NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with you)

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So if any of you guys know me, you know how Blackmachine obsessed i have been since i first played Nolly's ridiculous B2 about a year ago.
That pretty much forced me to get a B6 and when i had the opportunity an F8 which i loved dearly but sold to a very deserving gentleman so that i could afford to get this guitar!

I have to thank Doug first and foremost for absolutely busting his ass to be able to get this on time, there was a very short window of time for my parents to pick it up on their way to visit me for the xmachanukwanzaa festivities, and from what i hear, he basically worked 14 hours + a day to get this done for me so i owe him big time!
Nolly also deserves a huge thank you for driving from Bath to London to drop the guitar off with my parents at Heathrow, as that is a ****ty drive especially considering he had to work right after that, and i have to thank Dez and Nolly as well for not stealing the guitar as i would have been very very tempted to do upon seeing it haha!

Anyways now that the due thanks is out of the way, lets get to pics!
Here is the pretty much indestructible Scott Dixon case it came in:
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And here is what i saw when i opened it:
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The top on this thing is INSANE, its really hard to get a good sense of it in just one picture as it is very deep and very 3d, so the light really affects the way it looks, so i just took a bunch of flash/no flash pictures to try and capture it all, but ill have my gf take some pro pics of it soon which should hopefully give you an even better sense of how it really looks! The Brazillian Rosewood fretboard was a bit hard to capture with my camera and those pics came out a bit blurry so hopefully those will come out better with the pics my gf takes as well, but **** is it nice and smooth! Also you can see some good shots of the Schaller Hannes bridge which is not only ridiculously comfortable but adds a lot to the tone. Doug said this was the best sounding guitar he has made so far, and he attributes a large part of that to this bridge (apart from the amazing wood combo of course haha!)

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I plugged it into the axefx and it sounds massive and the attack on this guitar is just unparalleled to be honest. It is insanely djenty and has this clarity that is just perfect as it never gets too bright and it allows the chords to ring out so clearly and have even note definition across the board. The sustain on this thing is also absolutely insane especially with how low the action is (set up and intonation was perfect despite spending 6000+ miles on airplanes). At any rate here is a picture showing just how thin this guitar is, which to me is amazing considering how rich and full it is tonally:
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To close the thread here are some pics of the B2 and B6:
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There ya go! I will definitely have some clips of this guitar one way or another soon as i plan on using this to retrack whichever 6 string songs i retrack for the Periphery album as well as make it my main recording 6 stringer, so lots of clips and possiboo vids on the way.

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Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

:saeek::eek2::argh::fing2::clap:: party::arms::fest7::fest6::omg::werd:
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

I LOVE that Schaller Hannes bridge!
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with


Cool guitars - do those screws for those labels get in the way? I like the backs of my guitars to be really smooth and those look like they stick out pretty far. I guess they don't since you left them on there. I'd probably remove those right away.
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

That looks to be a very nice guitar there, I love Koa
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

that thing is secksy --- moreso than the plaintop Blackmachines

I bet that thing wud'nt cheap! :o
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

killer! wish I had the cash for a blackmachine!
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

no matter how many times you say WOW, when you say it backwards, it's still WOW! WOW
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

Oh christ... and I thought my upcoming NGD was going to slay.

Absolutely gorgeous, Misha! What pickups did you end up with? Cold Sweats again? After researching that Hannes bridge a bit more, I'm dying to try one out... definitely going on my next custom!
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

VK: Yeah i went with the Cold Sweat for the bridge and Painkiller for the neck, and i have to say im REALLY happy with that combo, apparently it has become Doug's favorite combo as well!

Immortalsix: No it wasn't, but my god now that i have it i can say it was worth every penny. The attention to detail on the guitar is astounding and the tone and feel are unparalleled, i feel like this guitar escapes the usual curve of diminishing returns, at least for me!

Godrex: You know its funny, you aren't the first person to ask that since i posted this picstory, but i have been using my b6 live for the last year and it has never been an issue!
 
Re: NGD: Blackmachine B2 Flamed Koa Top/Brazillian Fretboard (56k = my pary are with

i feel like this guitar escapes the usual curve of diminishing returns, at least for me!

That is all any player can hope for!

:headbang:
 
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