Steve Haynie Posted May 6, 2016 Posted May 6, 2016 Those knobs look horrid. Seriously. They look horrid as in they allow you to turn up different levels of foreboding horror and doom.
kevinbower1959 Posted May 6, 2016 Posted May 6, 2016 1 minute ago, Steve Haynie said: Those knobs look horrid. Seriously. They look horrid as in they allow you to turn up different levels of foreboding horror and doom. Yep. They release the evil ....
specialk Posted May 6, 2016 Posted May 6, 2016 An amazing, amazing guitar! Congrats all around. Now bring it over to lots and lots of stages in the USA (and pick up a nice Shiskov shirt while you're here)
cynic Posted May 6, 2016 Posted May 6, 2016 Is that MOP inlay on the TRC? HELL uses Shishkov guitars and Pearl drums because they want the best.
sledhead44 Posted May 6, 2016 Posted May 6, 2016 Absolutely Amazing! Kev, Could you give us some insight to the inlays? What they mean....Where they're from.
foodermon Posted May 6, 2016 Posted May 6, 2016 Now that's definitely the shit. Massive congrats. Gotta catch u guys live!
mrjamiam Posted May 6, 2016 Posted May 6, 2016 So I gather you're pleased? Well, you should be! You went to the A team and you got the A-grade best. Enjoy it loudly and spread the awesomeness far and wide!
Thundersteel Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 Kevin's guitar needs to be in the dictionary under "bad-ass!" I'm curious as to whether they can make an "angelic" version; kind of the opposite of DarkhAngel--perhaps Archangel?
DBraz Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 Awesome in every way. Every Shishkov has its own class. Man am I excited for the day I finally get my custom order in my hands.
gorch Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 Went back to watch the pics. It's so much of bounds. There are no words to describe...
kevinbower1959 Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 14 hours ago, cynic said: Is that MOP inlay on the TRC? Yes - it's a MOP inlay on a piece of ebony wood - this was the unseen 'surprise' Mike had promised me. I'd ordered and supplied him with a regular engraved 3-ply plastic one, but he went the extra mile and made this. It's the crowning glory of a world of tiny details, and so typical of the man's dedication to his art. 14 hours ago, sledhead44 said: Kev, Could you give us some insight to the inlays? What they mean....Where they're from. The main inlays are actually my name, written in Enochian script - it's an ancient symbol alphabet favoured by alchemists, sorcerers and so on. We first used it on the 'Curse & Chapter' album booklet head shots as per the attached pic. I sent Mike the TrueType font file by email, so he could experiment, printing the characters in various sizes to gauge how they'd look on the fretboard. He told me that he'd finally ended up matching the sizes to around the same size as regular crowns. The '666' logo at the 12th fret is the band's symbol - a bunch of the band's fans (quite disturbingly) have this thing tattooed on themselves - but anyhow, our merch company produce this symbol as a cool pewter necklace for fan-girls - and it's actually a pair of these which Mike has skilfully adapted into the volume knobs. The 'Baphomet' tailpiece I found on a little market stall in France. The whole thing has been so beautifully done.
murkat Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 Waiting on the full on hang shot Kev as well as a level shot. The top pics are bewildering me. Very nice.
gorch Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 4 hours ago, kevinbower1959 said: May I say that you look really scary in that picture?
Ting Ho Dung Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 Holy shit. Boy am I late to this party. That is simply amazing and startling.
unfun75 Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 Kevin's explanations of the individual little details makes the guitar that much cooler. It's like the HFC members are in on the secrets.
cynic Posted May 7, 2016 Posted May 7, 2016 On 5/6/2016 at 1:06 PM, kevinbower1959 said: My girlfriend just showed up with her SLR, so I'll post some proper pictures asap.
BTMN Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 On 5/6/2016 at 9:34 AM, kevinbower1959 said: On 5/6/2016 at 9:30 AM, kevinbower1959 said: It's honestly difficult to know where to start..........
specialk Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 So I guess you've played Darkhangel on it already. Let us know when you've laid down something with it that we can listen to! Sharing is a good thing.
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