JohnnyB Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 21 hours ago, Jakeboy said: 0006 will never be for sale. I honestly wouldn't take 10k for it right now. The hardest part is deciding which grandkid to leave it to when I croak. I imagine it will need a fret job by then Why should you have to choose? Let them work it out among themselves.
BadgerDave Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 17 hours ago, donner said: Isn't that called something like „greengrocer's apostrophe“? We German's say „Deppenapostroph“. I call it the "TGP apostrophe"
kizanski Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 1 hour ago, BadgerDave said: I call it the "TGP apostrophe" The The Gear Page Apostrophe?
BadgerDave Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Had I left out the duplicative T, you would have assumed "the Guitar Player Apostrophe", no?
kizanski Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 21 minutes ago, BadgerDave said: Had I left out the duplicative T, you would have assumed "the Guitar Player Apostrophe", no? No.
JohnnyB Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 I call it "the last 2 generations of K-12 teachers didn't know the difference and let everyone drift" apostrophe.
polara Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 I sold mine. I know. But I can't get along with the Ultimate/Standard/Explorer shape. I like my guitars like my women. Compact, with graceful curves to lean into. I just never played the thing. I believe the new owner is happy, if he cares to chime in.
django49 Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 Ouch! I suppose I am the same way. Still, I would not mind giving it another go!
polara Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 31 minutes ago, soli'd said: Ha ha ha. I'm not sentimental or too clingy about objects. The quality was on a par with my MotorAve (a keeper) and the sound was was in that ballpark, too. This is high praise: MotorAves are the shiznit. As for No. 21… It just felt weird. The neck is way out there, the pointy bit of the body sticks way out there, my forearm is on that edge… while my two Studios and the MotorAve are curvy and fit close to my body, and I don't accidentally whack the mic stand with a guitar so big that its case looks like an airstrip. So if it ain't doing it for me, why keep it? Another HFCer had expressed interest in my exact build specs and I didn't want to publicly "go to market" with it because people would crap all over me for selling it too high, selling it too low, or selling it period. The buyer and I came to a quick and equitable arrangement. Great guitar, but wrong shape.
BTMN Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 Polara, Bruce came to my house not long after visiting with you.
mrjamiam Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 Shishkovs, as far as I am able to tell, are wonderful guitars. Guitars get made and bought and played and sold. How many special order Hamers do we see around here trading hands? They made the orderer happy for a while, then they get to go make someone else happy. Net happiness is up. What's wrong with that? #18 is my first experience with the Explorer shape, and so far I can tell you that I'm not selling off all my LP and strat-shaped guitars, nor am I looking for another pointy one. The size and shape are definitely factors in deciding what to pick up, and when.
cmatthes Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 Some people "get" the Ultimate shape, others just haven't yet.
gorch Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 Well, it looks like the point in time came to see them publicly sold. No information hiding anymore please. Honesty to all.
scottcald Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 On February 4, 2016 at 9:36 PM, Jakeboy said: 0006 will never be for sale. I honestly wouldn't take 10k for it right now. The hardest part is deciding which grandkid to leave it to when I croak. I imagine it will need a fret job by then Just take it with you......
hamerhead Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 On 3/4/2016 at 11:22 AM, 0054 said: Wow Polara, That is why I didn't jump so quickly on the Ultimate train.......... Yep - me, too. Every one has been simply gorgeous and I almost kick myself for not getting in, but Mike's other shapes made it worth the wait. I'd be on one already if my stupid daughter hadn't made wedding plans for this summer. Damn kids anyways.
kizanski Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 8 minutes ago, hamerhead said: Damn kids anyways. Yes, kids ruin everything. Reason #1 why I never had them. Well, that and my wife is barren. But as for selling an Ultimate... It begs the question, why would someone who "can't get along with the Ultimate/Standard/Explorer shape" custom order an Explorer-shaped guitar? I've tried over the years to get along with SG and ES-335 shaped guitars (Newports included), and have owned several (briefly), but I just can't get comfortable with them. But I didn't custom order any of them. I bought them used and flipped them when reality set in.
gorch Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 5 hours ago, cynic said: ^ Risk-free pricing ^ Lots of NGD threads for the lurkers.
crunchee Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 On 3/4/2016 at 0:21 PM, polara said: Ha ha ha. I'm not sentimental or too clingy about objects. The quality was on a par with my MotorAve (a keeper) and the sound was was in that ballpark, too. This is high praise: MotorAves are the shiznit. As for No. 21… It just felt weird. The neck is way out there, the pointy bit of the body sticks way out there, my forearm is on that edge… while my two Studios and the MotorAve are curvy and fit close to my body, and I don't accidentally whack the mic stand with a guitar so big that its case looks like an airstrip. So if it ain't doing it for me, why keep it? Another HFCer had expressed interest in my exact build specs and I didn't want to publicly "go to market" with it because people would crap all over me for selling it too high, selling it too low, or selling it period. The buyer and I came to a quick and equitable arrangement. Great guitar, but wrong shape. My condolences...glad that it found a new home quickly, though! Still, it's like getting news about the departure of a loved one...
Funky Chicken Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 I have enough variety already that it really never crossed my mind that it might not be comfortable. Not really concerned.
bubs_42 Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 10 hours ago, cynic said: ^ Risk-free pricing What more did you need? Heck we all helped Mike get up and going and the guitars are amazing. But if I could sell mine and was able to just hand Mike the money for a DC I would. You can't loose with any Shishkov.
cmatthes Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 29 minutes ago, bubs_42 said: What more did you need? Heck we all helped Mike get up and going and the guitars are amazing. But if I could sell mine and was able to just hand Mike the money for a DC I would. You can't loose with any Shishkov. You can't lose either!
django49 Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 So Bubs.......You posted a half hour ago and nobody (else) has called your bluff?
polara Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 13 hours ago, bubs_42 said: What more did you need? Heck we all helped Mike get up and going and the guitars are amazing. But if I could sell mine and was able to just hand Mike the money for a DC I would. You can't loose with any Shishkov. That was kind of it. I selfishly wanted a great guitar at a great price and i CANNOT ever under any circumstances justify the normal cost of a Shishkov. I do believe - given the skills, time, materials and overhead it takes to make one - that they are worth the normal retial price. I simply haven't a the disposable income with a kid, a wife in grad school, and a retirement goal. Second I wanted to be part of Something Cool. The birth of a great company. So I figured I'd better get in line, and if somehow it wasn't something I loved then I'd have a better shot at not getting killed on resale than if, say, I'd ordered a custom Carvin. I positively 100% guarantee if it had been a curvy shape and not an angular shape I'd have kept it. But after the first week or so, it stayed under the bed in its case while the Studios and MotorAve got played. No big deal. The company is up and running, the guitar is being played by someone who digs it, and no one got ripped off.
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