James Tyler
Guitars
01 / 04Electric / CustomLos Angeles, California
Hot-rodded performance, hand-shaped feel and finishes that make duplication impossible.
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California
- Programme
- Custom commission
GMI BlackworksPrivate commissioning programme
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Custom guitars, amplifiers and complete rack systems — specified without a public price ceiling.
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Special Projects Division — BW–01
Beyondthe build.
Exceptional instruments and complete rigs, commissioned without compromise. Built for players who know the difference.
View commissions →01 — The directive
The very best is never selected from a shelf. It begins with a player, an objective and a standard most instruments were never designed to meet. Blackworks finds, specifies and commissions singular guitars, amplifiers and complete systems.
ModelCommission only
AccessBy consultation
OutcomeOne of one
Price ceilingNone published
02 — Approved builders
Uncommon capability.
Four makers. Distinct disciplines. Their finest work cannot be reduced to a standard configuration.
James Tyler
Knaggs
Guitars
02 / 04Electric / CreationGreensboro, Maryland
Commissioned instruments that cross from exceptional guitar into one-of-one functional art.
- Origin
- Greensboro, Maryland
- Programme
- Custom commission
Ren
Ferguson
03 / 04Acoustic / BespokeBelgrade, Montana
Functional art voiced by one of the most respected master luthiers of the modern era.
- Origin
- Belgrade, Montana
- Programme
- Custom commission
RedSeven
Amplification
04 / 04Amplification / Tailor MadeEste, Italy
Handwired amplifiers, custom circuits and matched systems developed beyond standard production.
- Origin
- Este, Italy
- Programme
- Custom commission
03 — Build protocol
One player. One system. No compromise.
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Define the objective.
We establish what the current rig cannot do and what the finished system must become.
02
Engineer every decision.
Instrument, materials, electronics, amplification and signal path are resolved as one system.
03
Commission the right hands.
GMI manages approvals, documentation and progress from brief to completion.
04
Deliver it ready.
Every component is inspected, integrated and prepared around the player.
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What are webuilding?
Bring us the requirement, the impossible reference or the rig you have never been able to assemble.