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Sadly, a fire at Blackbird guitar
Apparently their shop burned over the weekend. Not sure what that means for the business, but I'm pretty sure my guitar, there for repair, is gone...
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That's a bummer!! Hopefully not all is lost (including your guitar)!
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It looks like a total loss from the news pictures. I got a email broadcast from them suggesting that all contents were lost.
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The linked news report said "The affected commercial space has no occupants" meaning they were unused empty buildings.
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That may be poorly worded, it said after a search, so maybe meant not occupied at the time of the fire. Sure looks like the Blackbird factory I visited.
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Sad news. That may be tough to come back.
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Bad news indeed! I wish Joe L. & Company the best as they pick up the pieces from this devastating event. It will be good to have follow-up information as it becomes available, but I won't bother them right now for updates. They obviously have their hands full. Joe has posted here in the past, but not recently.
It has always been a bit surprising to me that they were based in SF. From direct experience, I know that is an expensive and challenging place to be a small business. Hopefully we will see a rebirth of Blackbird instruments soon. I might lobby for a Lucky 13 built using ekoa instead of CF. I recently traded my Lucky 13 for something else but still have my beloved Farallon tenor ukulele. |
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That is the Blackbird shop. It was in the early morning (3am) on the weekend, so no one there.
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It is so sad that blackbird had a fire. I’m so glad no one was hurt. Does anyone have any update on the guitar manufacturing? I was supposed to be getting an El Capitan in a couple months.
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What I was told was all the contents of the shop burned. My guitar was supposed to be ready for pickup last week after 7 months in the shop. I am reluctant to bother them immediately, but if the work in progress and the tooling burned, it will be a long time. They've never been very communicative, and have a lot on their minds now.
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they kind of owe you an answer, tho.
I mean, will they try to replace it, or will they just have the insurance company pay you off? If the timeline to replace is too long, do you get a choice? Will the upgrade the guitar, or give you just a "close enough" version? So, actually, that raises another question: let's say the replace the guitar, but it isn't as good as the original. What are your options? You kind of deserve to know that sooner than later.
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Sorry, DDW. This will all take time to sort out. You may have to settle for an insurance refund. If the tooling is damaged, especially those $$,000 aluminum molds, that could be really hard to come back from.
I could easily have been caught in the same boat. My Lucky 13 needed to have the back of the neck re-sprayed since they originally shot it so thin. Playing wear had not quite gone through the satin clear coat to feel the CF fabric, but it was getting close. I networked and found a good local auto body shop and he shot the back of the neck for me for about the cost of shipping one way. Otherwise mine would have been there too. |
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+1
If everything was lost, I kind of doubt they will be able to rebound. |
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Unless they have the appropriate insurance they would have been required to have to finance their business...
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Very sorry to read this. Was this also the location of the Lingrove company that manufactures Ekoa?
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