

The Shadow company is well-known as the one of the top-guitar-assenbly electronics company in Guitar instrument scene. The Company was established by Josip Marinic (from and settled in Yugoslavia) in 60s. In the middle of 60s shadow started to distributing the Framus instruments to Yugoslavia, and since then 2 companies relationship become deep. Shadow developed the pick-up assenbly for the Framus. In the 70s, Shadow replaced the company to West Germany. Nowadays Shadow has top-shared company with their PIEZO pickups, also wellknown with the Attila-Zoller signatured floarting humbacker pickup.



Norbert Schnepel said, Few people know the Shadow also released the electric Guitars in their history. Yes, this is the guitar made by Shadow. The Violin-shaped solid guitar. The company built this only 80 copies in 1974 and they stopped guitar-manufacturing. Solid Mahogany body with sexy archtop and arched-back . Neck was made with Hard-ash. (but some on the same model has mahogany necks). Ebony Fingerboard, with Pearl squared inlays. Neck has truss-rod. 2 single-coil pickups made by Shadow. The escussion of PU is similer with the Zemaitis one. Vibrato-Unit (sure the Bigsby copy) was also the Shadow Original (roller units are on the tension-bar). The Body feels wider but thiner than the Les Paul model. Also the Wine-red finish was released.



