Black Bobbin Phantone // Incredible Offset Guitar // Guitar Demo

Elated to welcome Black Bobbin Chicago back to the channel, with their brand new guitar model, the Phantone!

This Phantone model features an Aged Seafoam Green nitrocellulose lacquer finish with beautiful finish checking. Get ready to see it in a lot of upcoming videos!

Today I am featuring it with my Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" with Scumback Speakers H75-PVC 65w, R2R Electric Rangemaster OC44, Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact, and Effectrode Tube Vibe. For delay and reverb you're hearing the Echo Fix EF-X3 Chorus Echo unit in the effects loop of the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander (which I am using for light attenuation into the speaker cab. The cab is mic'd with 4 mics: Royer R121, Royer R10, Ohmaworld Ribbon, and Lauten LS-208 and run into a Universal Audio Apollo x4 interface and mixed in Ableton Live 12.

Feature list:
Light Relic Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
Alder Body
Offset Waist
Arm Contour
Roasted Quarter Sawn Maple Neck
Vanguard Neck Tint
Jescar 51100 Fretwire
25.5" Scale Length
12" Fretboard Radius
1.67" Nut Width
Black Bobbin Lollar JM Pickups
Vintage Inspired 280k Pots
NOS K40Y-9 33nF Capacitor
Mastery M1 Bridge
Mastery OMV
Mastery STV
Mono Vertigo Gig Bag

Quick Jump Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:41 Demo Begins - Cleans, Neck
05:39 Cleans, Middle Pickup Position
06:23 Cleans, Bridge
07:34 Overdrive Tones, Bridge
08:47 Overdrive Tones, Middle Pickup Position
09:39 Overdrive Tones, Neck Pickup
10:44 Volume Knob Cleanup
12:41 Going Darker with the Phantone Tone Knob
13:20 R2R Electric Rangemaster
16:03 Rangemaster Volume Knob Cleanup
17:48 Modulation Tones, Effectrode Tube Vibe and R2R Electric Rangemaster
19:43 Rangemaster into Revival Drive into Effectrode Tube Vibe into Pushed Benson Monarch
20:11 All Pedals off, just the cranked Benson Monarch
21:55 Cranked Amp, Volume Knob Cleanup
22:29 Slam Cranked Benson with R2R Electric Rangemaster OC44

In Shelby's words:
"Designed in partnership with Carlos Lopez, the Black Bobbin Phantone takes inspiration from the rich history of instrument manufacturing in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s. The guitars and basses produced during that era left a lasting impression on the culture and were used on some of the most fundamental music of that time. Drawing influence from of our favorite mid-century guitars, the Phantone design is centered around our exclusive Lollar JM pickups and an offset-waist body for unmatched tone and comfort. Equipped with Mastery Bridge hardware, the Phantone plays smooth and effortlessly.

With the legacy of Harmony and Kay instrument manufacturing nearly forgotten by the people of Chicago, we are introducing the Phantone to help honor and celebrate the deeply rooted connection between electric guitar and this city. Just a few miles from Black Bobbin, at the end of an elevated pedestrian pathway, sits one of many long-gone Harmony factory sites—completely devoid of any acknowledgment of what once stood in its place.

The Black Bobbin Phantone is assembled in Chicago continuing the storied heritage of guitar making in this city. After many years of exploring vintage and new instruments to discover what ultimately inspires us, this collaboration is the culmination—and we hope that the Phantone will inspire you as much as it does for us."

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