When I tell people I used to own a BC RICH they just look at me with a sour face and cringe, then I say hold up.. there was a time... In the late 90's I purchased an early 80's bc rich bich from a pawn shop in pittsburgh for $200 cash and a trade on a carvin ultra v. I had previously paid $399 for the ultra V.... man those were the days!! Total, I was in the bich for $600. Probably worth 5k now!! It was arguably the most well built guitar i've ever owned. The neck through construction on those early bc rich guitars was unparalleled. As mentioned in the video, a lot of custom one off type stuff. I've never seen any two biches that had the same options. It was a 6 string version with a black kahler bridge and only 4 knobs arranged in a staggered pattern and wired like a les paul with translucent red finish and pearl clear coat around the edges, standard dot inlay, black head stock with just the R logo. It was truly a unique guitar! Played like a dream, smoothest neck you'd ever felt! Sold it on ebay years later and absolutely regret doing so. Ended up in Norway or sweeden or some shit. Not sure who's hording them all but they are impossible to find these days. Too bad most people will only ever know bc rich guitars as some cheap Guitar center junk! Complete with 90's style tribal graphics and the occasional acrylic green turd that looks like a youtuber made it with a gallon of epoxy resin! But there was a time.
When I tell people I used to own a BC RICH they just look at me with a sour face and cringe, then I say hold up.. there was a time...
In the late 90's I purchased an early 80's bc rich bich from a pawn shop in pittsburgh for $200 cash and a trade on a carvin ultra v. I had previously paid $399 for the ultra V.... man those were the days!! Total, I was in the bich for $600. Probably worth 5k now!! It was arguably the most well built guitar i've ever owned. The neck through construction on those early bc rich guitars was unparalleled. As mentioned in the video, a lot of custom one off type stuff. I've never seen any two biches that had the same options. It was a 6 string version with a black kahler bridge and only 4 knobs arranged in a staggered pattern and wired like a les paul with translucent red finish and pearl clear coat around the edges, standard dot inlay, black head stock with just the R logo. It was truly a unique guitar! Played like a dream, smoothest neck you'd ever felt! Sold it on ebay years later and absolutely regret doing so. Ended up in Norway or sweeden or some shit. Not sure who's hording them all but they are impossible to find these days.
Too bad most people will only ever know bc rich guitars as some cheap Guitar center junk! Complete with 90's style tribal graphics and the occasional acrylic green turd that looks like a youtuber made it with a gallon of epoxy resin! But there was a time.