Figured I'd give you guys a heads up. Check the blackmachine site on a regular basis if you want one of the customs he is building in 2009 - I am 'selling' my deposit. I finally played my friend's B7 and it didn't set my world on fire like a $5,000cdn guitar needs to for me to justify buying one.
Fantastic guitar, no doubt, absolutely awesome, but the combined factors of the extremely long wait, exchange rate, shipping cost, and duties weigh against it too heavily.