hairychris
Hairy Old Bloke
OK, this beastie has been on my list for a while...
I headed off to Feline Guitars in Croydon to pick this beast up last night.
Here we are, a shiney new Blackmachine B7:
These photos by Jonathan at Feline.
I collected the guitar from Doug after this photo session. A fun night was had, all told, Doug was as obsessed and entertaining as normal (he's skint after spending thousands on rare timber) and Jonathan is a very nice and highly knowledgable chap too. Builds shit hot guitars too.![Yes Way :yesway: :yesway:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/yesway.gif)
I've had bad lighting conditions today, but here are some crappy photos of my own:
And the specs:
Body - quilt Sapele, cut from the same billet as the top on my B2, identical figure
5 tone chambers.
Top - Camphorwood burl
Body + top = 32mm thick
Neck - solid Madagascan rosewood
Fretboard - Cocobolo (Danish oiled)
Nut - Graphtech
No truss rod cover
24 6100 frets, compound radius
Neck and body Ivoroid bound
Gotoh 7 string bridge (discontinued, apparently)
Electronics - Volume, picup selection, tone, coil split miniswitch
Pickups - Bareknuckle AlNiCo Warpigs
Neck is a flat D profile, modelled on 80s Jackson carve. Plays ridiculously quickly, and I can't wait to plug it in to my live rig on Tuesday. Through my practise kit this is the thickest guitar that I've ever played. Good shit. This was a deliberate choice to fill out the precision of my Diezel.
![Metal :metal: :metal:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hookem.gif)
I can't wait to see the upcoming guitars that Doug's got planned too. More GAS...![ugh :ugh: :ugh:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/ugh.gif)
I headed off to Feline Guitars in Croydon to pick this beast up last night.
Here we are, a shiney new Blackmachine B7:
![3536344032_46f5b88a78_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2122/3536344032_46f5b88a78_b.jpg)
![3536343824_622d1f1098_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/3536343824_622d1f1098_b.jpg)
These photos by Jonathan at Feline.
I collected the guitar from Doug after this photo session. A fun night was had, all told, Doug was as obsessed and entertaining as normal (he's skint after spending thousands on rare timber) and Jonathan is a very nice and highly knowledgable chap too. Builds shit hot guitars too.
![Yes Way :yesway: :yesway:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/yesway.gif)
I've had bad lighting conditions today, but here are some crappy photos of my own:
![3536385290_9a28b07611_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/3536385290_9a28b07611_b.jpg)
![3536386466_f7e41ee146_b.jpg](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3536386466_f7e41ee146_b.jpg)
![3535572381_49d79186b9_b.jpg](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3535572381_49d79186b9_b.jpg)
![3535573525_130524819c_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2129/3535573525_130524819c_b.jpg)
![3535574647_1fb39a4a04_b.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2365/3535574647_1fb39a4a04_b.jpg)
And the specs:
Body - quilt Sapele, cut from the same billet as the top on my B2, identical figure
![wub :wub: :wub:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wwub.gif)
Top - Camphorwood burl
Body + top = 32mm thick
Neck - solid Madagascan rosewood
Fretboard - Cocobolo (Danish oiled)
Nut - Graphtech
No truss rod cover
24 6100 frets, compound radius
Neck and body Ivoroid bound
Gotoh 7 string bridge (discontinued, apparently)
Electronics - Volume, picup selection, tone, coil split miniswitch
Pickups - Bareknuckle AlNiCo Warpigs
Neck is a flat D profile, modelled on 80s Jackson carve. Plays ridiculously quickly, and I can't wait to plug it in to my live rig on Tuesday. Through my practise kit this is the thickest guitar that I've ever played. Good shit. This was a deliberate choice to fill out the precision of my Diezel.
![Metal :metal: :metal:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hookem.gif)
I can't wait to see the upcoming guitars that Doug's got planned too. More GAS...
![ugh :ugh: :ugh:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/ugh.gif)