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So I'm buying another guitar...a rare one...
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:36 pm
by Balls On Parade
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:56 pm
by Gor-Gor
the paintjob is...lame.
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:02 pm
by Balls On Parade
Gor-Gor wrote:the paintjob is...lame.
you're too young...STFU...
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:11 pm
by croninburg
Looks like something Kerry King might have played in the early '80s
Pretty damn cool, nice one
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:19 pm
by Hunter/Killer
the paint is kinda lame, but it's a head turner. so its respectable
american bc rich's
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:31 pm
by Balls On Parade
it is a 1982 or 1983 according to this article from
http://www.vintageguitar.com/brands/details.asp?ID=58 :
"Dating
Dating B.C. Rich neck-through guitars is relatively easy, although slightly imprecise by the ’80s. The first B.C. Rich guitar was stamped “Proto,†beginning in 1972, and subsequent guitars were consecutively numbered beginning 001, 002, etc. These consecutive numbers probably ran up to around 340 or 360, as Rico recalls. This system was used for the guitars distributed by L.D. Heater. When distribution came back to B.C. Rich in 1974, the system was changed to begin with the year of manufacture and three consecutively numbered digits, or XXYYY, with XX being the year (e.g., 78) and YYY the number of guitar. Thus, the first guitar of 1974 would have been numbered 74000, followed by 74001, etc. Throughout the ’70s, production numbers were low enough that the serial numbers pretty much reflect the year of manufacture.
In the late ’70s as production grew, and the serial numbers begin to get ahead of themselves, since only 1000 numbers were available in a series. By 1980 the serial numbers had gotten to about two to three years ahead. A bass documented to have been purchased (not necessarily made) in 1980 bore the serial number 82595. Even though neck-through production never surpassed about 2200 guitars a year, as the ’80s progressed the serial numbers continued to get ahead of the actual year. By 1981 the numbers were about four years ahead, and this gap remained fairly constant until Rico stopped making B.C. Riches. The one-pickup Eagle shown here is 85366 from between late 1980 to sometime in 1981. The white Mockingbird shown here is 87688 from 1983.
Bolt-neck guitars are less precise for the usual reasons. The serial number is stamped on a neck plate, and like every other company, when the guitar was being finished, someone grabbed a plate out of the box and put it on. These still follow the same XXYYY dating scheme, but there was no particular order to thier application. If a guitar has a number of 89321, for example, it was probably built in 1987, but it could be a bit earlier or later."
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:03 am
by Spoke
Not bad, but I like my guitars with strings on 'em.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:57 am
by Aeon
What pickup is that? It looks like an EMG of some sort. Nice guitar man.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:50 am
by scrotal_tug
Cool, how much you paying for it?
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:06 am
by MenaceDyme
Bad ass axe man... nothing like a wizard rocking shit,
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:44 pm
by Wrona
i have an 85 handcrafted mockingbird and i could never sell it. b.c. rich makes badass handcrafteds...buy the son of a bitch!
I think that one is an 84,and most likely played by bernie rico jr himself
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:34 am
by warhead dime
that thing is pretty cool, i like how fuckin old school it is
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:19 am
by S
TK wrote:
I think that one is an 84,and most likely played by bernie rico jr himself
that's why the autograph says 83 on it, you fucking idiot
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:29 am
by Chewbacca
Paint job is crap, but the guitar is very nice.
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:23 pm
by Balls On Parade
it's a badass player, and I'm paying $1k for it, to help out a friend, but it was appraised at about $1500 anyway...
