Fender Custom Shop Yuriy Shishkov Masterbuilt 1963 Telecaster HS Josefina Hand-Wound Pickup Journeyman Relic Surf Green

Fender Custom Shop Yuriy Shishkov Masterbuilt 1963 Telecaster HS Josefina Hand-Wound Pickup Journeyman Relic Surf Green

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.

Fender Custom Shop Yuriy Shishkov Masterbuilt Telecaster HS Surf Green

Ash Body

Seymour Duncan SH-1 59’ Neck Pickup

Josefina Hand-Wound 1963 Telecaster Bridge Pickup

AAA Rosewood Fingerboard

Flame A Maple Neck