is that a US guitar? the maple top isn't a veneer, and it's got the R logo. or were the Czech ones like that?
Apparently (according to an email from BC Rich to the previous owner) it's an "Artist Series" model, a prototype made in 2008 for the Japanese market but which never went into production. There were only two made.
They don't say
where it was actually made (presumably Japan or Korea), but it's pretty high-spec. The top may not be bookmatched but it's a solid half inch of figured maple (no veneers!), the board is ebony, the pickups are Duncans, it has the "R" logo (which I always wanted!)
On the other hand, some of the workmanship is so-so.... wonky tuners, neck pickup slightly out of line, the inlays aren't perfectly level with the board. Still trying to get to grips with the electronics but they all seem to work (although their usefulness is questionable....)
The big selling points for me were that it's pretty close to the original '70s/'80s look, the neck is nice and chunky and it's not
too heavy (8lbs dead). And that "R" logo! It's as close as I'm going to get to a US model at a reasonable price.
