Any love of 'original' BC Rich Guitars here ?

[Timmo]

Originally posted by guitarcrazy2004
damn i wish i still had the 1981 purple -bitch i sold....if i remember the list price was 1800.00 back then...anyway cool guitar ..

Ouch! An original PURPLE Bitch? Yeah, that's gotta hurt.

[alberob]

I have a 78 supreme Eagle that was sent to the NAMM show.It is an amazing guitar. More tones available than any 2 other guitars combined.Did I mention its magnificent to look at.Quilted Maple body.My only complaint is the transistor preamp.Noisy ,but it will overdrive the hell out of most amps.It doesn't suck!

[EADGBE]

I want one. I love those preamps, cloud inlays, and everything.

[Lex Luthier]

I had a trans red Bich, looked better than it sounded. Swapped it for an old Guild Starfire years ago.

[Hardtail]

I had an 86 Eagle ... in birdseye maple. Loved the look, hated the thin shredder neck. The cloud inlays were not very well done - too much filler around them - I guess thats a pet peeve of mine - gotta have clean inlays...

HT

[JingleJungle]

Holder of a Mock SLP in Trans red that was featured in a book by W. Moseley ("Vintage Ele ctric Guitars: in praise of fretted americana).
Everytime someone has appreoached me with money I've said "we can talk" and then I chickened out.
Now I'm wanting - quite badly - an original 80s Eagle.
Someone please help me out!!!

JJ

[cSuttle]

This one belongs to my son. It out plays my PRS Custom 22. Really. He bought it used for $500 (with two cases, hard and flight) when he was 9 years old with his own money. He is 16 now and still plays it. It's an 84' based on our research. I know, very 80's, but who cares the guitar is a smoker.

[Eric Pykala]

I bought a used '79 Eagle for $400 awhile back, put a Humbucker From Hell and a Pearly Gates in it with series-parallel-split switches, and ended-up with a totally rockin' guitar. Mine was an opaque white, not one of the fancy wood ones with the 747 cockpit switching. The guy who ended-up with it wants to sell it back to me for $200, but I'm thinning the herd in favor of a few stupidly great (and expensive) axes. Great guitars, and as underrated as Hamer. Too bad the brands reputation has become sullied by import pointy crap.-Eric

"You're 53 and you play a B.C. Rich?????" LOL!

[EADGBE]

Originally posted by Keithrick
Hey guys nice thread! You got me thinking I have an old BC Rich Platinum Series Warlock with a ugly crackle finish on it. Does anyone know what woods were used to make these guitars? In other words is it worth stripping and refinishing?

Thanks!

Those had alder bodies, maple necks, and rosewood fretboards.

[Timmo]

Originally posted by Hardtail
I had an 86 Eagle ... in birdseye maple. Loved the look, hated the thin shredder neck. The cloud inlays were not very well done - too much filler around them - I guess thats a pet peeve of mine - gotta have clean inlays...

HT

I don't know anything about BC Rich guitars other than my '79 Mockingbird with bird's eye maple wings and one piece koa neck and it just plain KILLS! The workmanship and the quality of the materials used are unsurpassed. A totally "kick ass" guitar!
The neck on mine, God the neck is nothing but perfection! Nothing thin about.
I don't know what happend with yours but the quality of my Mockingbird rivals ANY builder from Any era.

[Dave Z]

My BC Rich Collection:

I love my USA B.C. Rich. Here's some of them...

[Timmo]

Originally posted by armitage
I love my USA B.C. Rich. Here's some of them...

:AOK

[ccs]

I still have a few 80's.Most I've picked up cheap over the years just to bang around on.The '84 custom order USA Warlock(next to the green one) I used live a lot during the 80's-90's thrash scene.With 3 pickups(Dimarzio X2N and two Megadrives) and 7 toggle switches,all the tone options make it great when recording too.

[alberob]

I have a 1978 Supreme Eagle sent to the NAMM in Chicago.My friend Bernie Gracin bought the guitar and a matching bass.Its a quilted maple body with rosewood stringers.It is Magnificent! The headstock is stamped 78 NAMM."It doesn't suck!"-Arthur.