Black Bobbin Flat Iron

The Black Bobbin Flat Iron is a Chicago-built guitar inspired by the 1960s Chicago-made Truetone Vanguard and named after Wicker Park’s iconic Flat Iron Arts Building, which Black Bobbin is proud to call home. We reimagined the original shape with a newly designed offset waist and added a custom neck plate inspired by the building’s ornate facade, along with Lollar Low Wind Imperial humbuckers and a Mastery M7 bridge. Built in Chicago by Black Bobbin in partnership with Lockhorn Instruments, the Flat Iron celebrates generations of Chicago instrument-making through a distinctly Black Bobbin design.

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Flat Iron

The Black Bobbin Flat Iron draws inspiration from the Truetone Vanguard, a distinctive 1960s design built by Chicago’s Harmony Company for Western Auto. Its unique shape provided the foundation for the Flat Iron, reimagined with a newly designed offset waist and elevated with premium hardware and pickups. The result honors the legacy of Chicago-made guitars while delivering the playability and performance we expect from every Black Bobbin instrument.

The Flat Iron base price is $3899.

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Wicker Park Inspired

The Flat Iron takes its name from the iconic Flat Iron Arts Building in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood, the building Black Bobbin is proud to call home and a landmark with its own connection to the city’s musical history.

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Premium Parts

The Flat Iron also expands on our longstanding relationships with Lollar Pickups and Mastery Bridge. A pair of Lollar Low Wind Imperial humbuckers delivers an open and articulate take on classic humbucker tone, with exceptional clarity, dynamics, and presence. The Mastery M7 bridge provides the stability, precision, and performance Mastery is known for while fitting naturally into the Flat Iron’s distinctive design.

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Custom Design

Built in Chicago by Black Bobbin in partnership with Lockhorn Instruments, the Flat Iron brings together the influence of Harmony’s mid-century designs, the legacy of Lyon & Healy in Wicker Park, and some of our most trusted collaborators. It’s a guitar rooted in Chicago’s instrument-making history and brought together in a distinctly Black Bobbin design.

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