The BlacKat Guitars thread

[celticelk]

Wow. As a general rule, I hate brightly colored tops on guitars, but this is definitely an exception. Maybe I hate them because they're generally not this well done. =) Outstanding! The fact that it's an 8 just makes it that much sweeter.

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

Ninja Zebra 8 Lime Blackburst is ready

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

Tiger 7 Natural

This one is for sale. This is our "basic" model. It has simple looks, but shares all important features with higher series - that is Hipshot hardware (including locking tuners), Bare Knuckle Aftermath pickups, custom wiring with hum-free coilsplitting options, Dunlop Straploks etc. We've built this one for stock so it is for sale at the moment - price is 1360 €+shipping

Myth busting: mahogany=haz it muds?
NO! Although it's made of mahogany (and sapele), it is not an epi lespaul. The guitar is far from muddy, low end is supertight. Our neck pockets fit necks very well so neck-body frequency transmission is very good and high end is not getting lost in the way.

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

Another new model. This is production version of Leon with some upgrades:
1. Spalted maple top instead of 4A flamed maple (100 € upgrade)
2. Bare Knuckle Painkillers in black covers (without covers in standard) (30 € upgrade)
3. No neck binding (it simply wouldn't fit the looks) (0 € upgrade
4. Alder for body

Here is the spec:
Body - Alder
Top - Spalted maple
Neck - Flamed maple/walnut
Fretboard - Ebony
Scale length - 25,5"
Thickness at 1st fret - 19 mm
Thickness at 12th fret - 21 mm
Pickups - Bare Knuckle Painkillers in black covers
Bridge - Hipshot hardtail
Tuners - Hipshot Griplock tuners
Knobs - Hipshot O-Ring
Nut -Graphtech TUSQ
Strap pins - Dunlop Straploks (dual design)
Finish - Natural satin finish

SRP for this guitar is 1740 € including VAT - BlacKat softcase is included. This one was made for customer but we can do more.

PU wiring:

All positions are hum free. Blue means parallel connection.

And pictures:

 

[Fred the Shred]

mmmm... spalt...

 

[Pete27]

beautiful guitar! reminds me of the Manson single cut-aways. sweet playing too dude!

 

[Hollowway]

I love that you guys make in-stock instruments. As someone that has been jaded by waiting for custom orders, there's a huge attraction to being able to buy a really nice guitar and have it within a couple of weeks.

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

At this point it takes us approximately 8 weeks from order to completion with capacity of 10 guitars a month which i suppose is very good for a small shop. Add to this some stock instruments that can be shipped next day.

Some progress from current builds:
Quilt ash is such a beautiful wood...

And ruby red blackburst is my favourite finish so far:

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

Website is up: http://www.blackat-guitars.com/

 

[Curt]

Website is up: http://www.blackat-guitars.com/

Every time you post, the GAS builds.

 

[mphsc]

Very nice site.

 

[Ayo7e]

^I really like your website guys, it looks clean and with pictures for each model/version.

 

[AfroSamurai]

The website looks great, as mentioned before, very clean and with lots of info.

By the way, I hope you can get ss frets in more sizes

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

I hope that you guys like white guitars:

Four new guitars should be ready on monday.

 

[MrHelloGuitar]

EDIT: I started a separate thread about my question.

OT: These are some of the best guitars I have ever seen.

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

By the way, I hope you can get ss frets in more sizes

We can.

 

[AfroSamurai]

Awesome! I also got your email, I'm spec'ing it right now and I'll shoot an email later today!

 

[Baco]

I hope that you guys like white guitars:

Four new guitars should be ready on monday.

I do

 

[Djentlyman]

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This is stunning!!

 

[BlacKat Guitars]

Stunning and for sale (still).

Edit: SOLD!