![]() BC Rich was shunned, it was a hard blow.ĭuring that time, guitars with a serial number starting with “i” were released. ![]() A lot of persons and a lot of know-how left then, workshops closed, and it became impossible to get your hands on an hand-made guitar through Class Axe. That period is considered the worst for the brand. In 19, Class Axe started marketing and distributing the guitars. It is also the year BC Rich first produced its own microphones (BDSM) and stopped an exclusive collaboration with DIMarzio. Till 1986, the NJ were made by Cort in Korea, following a first try in 1984 and the shutdown of the japanese production. It is also the start of the NJ series, the real one, coming from Japan, built till 1986 by Masan Tarada and Lida. In 1983, the Ironbird, the Stealth as well as the Widow were sold for the first time. It only took 2 years for new models to appear. The brand that we know now was then born. The company decided to use the name BC Rich for all guitars, imports or not. Because of a dispute with the Rico Reeds company, the name had to be changed. managed to import guitars made in Japan under the name BC Rico (to differentiate between USA and imports). That year is also the start of the “Japan era”.īernie Sr. The year 1981 is a key year for BC Rich, first with the Warlock but also with the head with the 6 in line tuners, and not 3*3 as it always had been. At that time and till 1982 when the department manager died, the acoustic guitars were still produced. Till the end of the 80’s, the market is then still a niche, but the beginnings of heavy metal will change everything !ī.C Rich Deluxe The 80’s and BC Rich’s good daysīecause of the interest for the genre, BC Rich came up with the Warlock in 1981. The brand then has released one new model per decade, without really see its sales surge. The design of that model is bolder, more radical and you can clearly notice the shape is moving towards something more angular, like horns. Only 2 years after, in 1977, was the Bich released. The reason for that difference is that the boss of the El Monte workshop thought the horn of the Mock was too skinny, and called it “Skinny dick”. This Mockingbird is then different depending on whether it’s made in Tijuana (Mexico) or El Monte (California), the two workshops of the brand at the time. It took close to 5 years to move from the Seagull to the Eagle, marking the brand’s first steps in the “pointy guitars” market, different from the usual classicism.ġ975 is also the year the Mockingbird (short Mock) was released. decided to redesign the Seagull, leading to the Seagull 2, the Junior Seagull, which will eventually lead late 1976/early 1977 to the Eagle. It’s the beginning of a new area for BC Rich, which releases in 1972 the Seagull prototype, a guitar with a new shape, but quite close to a Super Strat. Then in 1968/1969, the first electric guitars are released, Gibson EB-3 copies with a archtop, as well as Les Paul copies, made of mahogany. made his first 300 acoustic guitars, under the name BC Rico before having to change the name. And with them, the scene would not be what it is now.įollowing this first test, Bernie Sr. The fans of the BC Rich guitars can therefore thank Bernie Rico Sr. According to him, this guitar was awful, but he managed to sell it for 35$ (!) to a woman who liked how it looked (nylon strings, shiny black). That is certainly what made Bernie Sr like the making of string instruments.īernie Sr created his first guitar in 1955, when he was 14. ![]() His father created ukuleles out of acacia. worked on guitars in his father’s workshop. The link is not that obvious, but come to think of it, it cannot be otherwise.īernie Rico Sr. ![]() Some might not know it, but at the origins of the brand is Bernie Rico Sr.’s father. With this article, we are telling you about the history of BC Rich, an iconic brand of the metal scene. 3 The different shapes of bodies and heads.
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