Old School

Doctor J

Saw these on another forum, had to repost em. Yes, BC Rich get knocked for some truly unorthodox shapes but they were sublime quality back in the day. Check this out.

darrenw5094

A cross with Slash and Steve Vai.

spoonbadger

Yeah,i've heard this before actually!. That BC rich used to turn out insane quality,handmade guitars. It aint exactly the same now but....

....their custom shop stuff is supposedly just as good as the originals!!. I guess that's where all the original staff went .

punchdrunk

sorry lads but they look like the guitar equivalent of this...



DO NOT WANT

feylya

That's tickling me in lots of GAS glands at the moment.

darrenw5094

Don't see what the problem is with the Mockingbird. She looks good to me.

It looked cool as f**k on Slash.

Welease

punchdrunk wrote: »

sorry lads but they look like the guitar equivalent of this...



DO NOT WANT

QFT!

68 lost souls

I'm liking the mockingbird too. Especially the red quilt tops.

Darkstrike

I wouldn't complain about a NJ Beast Bass.

Ravelleman

I would very much like an Eagle with all the switches.

A 10 String Bich with the switches would also be excellent.

spoonbadger

darrenw5094 wrote: »

Don't see what the problem is with the Mockingbird. She looks good to me.

It looked cool as f**k on Slash.

But not as cool as a max les paul.

Comparing proper les pauls with proper riches is like comparing a mustang to a golf (covered in stickers and neon lights ).

brendansmith

punchdrunk wrote: »

sorry lads but they look like the guitar equivalent of this...



DO NOT WANT

Agreed.

ham_n_mustard

punchdrunk wrote: »

sorry lads but they look like the guitar equivalent of this...



DO NOT WANT

I dont know, after you had your fun with it, you could trade it for that acrylic prs on adverts.ie

Ravelleman

It cost over a grand you know!!!!11!

Bravo, sir.

Dord

My brother has a mid-late 90's NJ Ironbird thats awesome looking, and sounding too. It was made in Nagoya Japan ^_^

The current BC Rich guitars owned by HHI just makes a bunch of misshapen "copies" of the original designs. The proportions are wrong and they're mostly very cheaply made guitars except for the overpriced US custom shop.

darrenw5094

spoonbadger wrote: »

But not as cool as a max les paul.

Comparing proper les pauls with proper riches is like comparing a mustang to a golf (covered in stickers and neon lights ).

I depends who is driving the Golf.......Slash would look cool as f**k in it.

ham_n_mustard

Ravelleman wrote: »

It cost over a grand you know!!!!11!

Bravo, sir.

I jest mate, she isnt worth the pickups

Dord

Darkstrike wrote: »

I wouldn't complain about a NJ Beast Bass.

I bet you would.

I know a guy who used to have one. It was absolutely huge and weighed a tonne. Add to that he had to have a custom case made for it that cost a fair bit.

Darkstrike

Dord wrote: »

I bet you would.

I know a guy who used to have one. It was absolutely huge and weighed a tonne. Add to that he had to have a custom case made for it that cost a fair bit.

I play a Traben, and a six string hard ash bass, weight and size, not a problem, I don't gig, so a case is a minor problem, though you can get them cheap enough from the US. I'd have a softcase made, or juust get a Coffin Case.

Ravelleman

ham_n_mustard wrote: »

I jest mate, she isnt worth the pickups

Indeed. Apparently my post didn't convey the sense of irony I was aiming for.

Don1

The only BC Rich I'd have is the Artist series one with the hot ass on it. And even then it'd be more to look at than play!

I hate the look of them. Look too much like stylised medieval weaponry!

brendansmith

Don1 wrote: »

I hate the look of them. Look too much like stylised medieval weaponry!

Agreed, they make metal look rediculous, like its clinging to a viking image.

We need to update our weaponry.

Doctor J

Don1 wrote: »

I hate the look of them. Look too much like stylised medieval weaponry!

While a lot of the new shapes have been truly grotesque, IMO of course, the old shapes, the bich, the eagle, the mockingbird... they're amazing.