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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Crazy_Joe on January 06, 2007, 04:53:14 PM

Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 06, 2007, 04:53:14 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BC-RICH-Mockingbird_W0QQitemZ280065212885QQihZ018QQcategoryZ33035QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Cheap, but looks nice, one control one switch, maple board, bc rich, so 80's!

Can someone tell me what model this is please?
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: _tom_ on January 06, 2007, 05:13:51 PM
If I dont get that Charvel I'm watching this, if its any good!
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Davey on January 06, 2007, 05:35:49 PM
no floyd

not 80's

no thanks
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: maliciousteve on January 06, 2007, 05:38:46 PM
It looks a bit odd to me. The fretboard end doesn't look like something Bc Rich would do for a Mockingbird. Usually it's just a straight end, not rounded.

Though if you really want a Mockingbird with all the good stuff I've got mine for sale still  :wink:
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 06, 2007, 09:12:02 PM
Yeah but you arn't selling it for £125!

Edit: How much is it again?
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 06, 2007, 09:22:29 PM
Quote from: Davey
no floyd

not 80's

no thanks


Very true! But it still looks nice and i could get one fitted if i really wanted to.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: maliciousteve on January 06, 2007, 09:28:39 PM
Quote from: Crazy_Joe
Yeah but you arn't selling it for £125!

Edit: How much is it again?


If i remember correctly, I was selling it for £350. Comes with a original floyd rose and a Painkiller  :wink:
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Afghan Dave on January 06, 2007, 09:43:32 PM
I've always had "a thing" for BC Rich and this one doesn't look quite right???

The maple board / reverse head and basic spec doesn't match up to any of the imports I remember.

It might have been made during the Class Axe period of ownership after Bernie sold out but it still doesn't look right.

My guess is that the neck is from a Gunslinger and the body is a Class Axe period Platinum model.

I'd have to see it up close before I invested.

Forget about adding a Floyd to it mate.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 06, 2007, 09:54:10 PM
Quote from: maliciousteve
Quote from: Crazy_Joe
Yeah but you arn't selling it for £125!

Edit: How much is it again?


If i remember correctly, I was selling it for £350. Comes with a original floyd rose and a Painkiller  :wink:


When i get paid at the end of the month i might be interested in that, though that's if you want to wait that long.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: maliciousteve on January 06, 2007, 10:02:17 PM
That's fine with me mate. I'm selling another guitar at the end of the month so I can also wait for this one too  PDT_003
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Philly Q on January 06, 2007, 10:02:26 PM
There's definitely something funny about it - the budget-model headstocks usually have the series name (Rave, Bronze, Platinum or whatever it is).  And I'm no BC Rich expert, but I can't remember ever seeing maple-board models with fixed bridges like that.

The hardware looks really cheap - those are the kind of tuners you get on sub-£100 guitars.

I reckon it's just about worth the 31 quid that's the current high bid - and that hasn't met the reserve.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Davey on January 06, 2007, 10:19:51 PM
adding a floyd would cost you more than the axe itself, so i dont know if it has a point.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 06, 2007, 11:03:34 PM
I'm much more interested in Steve's Mockingbird now, i won't have to change anything because it is perfect already.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: maliciousteve on January 06, 2007, 11:07:30 PM
You know that dude  :lol:  If you want some more pictures let me know and i'll get them to you asap. It's a mean sounding thing.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: _tom_ on January 06, 2007, 11:18:51 PM
Yeah I've had my eye on that mockingbird ever since you decided to sell it :) Seems like this BC rich is cr@p, so if the Charvel goes for over £350 you'll be getting some more pm's from me :P
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 06, 2007, 11:28:41 PM
Stop stealing my guitar Tom! :lol:
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on January 07, 2007, 12:24:23 AM
That is a very cheap chinese version - the naff tuners give it away

Aimed at the kiddies - you will lose interest in it very quickly if you buy it as you are used to the nicer quality of the Tokai

Avoid that one......
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 07, 2007, 02:03:44 AM
That's what happened with the superstrat i bought, the Tokai is so much nicer to play and i just realised it wasn't for me.

However this mockingbird looks tasty, very nice axe indeed.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Davey on January 07, 2007, 03:01:38 AM
advice ..


if you REALY want the guitar... see for how much it goes for on ebay, then take half of that and put it away.
then start saving again.. then do the same on the next one. do this a couple of times and you'll have a nice ammount stashed away, for a realy special one.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Ratrod on January 07, 2007, 12:25:31 PM
Like feline said, I think it's a cheap copy. Bolt on BC Rich guitars don't have a maple board. Unless it's a custom shop one, wich it obviously isn't. The controls aren't correct either. It could be a Keiper or it's a home grown mongrel. Probably has vegamatic action.

Better save up for a decent Mockingbird NJ.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on January 07, 2007, 01:43:18 PM
Quote from: Ratrod
Like feline said, I think it's a cheap copy. Bolt on BC Rich guitars don't have a maple board. Unless it's a custom shop one, wich it obviously isn't. The controls aren't correct either. It could be a Keiper or it's a home grown mongrel. Probably has vegamatic action.

Better save up for a decent Mockingbird NJ.


No it is a BC Rich but it is one of their cheap ass series - not nice

IMO - the only BC Richs are USA made ones

I have had many of these and some were stunning guitars

I still have a USA gunslinger (pre class Axe) !!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/EBAY/PICT2846.jpg)
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Sifu Ben on January 07, 2007, 02:45:52 PM
While the USA BC Rich's are awsome guitars of PRS beating quality, for those of us without 2-3 grand to spend, the neck thru NJ series are a helluva lotta guitar for £380.
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Ratrod on January 08, 2007, 11:34:58 AM
Quote from: Sifu Ben
While the USA BC Rich's are awsome guitars of PRS beating quality, for those of us without 2-3 grand to spend, the neck thru NJ series are a helluva lotta guitar for £380.


+1

But I still have to get me one of these someday.

(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3796/bcrichmgtrd50xy1.th.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bcrichmgtrd50xy1.jpg)
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Sifu Ben on January 08, 2007, 02:27:59 PM
I think I just came  :oops:
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 08, 2007, 03:10:15 PM
I wasn't talking about the ebay mockingbird i was talking about Steve's mockingbird!
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: Ratrod on January 08, 2007, 06:11:39 PM
Quote from: Sifu Ben
I think I just came  :oops:


Come again?

(http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5175/5cqn2.th.jpg) (http://img396.imageshack.us/my.php?image=5cqn2.jpg)
Title: Is this guitar worth buying?
Post by: _tom_ on January 08, 2007, 06:30:51 PM
Quote from: Ratrod
Quote from: Sifu Ben
While the USA BC Rich's are awsome guitars of PRS beating quality, for those of us without 2-3 grand to spend, the neck thru NJ series are a helluva lotta guitar for £380.


+1

But I still have to get me one of these someday.

(http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3796/bcrichmgtrd50xy1.th.jpg) (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bcrichmgtrd50xy1.jpg)


That looks so nice! I've always liked red mockingbirds, though I think I'd prefer a standard red like Slashes to that quilt. If anyone cares, I won an auction for a Charvel Model 1A off ebay for £200, cant wait to play it :D