Blackmachine Guitars

[broken cord]

What can you tell me about Blackmachine guitars, and does anyone have a B2 to swap or sell?

[noodleplugerine]

They're superb.

Tonally brilliant, play like a dream. And incredibly light weight.

Considered to be the best necks in the business.

Personally - I love them. But I like my guitars with a bit of paint on them.

[gingataff]

Nice guitars and nice bloke but I wish he'd recess the bolts on the metal nameplate.

[temps]

I tried finding one being sold secondhand awhile back. No luck :(

[lepersmeesa]

I have one. Pictures be found at www.myspace.com/zeusnagle and heard at www.myspace.com/thesafetyfire

Amazing guitars, I think you will be lucky to find a 2nd hand one. More affordable production models are being made.

[temps]

I have one. Pictures be found at www.myspace.com/zeusnagle and heard at www.myspace.com/thesafetyfire

Amazing guitars, I think you will be lucky to find a 2nd hand one. More affordable production models are being made.

Hey I found your songs on sevenstring.org not long ago - SICK band man. And your tone is sweeeeet :)

[noodleplugerine]

I have one. Pictures be found at www.myspace.com/zeusnagle and heard at www.myspace.com/thesafetyfire

Amazing guitars, I think you will be lucky to find a 2nd hand one. More affordable production models are being made.

Oooh - Safety Fire, saw you guys a while back at islington bar! =)

[MDV]

New BMs are being partly outsourced and hand-completed. They arent going to be production guitars. Just that blanks are going to be roughly shaped by a third party and they get finished off, assembled, fretted and pickuped and oiled at BM.

Thats pretty standard luthier practice, anyway. Dougs doing it because he wants to maintain quality standards and doesnt "trust anyone with the particulars of the rosewood necks". Man takes pride in his work, what can you do?

The flashier woods and customisations are still going to be available in the custom line, but they're gonna be quite a lot more expensive. 2100 for a standard B2 over the 1500 it used to be.

I dont know what the prices of the new ones will be, but depending how rich I'm feeling in march I'll be getting a B2, custom or outsourced. Probably custom.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Yes - I got to play and photograph the first of the new B6 model on Tuesday.

Loaded with a pair of BKP warpigs, in an Idigbo body the guitar had a great  sound that allows for classic rock tones as well as crushing metal.

Hopefully Doug and his web guy will have the pix and info up on the BM website over the next couple of days. (I'm not going to spoil the surprise)

The quality is as flawless as ever, and great care has been taken at every stage of the build process.

We then went for a beer and some Spanish Tapas............ :D

[Mr Ed]

These are the ones that Adam D from KSE uses? Soooooooo slim and schexy.

[MDV]

Those are caparison.

Last I checked anyway. Has KSE's resisdent mental patient started using BMs?

Blackmachine >>>>>>>> Caparison, btw.

[FELINEGUITARS]

The updated BM site is now up:

http://blackmachine.net/

[TwilightOdyssey]

They look like top notch guitars!

Personally, I don't like any wood grain showing on my guitars, and prefer the overall look/feel of Feline, but that B6 does look very nice! (I would still get a Feline first, however) The advantage of LGS was being able to directly compare the Blackmachine guitars against the Felines.

Kudos to Jonathon for being supportive of other builders, too.

[Mr Ed]

Those are caparison.

Last I checked anyway. Has KSE's resisdent mental patient started using BMs?

Blackmachine >>>>>>>> Caparison, btw.

Aaahhhh that's the ones.

[temps]

The updated BM site is now up:

http://blackmachine.net/

Thanks for the heads up :)
I am disappointed with the changes he has made, particularily with the neck, but I am going to buy one anyway and then just hope it sounds as good as the B2.