Blackmachine Guitars

[Nolly]

Nice man, you going to go with the B7?

My guitar is going to be ready by the end of the week, but I'm going off skiing for a week on Fri.. Looks like I'll have to wait a fortnight to pick it up :(

[temps]

Nice man, you going to go with the B7?

My guitar is going to be ready by the end of the week, but I'm going off skiing for a week on Fri.. Looks like I'll have to wait a fortnight to pick it up :(

Yup B7, unless he has a mostly finished guitar kicking around that I could "adopt" but I'm still waiting to hear back from him about that. He was asking me if there is some kind of big trend going for 7 strings again, that he barely got asked for them for the past three years, and now almost every new order is one :D

[Nolly]

Ah cool mate. I spoke with him on the phone today for ages, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any half-finished 7s lying around I'm afraid. It'll be worth the wait for sure though!

[temps]

Ah cool mate. I spoke with him on the phone today for ages, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any half-finished 7s lying around I'm afraid. It'll be worth the wait for sure though!

I've kinda forced myself to wait now :) It's going to take some serious saving to get the cash together for both the Blackmachine and the Jackson

[temps]

gaaah finally got a price from Doug, the guitar itself is very affordable for what it is. But with shipping and duties, I'm looking at another $1,100 over the cost of the guitar... which makes it quite unaffordable. I might have to stick with my B6. But every e-mail I've sent to Doug in the last few days has bounced. Gah!

[broken cord]

Has anyone heard from Doug in regards to when the production of the B6 is going to be done? I sent him an email about a week ago and have not heard back from him.

[HairyChris]

I saw Doug on Monday. FWIW the e-mails that bounce should still get through to him...

From what he said his backlog of custom guitars should be completed around July - if that's the case I'd imagine that the B6 run will start then although as I'm not getting a B6 I didn't ask!

However, I did get to play the first B6, with a ceramic + alnico Warpig set.  :good:  My god... about half the weight of my B2, lots of bite but loose enough to be a lot of fun and monstrous through a VH4 or a Herbert. It's an absolute hooligan with the Warpigs and I loved it. I WANT ONE!!! But I can't have it.   He's looking at staining options for the production run and will be experimenting shortly.

If you've got one ordered you'll love it. They're the most fun that you can have with your clothes on.

Anyway, July for my B7*. Got a chunk of Brazilian rosewood lined up for the fretboard and am waiting until his next shipment of wood to find the best match as a top. At that point we can discuss pickup choice. Oh yes.

* I ordered a B2 March 07. As I've known Doug for a while I was a 'whenever' build. Quite useful as my playing needs changed recently and the B7 would work better so I let him know a couple of months back. Bonus! He also asked me what all the 7 string business was about! :D

[broken cord]

Thanks for the update. I am still working on being proficient with six strings and think that 10 or 20 more years of playing should do the trick. Another string at this point would just screw the pooch for me. Cheers!

[HairyChris]

Thanks for the update. I am still working on being proficient with six strings and think that 10 or 20 more years of playing should do the trick. Another string at this point would just screw the pooch for me. Cheers!

I'm still confused by it all myself (including 6 strings)!  :oops:

Thing is, Doug's an awesome bloke but he does all of the construction himself which means that it's rather a slow process. It's the attention to detail, he's obsessed. I can see how these long waits could annoy folk... but just ask anyone who has one of his babies how damn hot they are. Well worth it IMO.

[temps]

2009 couldn't come soon enough.. I've got one ordered up. I kinda wish I could have found the cash to get both the B6 and a B7 though.

[Nolly]

However, I did get to play the first B6, with a ceramic + alnico Warpig set.  :good:  My god... about half the weight of my B2, lots of bite but loose enough to be a lot of fun and monstrous through a VH4 or a Herbert. It's an absolute hooligan with the Warpigs and I loved it. I WANT ONE!!! But I can't have it.   He's looking at staining options for the production run and will be experimenting shortly.

If you've got one ordered you'll love it. They're the most fun that you can have with your clothes on.

Yup thats definitely right! It was awesome fun to play!

Got a chunk of Brazilian rosewood lined up for the fretboard and am waiting until his next shipment of wood to find the best match as a top. At that point we can discuss pickup choice. Oh yes.

You better not steal that billet of Lacewood Doug's been talking about! I want it! :twisted:

[HairyChris]

He wanted the Lacewood for a personal project, I think, but not too sure on how final that is. I am interested in the Redwood if it arrives (and it then matches the BRW), and there's always the 2nd piece of figured Koa as an option.

He's trying to get a second piece of the reclaimed maple off the same guy that yours came from but no luck yet.

I'm a tad depressed that I didn't get a chance to look at your one before you picked it up. Doug was really pleased with the way that it came out and that's a great sign that it's an awesome instrument... I seem to remember him telling me on the phone that it tonally kicked the arse of his 'control' PRSes!

[MDV]

Hairy chris, you arent chris the hairy from the nile boards, are you?

[HairyChris]

Hairy chris, you arent chris the hairy from the nile boards, are you?

Yup. Old school there, noob here.  :roll:

[MDV]

Hairy chris, you arent chris the hairy from the nile boards, are you?

Yup. Old school there, noob here.  :roll:

I'm D Man over there.

Other way round for me

Welcome to the boards!