Mike loves seeing his guitars in action (and I love seeing these as well...) so keep posting and keep this alive. 

My meager take in poor lighting... (... and I didn't name the title...  : )

Here's a bit of her story so far...in pictures: 

What do you do when you want it built like a spruce top/mahogany back Newport 90, but want to be able to access the control cavity from the back?

If you cut in a cover plate, it will be visible thru the f-hole from the front, so Mike friction fit the cut out piece from the back, then mounted it to a regular metal cover.

Looks like a normal cover plate for a solidbody from the back...

And nearly invisible from the front.

Thanks again, @Northfield

This is just a fantastic guitar.  One of the best I've ever owned.  

More to follow. 

Take the stunning KOA Top out of the equation and this is still my favorite Shishkov to date. The longer 25.5 Scale, with the WM Bridge and a set of Low Wind Gravelin’s make this thing the “Grand Piano” of my Shishkov lineup.  Plugging it in, I didn’t have to touch a thing on my setup and it fit right in with my Tele’s and SG’s sonically. The Back, let’s talk about the back color! Lots of back and fourth about the back needing to let the top stand on its own and not hide the sides or disappear into the Mahogany. It’s very hard to photograph, it is indeed transparent and easy to see the wood grain in person, just as wonderful as the front. 

How to make that top the the focus of the build is easier said than done. Inlays, hardware, bridge could have been a distraction and I didn’t want any of that. Less is more, but what is there gently pulls your eyes around to the next little detail. You can seamlessly scan the guitar from top to bottom and its a smooth elegant transition from the top to the Ebony Board with a splash of Koa in the inlays to the ebony truss rod cover and tip with even more Koa laying beneath. The logo sure does POP! 

@JGravelinBro, I don’t hold back telling you want I think and I always let you do your thing based off what I want to hear. We had such a long conversation about this set and it seems like forever ago. I’ve told you that your neck pickups are the best of the best, but this set of pups in this guitar are better than the best. OVER THE TOP, the clarity, punch, detail, and I had yet to hear the perfect middle position in a set of humbuckers, but I have now. 

The WMB is fantastic, it is not sonically distracting, it looks familiar and yet it is its own animal. 

If I could order another Shishkov right now, I would order another SCIII for sure, no doubt that it is my favorite Shishkov to date. 

each saddle has its own base that  can move/swing independently from the others, letting each string’s vibration/sustain/sound travel without having to go through the whole base of the bridge, resulting in a fuller, clearer sound and sustain as each string retains its own individuality…

the “secret” material used to make it is just ( or perhaps even more ) as important as the design of the bridge. The long search and research for it led me to the only place I can get it from…

Recess for the intonation springs in the “back wall”, as well as the intonation screw holes drilled following the radius of the fingerboard are just a couple of smaller details.
Many thanks to Rodi ( who’d be more than happy to answer any questions ) for spending hours of testing on his many kick ass amps and to all of my friends for their support and encouragement!
I would also like to thank my good old, genius friend Keith who’s engineering and machinist’s talents helped me bring my idea to life…
Everybody involved could only describe this bridge as…..
                  “BAD ASS”!!!

I lived in Chicago from 2013 up until last August, and had no luck there, but I moved to NYC (Manhattan specifically) in August, so I was wondering if there are any Shishkov owners here in the NYC area? As long as there's a bus/subway/some kind of transportation I have no issues going out to Long Island or NJ or CT etc.

Thanks!