YURIY SHISHKOV From handcrafting many of his own woodworking tools to showcasing his world-class luthier skills and custom inlay work, Yuriy Shishkov is truly one of the last of the renaissance guitar builders. It was in the small confines of a root cellar in his hometown of Gomel in the former Soviet Union that Shishkov got his start building guitars for friends and colleagues.
When he arrived in the United States in 1990, Shishkov settled in the Chicago area and collaborated with a range of top artists, including late shredder Dimebag Darrell of Pantera, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Nuno Bettencourt, Robin Zander of Cheap Trick and Paul Stanley of Kiss. Shishkov joined the Fender Custom Shop’s Master Builder team in 2000 and has crafted truly magnificent instruments featuring exquisite detail and inlay work.
- Model: Fender Custom Shop Yuriy Shishkov Masterbuilt Blackguard Stratocaster Closet Classic
- Builder: Fender Custom Shop - Yuriy Shishkov
- Year: 2020
- Body Type: Solid Body
- Body Wood: Ash
- Finish Type: Nitro Lacquer
- Finish Color: Butterscotch Blonde
- Aging: Closet Classic
- Neck Wood: 5/4 Quartersawn Maple
- Neck Carve: 10/56 "V"
- Scale Length: 25.5''
- Neck Dimensions: .980'' - .990''
- Neck Radius: 7.25''
- Frets: 21 - Vintage Upgrade (45085)
- Nut Width: 1.650''
- Nut Material: Bone
- Neck Finish: Lite Tint
- Neck Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound Fat 50's Pickup
- Middle Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound Fat 50's Pickup(RWRP)
- Bridge Pickup: Josefina Hand-Wound Fat 50's Pickup
- Pickguard: Black
- Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
- Bridge: Vintage Fender Tremolo
- Tuners: Vintage Fender
- Controls: 1 Master Volume, 2 Tone and 5-Way Switch
- Case: Fender Custom Shop G&G Tweed Hardshell Case
- Weight: 7.50 Pounds (7 lbs 8 oz)
