![]()  BLACK CROW ARTS : EST. MMVI
Black Crow Arts is a California based company that makes a unique and innovative collection of musical related works including Guitar, Bass and Microphone Belt Buckles, Guitar Jewelry, Guitar Accessories, and Record Wallet's made from new and recycled goods. Black Crow Arts designs and handcrafts each order custom. Black Crow Arts is a product of exploration and recycled imagination; an eco-minded company with interest in the creative. Black Crow Arts is the ORIGINAL creator of the works showcased.
Headquarters: Long Beach, Ca. Phone: 562.552.1567
General & Wholesale Email: sales@blackcrowarts.com
Black Crow Arts is first and foremost inspired by the art of music. Music has been a continual place for us; a home where we can set ourselves free. Listening to records, playing the guitar or any instrument
inspires us to new levels of creativity and helps drive production. Music is our gasoline and life source for this company. The artist/owner/designer of BCA is David Ryan whom handcrafts each order custom.
ABOUT BCA PRODUCTS:
All of the works for sale on Black Crow Arts are original one-of-a-kind handcrafted customs. There is usually a minimum of 2-3 weeks production time on all orders and sometimes longer depending on the products ordered. These are not mass produced items. All works are gone over in extreme detail. The photos on this site do not really come close to the product in hand. The buckles are a jewelry level craft. All woods & inlays are cut from premium materials, all fingerboards are oil cured, sealed, and hand radius-ed, all fretwork is hand-shaped, radius-ed, pressed and seams are glued solid! The buckle-backs are custom cast and stamped with our logo, and fused to one of our fretboard designs. Each work is a multistage development. We appreciate your patience with your orders and will do our best to get them shipped as soon as possible. If you need a rush order please call us at 562.552.1567.
NAMM SHOW BCA CATALOG (click image to download PDF)
GUITAR BUCKLE ANATOMY
Binding: Usually placed on higher-end guitars, binding is an extra customization that brings added beauty and protection to your buckle. The frets flow into the binding seamlessly and hide the fret stems so the edge of the fretboard looks solid. The black edge binding comes w/ pearl side dots (no side dots on classic styles). The 2-tone cream & black edge binding comes w/ black side dots.
Side Dots: Side dots are an extra feature you can add on your guitar buckle that are placed on the upper edge of the fingerboard. You can choose which material side dot you would like.
Inlays:Inlay on guitars or similar fretted instruments are decorative materials set into the wooden surface of the instrument. Although inlay can be done on any part of a guitar, it is most commonly found on the fretboard, headstock and soundhole. (mother of pearl, abalone, clay, plastic and wood are the materials most often used as inlay)
The side dots always go above the main fretboard inlay. The main inlay is what you see when you look at the face of the fretboard. The side dots are placed on the upper edge. They both serve as markers for the guitarist so he knows where he is on the fretboard. Experienced players do not need these markers but some like the way they look. They are all considered inlays but the side dot is more of a secondary marker and is much smaller when compared to the main inlay.
Frets: The metal strips running across a guitars fingerboard are called frets.
Fretboard/ Fingerboard:
The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is a part of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of wood that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument and above which the strings run. In the playing of such an instrument, a musician presses the strings down towards it in order to change their vibrating lengths, causing changes in pitch. Most our fretboards come in Ebony, Maple, or Rosewood
Wood Species: Ebony/ Rosewood/ Maple:
There is no one "best" wood. The choice you make should be based upon your personal taste or preference. Part of the beauty of wood is the uniqueness of each piece. There are wide ranges of color, striping, streaking, etc. All varied by the wonders of nature. Ebony, Rosewood & Maple are the most common woods used in guitar fretboards. Tonally, rosewood is a bit warmer and ebony is a little brighter, like maple. Visually, ebony is not uniformly black; it is a very deep rich chocolate brown. Rosewood is a reddish-brown with more pronounced striping and maple is a very light blonde. Ebony is a more dense wood and when cut actually has a heavy chocolaty smell. Rosewood is a lighter open grain wood and has a very sweet smell when cut. Maple has a lighter sweet smell reminiscent of pine.
Ebony feels faster, smoother and more refined when it comes to playability. Ebony seems to have more sustain, wears better, and seems to feel more precise. All three of these woods are great woods that look and sound beautiful on a guitar or a work of art.
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