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I've just hit 300 followers. Thank you everyone. I'll try to be a tad more active with posts. I've been distracted a lot recently with my uni work. Which incidentally included having to steal the original title of this blog for my professional portfolio website. It'd be a great help to me if you could give that a follow over at @obguitars. Thanks again. Loads more gear porn on the horizon.

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Blackmachine Guitars Update

Last week I not only got to see SikTh at the Kentish Town Forum, but I also bumped into Doug from Blackmachine. We had a long talk about his guitars, my SG and the future of the Blackmachine brand.

Blackmachine guitars have a lot of myth surrounding them. Most of it created by the same idiots who coined the term ‘djent’ and turned it into a genre. Much like SikTh, Doug’s guitars were way ahead of the curve. My SG dates back to 1996. These days the likes of Ormsby, Skervesen and others have guitars that are heavily inspired by the B2′s of the early 2000s. Even the big boys like Schecter, Ibanez, and ESP owe Doug a nod as he pioneered the 8 string and multi scale (fan fret) models way back in 2004. As we spoke about said 8 strings Hacktivist’s Timfy took to the stage wielding an Ibanez RG8. I noted that it would be good if he had a B8 instead so if Doug contacts you Timfy I want some commission yeah?

Now the point of this little article is to silence those calling for Doug to reopen the order book for B2′s and custom builds. I’m paraphrasing a bit here but he pretty much said he lost the will to build guitars about 10 years ago. All the copycats and to an extent the growing popularity of the brand has put him off making guitars to order. So if you want a Blackmachine B2, tough. The only way you’re getting one is if you are a very close personal friend of Doug or if you pay him an obscene amount of money.

If you’re disappointed by that news then maybe this will cheer you up. The eagle eye SikTh fans might have spotted that long time B2 user Pin hasn’t been sporting his usual Bare Knuckle pickups in his ebony and snakewood guitars. The new sets he’s been testing are from a company called ASL and were designed and voiced by Doug. Now the bad news is that Doug won’t be working with ASL any longer as there’s been a breakdown in the business relationship. But I can exclusively reveal that production on Blackmachine branded pickups is due to start in the next year. Doug told me he’s ordered a pickup winding machine that’s coming in the new year. So keep your eyes pealed for those.

If you’re interested in purchasing a Blackmachine B6 model made in collaboration with Feline Guitars please contact Jonathan at @ [email protected]

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Wild Customs Wildmaster in Matte White

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Reluctantly I’ve had to change the blog name slightly. I needed the old url for a university project. Still the same content except now it’s obguitarsandgear.

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The OG. This month we celebrated 7 years together.

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I remember Doug telling me about this guitar (or one very similar). He was hesitant to put in a top strap pin because he didn't want to drill into such a beautiful piece of wood.

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