Blackwater Guitar Company has been making some amazing guitars catering to the metal crowd. They have an extensive list of options for body and headstock shapes, and they are known for the features which are somewhat similar to Blackmachine (especially some body bevel elements and headstock).
For more modern takes, they offer headless guitars which compete directly with the likes of strandberg* and Skervesen. Here’s a sampling of one of their guitars and you get the picture:
- Multi-scale
- Highly figured tops
- Interesting binding and beveling
- Exotic woods for tops and necks with multi-ply laminations of woods
