Just ordered my custom built USA BC Rich guitar!

Karl Hungus · 21-03-2005 7:35pm #1

Check out these gorgeous specs I demanded from the peons at BC Rich:

Stealth 7 string
Solid black colour
Neck-through Maple
Mahogany Body
Ebony fretboard with no inlays (Side markers only)
Reversed pointed headstock
Locking Tuners
Fixed bridge
Metal pickup rings (Black)
1 volume and 1 tone
DiMarzio Evolution (Bridge) and Air Norton (Neck) pickups
Chrome hardware

Oh yeah, it's going to be something swish altogether.
Pity I've got to wait 6-8 months for it to be built now.

Thoughts?

kazaam · 21-03-2005 7:40pm

sexy..... very sexy..... very sexy indeed

feylya · 21-03-2005 7:53pm

Jesus, you could have at least spent your money on a nice looking guitar

Karl Hungus · 21-03-2005 8:37pm

feylya wrote:

Jesus, you could have at least spent your money on a nice looking guitar

The stealth is a ****ing gorgeous guitar, you bitch!

feylya · 21-03-2005 9:02pm

I'm sure..

It wasn't me! · 21-03-2005 9:24pm

Nice. That's going to be a vicious li'l bastid when it arrives.

If only I lived in Galway, I'd be plotting its kidnapping right now...

feylya · 21-03-2005 9:27pm

Up for a roadtrip? Dibs on his Nomad though.

It wasn't me! · 21-03-2005 9:34pm

Sure. We can split the rest of his guitars and whatnot. You're driving, and it better be a moped, or else...

feylya · 21-03-2005 9:42pm

Meh, you can have his guitars. They're only BC Riches

And there's no way in hell you're sitting behind me on a moped :eek:

It wasn't me! · 21-03-2005 9:51pm

I just want the footage of the police chase with two guys and a bunch of musical equipment buzzing their way from Galway to Dundalk and Dublin on the back of a moped.

feylya · 21-03-2005 9:54pm

That could be interesting. The Stealth strapped to your back, the Nomad balanced on the handle bars...

It wasn't me! · 21-03-2005 10:00pm

Me desperately trying to keep several other guitars from falling off the back... and at least a bass or two. Can you imagine the helicopter footage?! I'd have the family at home taping it!

feylya · 21-03-2005 10:04pm

We could probably armour the moped with guitars... All the hair trailing off the back of the thing, it'd look like a motorised horse...

It wasn't me! · 21-03-2005 10:11pm

Well I dunno about you, but my hair's short at the moment. It'd make the best police chase video ever anyway.

feylya · 21-03-2005 10:13pm

My hair will cover the moped

So yeah, is Karl Hungus the first boards member to have a custom made guitar?

It wasn't me! · 21-03-2005 10:17pm

Ya big hairy mosher ya!

Not sure actually. I thought someone else had one a while back... I really want to play that now...

feylya · 21-03-2005 10:19pm

I can't remember having any. Hmmm, maybe I should start building mine now. I'll have it done in far less than 6-8 months

That'd take the wind out of his sails. Plus I'd have my name on the fecker

John · 22-03-2005 2:07am

Nice!

Karl Hungus · 22-03-2005 6:38am

STOP PLOTTING TO STEAL MY GEAR! :mad:

feylya wrote:

So yeah, is Karl Hungus the first boards member to have a custom made guitar?

I could very well be. Leastways the first boards member to have a custom made BC Rich guitar.

Karl Hungus · 22-03-2005 7:00am

Oh, and if anyone doesn't know what a model the Stealth is, it was the one used by Chuck Schuldiner. And if you don't know who Chuck Schuldiner was, go to www.emptywords.org now.

For my specific guitar, try and imagine this except with the headstock, chrome hardware and bridge of this and you should have a good mental piccyture.

jcoote · 22-03-2005 8:05am

don't really care much for the bc rich's but the stealth is definatly the best of the bunch.. if feylya happens to die in the process of stealing the gear i want the nomad right

... you'll have your sound nailed in no time kh... well done best of luckwith it.. how much did it set u back

Mr. CooL ICE · 22-03-2005 10:26am

Bloody hell, how much is that setting you back?

Take it you didnt want the 8-string in the end

Ancient1 · 22-03-2005 10:36am

That is one serious piece of gear. Good for you man.

What are the specs of the neck you ordered?

Doctor J · 22-03-2005 10:52am

Nice one Ken, did you go for a three way pickup switch or a more interesting 5 way config. I'm thinking about rewiring my Ibanez with this config

1 - Bridge series
2 - Bridge Parallel
3 - Both Humbuckers
4 - Both Inner Coils
5 - Neck

Hopefully it looks more complicated than it is

jcoote · 22-03-2005 11:04am

5 way all the way ... that sounds sweet doc how much is setting u back... i don't thik i'd chance feckin with the pickups although wouldn't mind stickin an 81 and 85 inmy edr470 hmm

Doctor J · 22-03-2005 12:01pm

Just the price of the SD JB and 59, I already have the guitar, however the stock pickups are a bit of a let-down so while I'm changing them I might experiment a bit

jcoote · 22-03-2005 12:06pm

thats reaally nice nice finish.. yeah the emgsin my ibanez are a let down too think i'll have to change em... does KH still have his emgs for sale???

Doctor J · 22-03-2005 12:16pm

Check out the Seymour Duncan JB if you haven't already, a beautiful sounding humbucker if ever there was one.

jcoote · 22-03-2005 12:36pm

are they the ones in single coil format (jb is jeff beck is it)

Doctor J · 22-03-2005 12:38pm

Nah, they're Jeff Beck alright but a proper humbucker. Very versatile will do the loud stuff well but sweetens up for quieter stuff too.

jcoote · 22-03-2005 12:40pm

haven't seen them might check em out..know of anyone using them???

Doctor J · 22-03-2005 12:47pm

Me

Ahhh there's loads, Joe Perry, Dave Mustaine....

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/artists/users.shtml

Do a search under humbuckers and SH-4

jcoote · 22-03-2005 1:09pm

joy basu (jessica simpson's guitarist) uses them thats good enough for me :rolleyes:... no mike eizenger of incubus thats a realy good sound think i'll invest ..

Fusion251 · 22-03-2005 1:16pm

I'd love to have a go of that, looks great!

feylya · 22-03-2005 4:03pm

Doctor J wrote:

Nah, they're Jeff Beck alright

NO. For the love of God, NO! JB does not stand for Jeff Beck. It stands for Jazz Blues!

feylya · 22-03-2005 4:04pm

jcoote wrote:

thats reaally nice nice finish.. yeah the emgsin my ibanez are a let down too think i'll have to change em... does KH still have his emgs for sale???

I do believe he sold them just yesterday.

jcoote · 22-03-2005 4:40pm

thanx feylya

jcoote · 22-03-2005 4:41pm

thanx feylya think i'm gonna get the jb's doc j was talkin about..look swee

feylya · 22-03-2005 4:47pm

The 59 is nice too. Have one in the Ibanez (I think. And it's a Duncan/Ibanez...) but it's a lovely tone. Don't like when the two of them are split though. Think I might replace the tone pot with a push pull pot for splitting the coils and rewire the switch.

jcoote · 22-03-2005 5:04pm

yeah its hard to get the mix right for havin both of em on ... i had an sg and emg (same as zakk wyldes pickups) jesus it was good but worth a telecaster and a marshall in the arsenal which is what i bout from the money i sold it for

feylya · 22-03-2005 5:14pm

Jesus, I dunno. Sell a guitar? Don't think I could. I've the ZW set in my LTD. Gorgeous clean tone and a perfect distortion tone. The Ibanez has a better bell like sound from it though. I'm half tempted to swap the pickups around just to see what they're like.

jcoote · 22-03-2005 5:26pm

it was a gothic sg with the zw's... really nice (got a claim off a motorbike bein stolen and bought that insteadof a new bike ha)... anyway i kinda grew outta the metal sound i was usin and was only playin thru a marshall copy ****ty little combo.. had to do it got 1800 for it cos i think they went outta production... anyway zw's in an ibanez would just be sweet... what wood is in the body of that???

feylya · 22-03-2005 5:32pm

It's mahogany with a maple cap in the Ibanez, just like ZW's Les Pauls, only not quite as thick. I just want to do it for a comparision. It's a **** load of work though

jcoote · 22-03-2005 5:43pm

bit too much for me tbh... sounds nice my edr has a luthite body..weird but does the job

feylya · 22-03-2005 5:45pm

Ah, the EDR's with the Lo-TRS II bridge? Worst Ibanez bridge ever! Horrible thing all together.

kazaam · 22-03-2005 5:47pm

model name BC Rich KH

name rip off

jcoote · 22-03-2005 5:48pm

yeah not the best gonna change it soon enough just agettin off me arse and doin it is the problem..i'll probably just upgrade to a sexier ibanez the edr was all i could afford at the time

feylya · 22-03-2005 5:55pm

Aye. I've been looking at one of the S series Ibanezs. Damn nice. I wouldn't mind a Prestige 1570 but they're way out of my price range at the moment. Unless I sell the Ibanez...

jcoote · 22-03-2005 5:57pm

got any pics might be interested?? if u were floggin it that is

feylya · 22-03-2005 6:02pm

http://www.ibanez.com/guitars/guitar.asp?model=SZ520QM&z=y&color=2

That's her. I'd probably go the Buy And Sell route if I was selling. I'd get more money. Must find out how much it costs in this country actually.

Karl Hungus · 22-03-2005 6:44pm

Doctor J wrote:

Nice one Ken, did you go for a three way pickup switch or a more interesting 5 way config. I'm thinking about rewiring my Ibanez with this config

No, I'm just taking the standard 3-way switch tbh.

That is one serious piece of gear. Good for you man.

What are the specs of the neck you ordered?

Um, the neck is Maple, anything else I'm leaving to the boffins at BC Rich, because I've always prided the standard BC Rich necks as being deadly comfortable.

Bloody hell, how much is that setting you back?

Take it you didnt want the 8-string in the end

No, didn't go for the 8 string, but funny you should mention it though, because I found out a little something of note. Long before your Nevborn and your LGM, there was one company that perfected the low F# tuned 8 string, and that company was none other than BC Rich themselves! Take a peek at this! An 8 string built for Jazz Guitarist Robert Conti back in 1996!

So if I do want an 8 string in the future I know there is but ONE company I shall be going to.

Just ordered my custom built USA BC Rich guitar!

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