It kind of went with the curly maple top, that has some lines looking like a wavy extension/ shadow of the strings around the sustain block area. A few years later I followed up on this idea of drawing the inlays with a Nik Huber (which has bone inlays).

Mike's interpretation of a V, the Shishkov V80. We talked a lot about the details, the headstock was entirely his design. He used a leftover part from the maple top to create a matching headstock.

cool!!!

This is one of my favourite Shishkovs from all I've seen so far!

Some more pics... the blue isn't entirely apoque you can see bits of the wood grain. The strap locks are not original I think. Fun guitar!

The serial is 0 2314. That would be cool, if there was a trio of them. i think I saw a Hamer Blitz bass on German Kleinanzeigen in the same colour but that's about it.

So a friend of mine is seling a Hamer Special in red. Someone gets in touch who has a couple of 80s Specials himself. Turns out he's someone I sold a b&w Hamer Special to a couple of years ago. And then I find out he recenlty bought a 1980 Hamer Special in opaque blue with a MATCHING HEADSTOCK from the first owner. I tell him to get get in touch should he ever consider selling it. Guess what, now it's mine. It wasn't cheap but it is in great condition, has had a fret dressing, has a nice medium neck, plays and sounds great. I believe the paint is all original, no undercoat, no other paint in the control cavity or under the trussrod cover). The body contour is slightly different to my 1981 Hamer Special, the lower cutaway less pronounced, so cool, I love it!

A friend of mine is selling his red 1981 hamer special. https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/hamer-special-1981/3238132446-74-2092 It's in good to very good condition, nice bit of flame ot the top, medium neck IMO, no original case, the saddles of the sustain block look slighty different (no chrome?) and could be aftermarket. It's a nice guitar with some dings but no breaks etc. It's not mine, he just happens to be in the same building and took his pictures in my favourite spot ;-)

That was a treat indeed, what a great interview! The only thing I'm not sure about is the design of his signature guitar, not that it matters. Very cool guy and amazingly talented. His dad is my all time guitar hero period.

They forgot to mention the aftermarket pick guard. Guitar looks great, but that's steep. Peter has/ has had amazing guitars though!!! It feels like half of what is in THE BOOK was owned by him at some point.

I'm assuming this guitar is in the U.S.? Looks amazing..Mike's the man!

Turns out my friend Karsten is thinking of selling his. It's a red Special from 1981 or 1982 I think. I'll pm you his contact details. He's in Dusseldorf, Germany.

I get the impression that the bridge isn't installed proberly. There's also a gap between b and e string saddle and the saddles are not aligned the right way (no way that this guitar is in tune). I wrote to the seller, they don't seem to know much about the guitar (he says he's selling for his girlfriend). The price is negotiable but it would be important to see the guitar. maybe you could talk to them? They offered to speak on the phone and the price is up for negotiation (they offered it to me for less but I'm not buying). Also a correct hamer case can easily set you back another EUR 300,- / 400,-

Hi Michael, I've seen two more on ebay Germany, a 1978 sunburst that looks kind of interesting, but the photos are bad and the asking pric is pretty steep (also no case, no tsure about the frets etc.). then there's a blue hamer special from 1982 on ebay which I got a chance to look at. No sure if the paint job is original, the neck was great, not so thin, but someone changed the electronics and built in a mini switch on the back and the seller couldn't really explain any of this/ had no recollection. Otherwise a cool guitar. I'd say a special will be somewhere around EUR 1500-2000, an early sunburst will be more expensive (maybe EUR 3000-3500?). Just my 2 cents, no affiliation with either seller I mentioned. I personally would want to play them first before I buy an old hamer and I would want correct case. The humbucker routing on the natural special in Italy (that you posted the link to) seems a little off. you can see a bit of a gap there. also not an original hamer case as far as I know. Good luck!

https://www.ebay.de/itm/277274554083 Photos are not great. Apparently no case but guitar in good condition. Maybe someone nearby gets to check it out? I sent them an email, they sent me a reply including the serial number: 8 0382 They are asking 4k. I like it but I wouldn't buy it unseen (and not for that price either). Not sure if the frets are not super low. Trussrod cover seems to be from a Gibson. No affiliation but interesting guitar I think. Let's see how this plays out.

Excellent, a new Shishkov!!! Love the flamed maple neck. Reminds me of a Huber neck. Is Mike still doing the paint job in these too? Great to see him in the photo (and his fabulous MIII 😉 Congrats on the guitar!

Awsome! Ist that some candy apple red with a matching headstock? Love it!

I'm tempted now, simply because of the massive reduction on the the price. Saving $1404,- on this case would allow me to spend the money on a guitar for it.

I'm in. First photo by Mike, second by me. Awesome guitar!

Mike, I'm sorry to hear this and I hope you'll feel better real soon. It seems like ages ago we came to see you guys but I still remember being so excited about all the new guitars in the making. So here is to a speedy recovery and all the best to your family.... C. (Shishkov No 80)

How do you guys do this? I do look too, know those site like ebay kleinanzeigen...never ever did I pull of a stunt like this...congrats!!! ... now... wanna sell it to me?

want!

Hanging out at customs in Allemagne (the guitar is). Hope I can pick it up by the end of the week.

I did indeed...

Thanks, Peter!