Northfield

Always tricky to carve a flame maple neck, especially when it’s this mind blowing crazy…

Part 2

New prescription glasses, a custom made scraper from a decade, or so, ago and a very stady hand is a must for this operation….. part 1

It has been more than seven years since my new chapter in my life began and it was started here. Shishkov guitars was created. I could not have wished for a better, more informed and dedicated group of followers that share same appreciation for good old craftsmanship and uniqueness that I’m trying to bring to life in every instrument that I create. I feel that I need to let the rest of you guys in on what just only a very few people know already. For the last three and a half years, or so, I’ve had a shadow of a potentially very serious health issue following me. “Potentially”, because till this day doctors with all the numerous tests and scans cannot find the cause. With the right medication it’s somewhat under control but resulted in falling behind on my custom orders and having to temporarily put on hold my new projects. So, In concentrating on getting caught up with my orders I haven’t been able to regularly post updates here. But there are a few cool things on the way and just around the corner! I would like to thank all of my current and future customers for being so patient and understanding. Would also like to thank Chris Matthes for all of his help. And, of course, ALL OF YOU!!! In a virtual world this is my home

Just a little bit of fretting going on...

Quite a few belly cuts in this batch...

Not a helluva lot of room on the upper horn to play with, but after a few minor adjustments, success .....

Put the last one back in the rack last night, and figured it was a good time for a couple of group shots

I’ve spent some time blending a few heels this week. This is shaping up to be another very cool batch! 🎸

It has a gold nut to match the rest of the hardware, but no binding.

Some Sunday sculpting...

There’s a lot going on in this group...

Here’s something blue, kinda 😎

Didn’t realize it had been so long since my last Shop update. It’s been a busy month.