I saw Peter Frampton WAY back in the day, when I was in 8th grade. Rick Derringer opened up for him and played a BC Rich Mockingbird. This was probably late 70's sometime, 1977 IIRC. Tore it up!
@cholo11 I hear the new custom BC RIches are pretty good, but I've never played one. However, my biggest problem is that nobody knows where these guitars are made. The guitars (and their certificates of authenticity) don't say Made in USA anywhere. Also, they're extremely expensive guitars - some of them in the $5,000 range! With a little patience, you can find on Ebay a vintage custom B.C. Rich in excellent condition like mine, and it will still cost LESS than a new custom one.
thats really a nice guitar there. the lclean sound is great! looks like its got a nice fretboard and fast neck. Nice. Btw your vids are awesome, i subscribed a few months ago. You really helped me to know some of the most important things about picking out a great metal guitar. I'm a 7 string fan, but alot of the same things apply. thanks so much for all your great information :) cheers.
@someone0209 I said in my comment where I mistakenly gave someone else credit for the circuitry. Neil's guitars are incredible. One came in for some minor electronic repair. It is always a treat to work on even an old crusty BC Rich pre 1987 Gunslinger, let alone the Moser Bich style custom bass that came in. The components are top notch and built for smoke filled air in clubs, and rough handling. They are also nice to work on as usually it is something simple. They are a treat just to hold.
My bad Neal Moser did the circuit design. My Bird and Bich used Dimarzio Super Distortions. The batteries ONLY ran the booster preamp. You can change a cap and resistor and loose some of the gain of the boost feature. It is easy, and reversible. I thought the gain was excessive for studio but stage it was better. Neil is making BC Rich style axes himself now. I think I'd buy one of his before a new Custom shop BCR. Juan was a master neck carver whether it was set, through or a bolt on. Awesome!
I found two Gunslingers that sold for $300 each. I dated the pots to 1981 October. The neck plates number give me squat. They do not have the TM on the headstock so are USA pre 1989. . I tried to bid on both, but they closed at the same time. I got a rose pink metal flake that was dead, and the frets corroded beyond belief. The metal flake finish is great at hiding all the scratches and scuffs. Some ass put an import Floyd on it. I am buying a NOS Kahler Killer & making it like new.
thats gorgeous..... Lovin the features.... split coils, boost, and I've never seen a Bass EQ on a guitar before. but why don't you use boost? it's awesome for low output overdrive sounds. If you split the neck pup and boost it with low to moderate gain with an overdrive tone youll get a crazy clear and articulate sound for leads man. Awesome video thanks for sharing, I 've learned lots from you so far man, Thanks a lot
@dmometalguitar Great clean riff too. I'll be doing a Kahler video very soon, I'll be using all of your recommendations on my 1986 V220. Just bought some Lithium grease, Works great indeed but its a little messy. Have you tried silicone lubs? Once again, thanks for your reviews DMO, your Kahler series was priceless to me, keep up the good work.
@dmometalguitar I saw one pop up on an auction site, but it was a Japanese knock off. It still sold for $900+. Without playing it first> ? Not my $900+ for sure. I have had a few pre Class Axe BC Rich guitars. I found a pair of first year Gunslingers at auction, but they went separately. They were custom order painted metal flake rose pink, and high gloss bubblegum pink. The neck is incredible! It is insanely well executed and plays great. The Warlock was a lot like the NAMM Les Paul I own.
Might as well just say RIP BC Rich and to the greatness it stood for. Now they sell 99% garbage, and their custom shop stuff I won't comment on. It seems expensive for what it is, or should I say what it is not.. It is not the awesomeness that Bernie Rico produced with is staff of wonderful artisans. Didn't Dean Zilinsky do the electronics on these, or at least the design with the preamp. Actually mine had DiMarzio passive pick ups with a preamp that was active, and boosted the signal. .
Excellent video but you should have acknowledged the Nagoya Japan NJ Legends 82-85 Bernie was blown away at their quality still this day they still have retro and reissue and tributes to the NJ Legends. I work for a Japanese company they are the real deal I love my American BCR's but my Nagoya guitarist are as good or better
Some mockingbirds are thick like les pauls and some like the one you have there is more on the thin side. How do they compare tone wise? thinner being brighter I'm guessing?
@dmometalguitar How much would you pay for a 1970s Mockingbird, pre Kahler with the BC Rich hard tail piece 3 piece neck through body maple neck mahogany wings, Di Marzios, in G-VG condition with a couple small gouges and a few scratches, but good frets, and great action set up by myself either to a straight tuning or power 3rds and 5ths or for extra Buzz Feiten system and a Feiten shelf nut. I have Kahler's old LP Std NAMM guitar from 1978 and 1979 with an X-Mas card from "The Kahlers" (NFS)
My parents ordered me a bc rich mocking bird this color but the st but they don't really make um to much anymore but they found one so I'll get it in January mad I have to wait but I'm still glad I'm getting a bc rich
it might be wise not to turn up the booster volume if you don't want feedback.... I put the booster vol halfway which is about the sweet spot for this circuit.Sounds great like any BC from that era.Just thinking how much better it sounds without the trem which i'm not a fan of. These earlier BC's are a totally diff ballgame than the crap they're producing now...
Yea! it sounds a little stail,but I just don't like EMG.s p. with out the effects it would sound Flat&dead! not a tone monster.but thats your gig I've got my own!
You have a beautiful handcrafted vintage guitar made of exotic tonewoods and only the finest electronics, that probably costed a couple grand, and what do you do? YOU PLAY IT THROUGH A LINE 6. Not even one of the valve ones, either. I'm sorry, that's just criminal to me.
Maybe if you were more interested in showing everyone what the split coil switches do and sound like instead of what you don't like it might not be a bad video and you would get more rate-ings.Also learn your cord pregressions little better on the Rock ballad stuff Mr Sherd Master
Cool bro but design is design i mean CNC are ruling the world, so sure i understand US made but i had chance to play some korean and honestly wood VS wood craftsmanship VS craftsmanship some Korean are betters ..sure harder aint 1st class like it is on some US but mostly pickup are shity but Korean FR is dam good no matter what you say on your video, German VS Korean who cares as long as metal is the same...
I've seen a lot of videos and you seem to like BC rich :) that's funny because I heard a lot of shit about em, Dave Mustaine switched to ESP in the 80's cause he thought the bc's were not reliable
You could have been an iconic guitarist in the 80's with these riffs.
Thank you for making this video!!! Juan Hernandez is my grandpa. It is good to see a photo of him in color that I've never seen before.
That's super cool.
Wow, a Mock with Maple Wings! Niiiiiiiice!
What a beautiful guitar
that guitar sounds sick
Gorgeous guitar!
@Niemandx Thank you my friend. This guitar has a BEAUTIFUL clean sound - I had to record a clean part.
that my friends, is a real guitar
Beautiful guitar! You are one lucky man.
That is beautiful.
I saw Peter Frampton WAY back in the day, when I was in 8th grade. Rick Derringer opened up for him and played a BC Rich Mockingbird. This was probably late 70's sometime, 1977 IIRC. Tore it up!
@cholo11 I hear the new custom BC RIches are pretty good, but I've never played one. However, my biggest problem is that nobody knows where these guitars are made. The guitars (and their certificates of authenticity) don't say Made in USA anywhere. Also, they're extremely expensive guitars - some of them in the $5,000 range! With a little patience, you can find on Ebay a vintage custom B.C. Rich in excellent condition like mine, and it will still cost LESS than a new custom one.
That is an awesome guitar! I love your videos and really enjoy listening to your playing. You have really helped me a lot, thank you!
thats really a nice guitar there. the lclean sound is great! looks like its got a nice fretboard and fast neck. Nice.
Btw your vids are awesome, i subscribed a few months ago. You really helped me to know some of the most important things about picking out a great metal guitar. I'm a 7 string fan, but alot of the same things apply. thanks so much for all your great information :)
cheers.
WOW DMO PLAYING CLEAN! Now I've seen everything!
@someone0209 I said in my comment where I mistakenly gave someone else credit for the circuitry. Neil's guitars are incredible. One came in for some minor electronic repair. It is always a treat to work on even an old crusty BC Rich pre 1987 Gunslinger, let alone the Moser Bich style custom bass that came in. The components are top notch and built for smoke filled air in clubs, and rough handling. They are also nice to work on as usually it is something simple. They are a treat just to hold.
You forgot Chuck Schuldiner (RIP) in the BC Rich players section. He was a pretty important BC Rich player in my opinion.
My bad Neal Moser did the circuit design. My Bird and Bich used Dimarzio Super Distortions. The batteries ONLY ran the booster preamp. You can change a cap and resistor and loose some of the gain of the boost feature. It is easy, and reversible. I thought the gain was excessive for studio but stage it was better. Neil is making BC Rich style axes himself now. I think I'd buy one of his before a new Custom shop BCR. Juan was a master neck carver whether it was set, through or a bolt on. Awesome!
thanks for the history man
Brill video. Thanks for the history.
Great video once again
I found two Gunslingers that sold for $300 each. I dated the pots to 1981 October. The neck plates number give me squat. They do not have the TM on the headstock so are USA pre 1989. . I tried to bid on both, but they closed at the same time. I got a rose pink metal flake that was dead, and the frets corroded beyond belief. The metal flake finish is great at hiding all the scratches and scuffs. Some ass put an import Floyd on it. I am buying a NOS Kahler Killer & making it like new.
when doing that first knob, the 2nd step gave it more bite
thats gorgeous..... Lovin the features.... split coils, boost, and I've never seen a Bass EQ on a guitar before. but why don't you use boost? it's awesome for low output overdrive sounds. If you split the neck pup and boost it with low to moderate gain with an overdrive tone youll get a crazy clear and articulate sound for leads man. Awesome video thanks for sharing, I 've learned lots from you so far man, Thanks a lot
the top switch is a phase switch.... great finish on it.
Nice.
hell yeah dude! i play a warlock and i live in tijuana...
and i didnt now this the home of the bc rich guitars!
thats preety cool!
@dmometalguitar Great clean riff too. I'll be doing a Kahler video very soon, I'll be using all of your recommendations on my 1986 V220. Just bought some Lithium grease, Works great indeed but its a little messy. Have you tried silicone lubs? Once again, thanks for your reviews DMO, your Kahler series was priceless to me, keep up the good work.
nice guitar!!! The clean part that you play at 1:15 is there a tab for it ? sounds so awesome!!!!
Like always my friend, very good and informative video. Greats job!k Kep em coming.
@dmometalguitar I saw one pop up on an auction site, but it was a Japanese knock off. It still sold for $900+. Without playing it first> ? Not my $900+ for sure. I have had a few pre Class Axe BC Rich guitars. I found a pair of first year Gunslingers at auction, but they went separately. They were custom order painted metal flake rose pink, and high gloss bubblegum pink. The neck is incredible! It is insanely well executed and plays great. The Warlock was a lot like the NAMM Les Paul I own.
Might as well just say RIP BC Rich and to the greatness it stood for. Now they sell 99% garbage, and their custom shop stuff I won't comment on. It seems expensive for what it is, or should I say what it is not.. It is not the awesomeness that Bernie Rico produced with is staff of wonderful artisans. Didn't Dean Zilinsky do the electronics on these, or at least the design with the preamp. Actually mine had DiMarzio passive pick ups with a preamp that was active, and boosted the signal. .
Just seen your video mate, really love the content. Liked straight away, We should connect!
Excellent video but you should have acknowledged the Nagoya Japan NJ Legends 82-85 Bernie was blown away at their quality still this day they still have retro and reissue and tributes to the NJ Legends. I work for a Japanese company they are the real deal I love my American BCR's but my Nagoya guitarist are as good or better
wow can you please tell me what that awesome melodic bit is from about 1.20 to 1.50? thanks
great video, thank you
can you make one with charvel, the old one, please
Awesome guitar, however on the tribute thing you forgot to mention Neal Moser has his own company, Moser Custom Shop
Some mockingbirds are thick like les pauls and some like the one you have there is more on the thin side. How do they compare tone wise? thinner being brighter I'm guessing?
dude.. ive seen almost all ur vids and u r the fucking man!!!
@dmometalguitar How much would you pay for a 1970s Mockingbird, pre Kahler with the BC Rich hard tail piece 3 piece neck through body maple neck mahogany wings, Di Marzios, in G-VG condition with a couple small gouges and a few scratches, but good frets, and great action set up by myself either to a straight tuning or power 3rds and 5ths or for extra Buzz Feiten system and a Feiten shelf nut. I have Kahler's old LP Std NAMM guitar from 1978 and 1979 with an X-Mas card from "The Kahlers" (NFS)
My parents ordered me a bc rich mocking bird this color but the st but they don't really make um to much anymore but they found one so I'll get it in January mad I have to wait but I'm still glad I'm getting a bc rich
it might be wise not to turn up the booster volume if you don't want feedback.... I put the booster vol halfway which is about the sweet spot for this circuit.Sounds great like any BC from that era.Just thinking how much better it sounds without the trem which i'm not a fan of. These earlier BC's are a totally diff ballgame than the crap they're producing now...
yeah, I was born in the first week of September in 1985...I play Fenders & Gibsons
no pics of Chuck?
So dmometalguitar, do you dislike the preamp for rock tones?
So many switches...
Do they actually do anything?
My Mockingbird's neck is way too heavy and takes a slight nose dive. Any one know how i can fix this without moving the strap button?
Where did you buy this ? I really would like a classic mockingbird as it is my favorite guitar
@DH31701 cool though I dont think Dave Mustaine used affordabel guitars XD
🎼👉❗MOCKINGBIRD ❗👉🎼👍
W.O.W. 5* playing! How much did it cost?
are Minarik guitars connected to bc ritch?
does anyone know that size strings these came out with brand new?
How much did it cost?
yeah it was definitely a golden age of the B.C rich.....
btw what's the toggle switch between front volume and varitone switch?
옥동스타일 pickup selector
Do you have 2 mockingbirds?
They're not active pickups. Dimarzio has never made active pickups. My guess would be that the electronics are active, not the pickups.
Chuck was affiliated with BC Rich after the BC Rich "golden era" which ended on 1985
@Zombie1990 My own music
What kind of pickups are in that ?
This one sounds better that the white one
Yea! it sounds a little stail,but I just don't like EMG.s p. with out the effects it would sound Flat&dead! not a tone monster.but thats your gig I've got my own!
you know i love your tone and everything but maybe you should consider a new amp, for a better tone
You have a beautiful handcrafted vintage guitar made of exotic tonewoods and only the finest electronics, that probably costed a couple grand, and what do you do? YOU PLAY IT THROUGH A LINE 6. Not even one of the valve ones, either. I'm sorry, that's just criminal to me.
hey my last name is chavez!!
Maybe if you were more interested in showing everyone what the split coil switches do and sound like instead of what you don't like it might not be a bad video and you would get more rate-ings.Also learn your cord pregressions little better on the Rock ballad stuff Mr Sherd Master
does it feel like you're playing a 26 y.o. guitar?
da da dadada da da dada
no you did not like the mockingbird and still criticize the Varitone and say here is very special
That guitar sounds like it was bred for thrash
Cool bro but design is design i mean CNC are ruling the world, so sure i understand US made but i had chance to play some korean and honestly wood VS wood craftsmanship VS craftsmanship some Korean are betters ..sure harder aint 1st class like it is on some US but mostly pickup are shity but Korean FR is dam good no matter what you say on your video, German VS Korean who cares as long as metal is the same...
I've seen a lot of videos and you seem to like BC rich :) that's funny because I heard a lot of shit about em, Dave Mustaine switched to ESP in the 80's cause he thought the bc's were not reliable
He switched to Jackson u Genius
KFK ............
Too bad this is being run through a Line 6...
Great video man. Sweet guitar, I have wanted that very same guitar for years.
Beautiful guitar, congratulations. Only a (bad) question: how did you paid this jewel? :D
PS i'm italian, please forgive my english.