Watch this space...

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A few years back, the Stikeleathers and the Matthai hung out for an evening of stories and fun in Georgetown. An absolute blast, as always, and we ended up killing at least one bottle of Maker's Mark. In an opportune moment of clarity, I asked Stike if he'd ever reconsider his firm "no checkerboard graphics" policy...ever.

Surprisingly enough, there was a distinct "maybe" uttered that evening, and I proceeded to beat him down about that every few months or so until he finally got sick of me, and said to just toss the white whale in the trunk the next time I was in Raleigh/Durham.

The good friend that he is, Stike sweated through the tape/masking job from hell, and the paint started to fly.
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The ride home to NC the next day was teh brootalz.......

And one of my other favorite regulars has talked me into something that's going to make yours look tame...................

 
cmatthes said:


Nice to play a guitar I've owned for 13 years...for the very first time!

The Shlabotniks are fantastic in this guitar, btw...
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Awesome work and idea! Would you compare the sound of this all-hog Standard to the new Shish for us? Both have Shlabotnics in it, right?
 
Hey call that Matthes guy and tell him I wanna talk to him....



 
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A short leather strap is attached to the guitar at the strap button. Rick's strapped is attached to that strap. You do not see much of it because it is behind the neck.

 
Probably to keep the strap pin and lock from jamming into areas you don't want it jammed.

 
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cmatthes said:
The strap button on that one isn't anywhere that could jab into somebody though. It's a weird shot, because as many times as I've seen that guitar up close ( within inches), I've never seen anything other than a regular strap connection.
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Makes me wonder if there was a strip-out or something to that effect, and what we see there is a mid-gig temporary fix. Perhaps?

 
Steve Haynie said:
Now that the headstock has been reattached how does this Standard compare to other 4 digits?
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Yes! Back to the guitar! Curious how it compares to the Shishkov, given the same pickups (not asking better/worse, just differences, of course). Do they sound very different?

 
Sounds and plays great!

Compared to the Shishkov Ultimate, it is a little darker sounding - maybe more like a Les Paul Jr. than a Les Paul, if that makes sense? This is a single piece, solid mahogany body Standard, but still sounds and feels like most other 4-digits I've owned or played.

The Shishkov has a more clarity and definition with single notes, and I guess the word I'm looking for to describe it is that maybe it is more "articulate". The Shishkov also has a nice midrangey quality that might have something to do with the chambering. I prefer the clean/straight in sounds of the Shishkov, as they are a little rounder and not as toppy using the same amp settings.

 
Wow Chris this looks awesome!!!!!

You must be over the moon with this. What a fantastic project. /emoticons/default_smile.png

 
I look forward to this one getting the natural relic treatment anyway, so if he needed a loaner for a show, why not? /emoticons/default_biggrin.png

 
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