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.

It’s a custom layout request 😎

Lots of cool, new things going on right now - should be a great year!

This one really turned out to be one bad ass guitar! Finding premium maple blocks big enough to do a one piece solid body is definitely challenging though. I know a lot of you have already seen these, but for those that haven’t, here’s a few of the pics that we posted.

I don’t think the soon to be owner of this beauty is on the HFC, and it’s too cool looking not to share -it’s an amazing chunk of maple and man, the flame really popped on it. I can’t wait to get a couple of clear coats on and get it buffed -it’s gonna be one killer looking axe 😎

Getting ready to do some carving this weekend and these 2are going to be killer when finished

It’s been awhile, but things have been moving along in the shop. I know I’ve said it before, but as much as I love it when a build is finished and the guitar is ready to sing, my favorite part of the process is at this point. Working with such unique tops and watching them take shape really is the coolest.

A couple more have a little bit of color

Have been preping the tops for the next group and man, these are some crazy tops! Crazy in a very good way. It always amazes me how different the figure is from tree to tree.

dust was flying in the shop this week and Trish was around at the right time to grab a few video clips. This one is shaping up to be seriously badassed! Dialing in the carve tonight was a great way to end the day