GPOTD 02.06.2024

Peen Simmons

Peen Simmons

Let’s Get Obtuse!
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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.

Specs:

  • Aged Lake Placid Blue
  • 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


https://blackbobbin.com/products/black-bobbin-phantone-aged-lake-placid-blue
 
I almost like it, but that headstock pushes it into the nope category - and that yellow switch tip against the white pickguard has to go.
 
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i don't see why it's $4000. it's an offset slab of wood with a bolt on neck and hideous headstock.
also, the switch needs to be further out near the point, otherwise you'd be hitting it while strumming, imo.
 
I really want to love that, and I definitely would want to play one. But that headstock design is a huge negative. A bit pricey as well, but for a small shop guitar maker it is in line with what you would expect to pay.
 
The last placed I lived on the South Side was about six blocks from the old Harmony factory over by 65th and Kolin. It’s a non descript warehouse now.

Regarding the guitar in that picture the spirit of Harmony guitars was embodied by fairly well crafted budget guitars. Some of them were nicer than others but the $4,000 Super-Jag with the dinner table sized headstock in todays guitar pic isn’t one of them.
 
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