All you 8 string freaks...

keith · #1 09-05-2005, 05:32 AM

The Blackmachine 8 has finally made it to production. Not to downplay Jeremy's excellent Leviiiathan of course, but these things look equally awesome!

Some info from their site www.blackmachine.co.uk

Neck

Honduras Rosewood. Grain aligned with Ebony fillets

Single action aluminum box section truss rod, removable and reversible.

Scale length 762mm / 30", 24 frets.

55mm nut.

Fingerboards and headstocks matched in Ebony.

Cream, Ivoroid or Black binding.

Dunlop 6100 jumbo fretwire.

Body

One piece Swamp Ash, 2mm Ebony top, 40mm thick.

Cream, Ivoroid or Black binding.

Pickups

By consultation with customer. Häussel, Lundgren 8 string humbuckers or EMG40CS. Bareknuckles on the way.

Hardware

Custom made ebony bridge with Graphite saddles, Sperzel locking machineheads

Bridge spacing: 10.5mm

Black only.

pawel · #2 09-05-2005, 06:16 AM

wow that's nice, I always liked those Blackmachines.

fettouhi · #3 09-05-2005, 06:40 AM

Massive!!!

Regards

André

straymond · #4 09-05-2005, 09:36 AM

He*l-yeah!

iumentum · #5 09-05-2005, 10:29 AM

Really nice. I'd love to try one sometime. Hopefully they will be at Musikmesse in Frankfurt next year.

keith · #6 09-05-2005, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iumentum

Hopefully they will be at Musikmesse in Frankfurt next year.

You say that so casually! Damn you mainlanders

Kidding

Seriously tho, I'm dying to try one out. Truth be told, had I enough cash, I'd have one ordered asap if only for the looks. I'm really curious to see how that wood configuration performs once applied to such a metal-biased guitar.

Apophis · #7 09-05-2005, 10:45 AM

That's what I like

I'm going to build my 9 as soon as possible

Regards

King Knall · #8 09-05-2005, 10:55 AM

One problem (for 6 and 7 strings), NO LOCKING TREMOLO!

Battle-axe · #9 09-05-2005, 11:40 AM

Thats looks f00kin' amazing! Congrats man...simply brilliant!!

maliciousteve · #10 09-05-2005, 11:48 AM

how much are they going for?

keith · #11 09-05-2005, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Battle-axe

Thats looks f00kin' amazing! Congrats man...simply brilliant!!

Hehe I may have been understood. I meant 'arrived' as in it finally made production. If that beast was in my hands I definitely wouldnt be on my pc right now

As the 6's go for over £1600, I'm guessing these will retail for over £2000 considering it's an eight string with that much solid ebony in it. And the pickups are quite expensive, depending on the set chosen.

Serratus · #12 09-05-2005, 12:08 PM

Very nice. Actually very similar to the project I'm working on at the moment.

maliciousteve · #13 09-05-2005, 12:39 PM

Think i might just keep to my plans on a LGM 8 string instead then

Battle-axe · #14 09-05-2005, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keith

Hehe I may have been understood. I meant 'arrived' as in it finally made production. If that beast was in my hands I definitely wouldnt be on my pc right now

As the 6's go for over £1600, I'm guessing these will retail for over £2000 considering it's an eight string with that much solid ebony in it. And the pickups are quite expensive, depending on the set chosen.

oh haha...i didn't read properly...i was just soo overwelhmed by the beauty of tht guitar!!! :O

Tsorovan · #15 09-05-2005, 07:33 PM

I'm also very sceptical to the choice of woods... especially since those particular woods will drive up the price considerably. That ebony top looks pretty cool, but I'd say it's a waste of perfectly good fretboard material.

The wannabe Parker headstock is retarded. Shame, because the rest looks rather stylish.

Oh, and I'm not interested in 8-strings ever, since they sound like turds, but these comments apply on their 7-strings as well.