Well sadly I am not impressed.
I had a real good feeling about this, but I am not overly impressed with the construction or attention to detail.
My board is 15" deep by 30" wide.
The surface that you mount the pedals to is only attached to the frame by brackets, which is acceptable if placed strategically. The maple top almost looks like an overlay or finished paneling glued to plywood. I will take a closer look when I get back to the studio, oh and I think the frame may be particle board, but I will check tonight and correct this post if necessary.
The entire top 30" width did not have one bracket. I could easily move the maple board in and out. So, now imagine pedals mounted at the top and the user pressing on the pedals. This is too much stress on the 30" span for it not to have one bracket. I am purchasing three and placing one in the middle and two on each ends about 5" from the corners. I will be placing other brackets where they are needed as well.
This is not as important, but using wrong hardware says alot about attention to detail, for example the power connector has countersunk screws. Unfortunately the power connector does not require countersunk screws.
The tolex installation is horrible. The seam is so ridiculously apparent. It looks as if it was the installer's first time ever installing tolex.
On the website the images clearly show screwed on feet to prevent sliding. My board had cheap adhesive feet that anyone can get at Lowes.
I inspected the cutouts for the power and 1/4" inputs. These looked like someone did not have the right size bit and took a chisel to open them up.
All in all it is not worth the money.
When I decided to buy this board I had calculated the cost of solid maple, high quality plywood, tolex, etc. and decided that I would be saving time and money by pulling the trigger on Black Bird, but I was sadly mistaken.
This saddens me because the research I did led me to believe the owner was a great and honest guy. The owner communicated very well with me and I did not have any reservations about his integrity. I still believe that the owner is probably all the things I mentioned above, honest, great guy, has integrity etc., but his perception of quality is different than mine.