Author Topic: New BC Rich classic NJ series, WOW! (Read 6869 times)

Ratrod · « **on:** May 27, 2006, 05:59:51 PM »

BC Rich unleashed their new Classic NJ series. These are so much better looking than the old ones. Maple neck thru, nato sides. The natural one looks very 70's. Prices are between $500 and $700.

I think I want one.

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #1 on:** May 27, 2006, 06:06:37 PM »

Yeah, the new neck-thru NJs are pretty sweet as well.

sambo · « **Reply #2 on:** May 27, 2006, 06:09:17 PM »

sorry ratty... did you just say.. you THINK you want one?

:o :o :o :o :o

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2006, 06:17:14 PM »

It's no good, I'm gonna have to sell the wife :( I'll miss her and all, but a classic Bitch in blue and an NT Mockingbird in black quilt with a floyd are calling me..........

sambo · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2006, 06:23:44 PM »

LOL! :lol: :lol:

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #5 on:** May 27, 2006, 06:23:57 PM »

$500 - $700, make that £500 - £700 once they hit UK shores. Still though, for a thru-neck guitar, it's a decent enough price.

I want the red one, they just remind me of early Slayer :twisted:

_tom_ · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2006, 06:36:16 PM »

I like BC Rich Eagles the best, they look soo godly.

Crazy_Joe · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2006, 07:24:13 PM »

I've seen them they have some in a guitar store I go to, they RRP is something like 950 or something and in the store they are reduced down too 469 or something crazy like that.

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2006, 07:25:17 PM »

I think it's a real shame that when you think BC Rich you think of cheap ultra pointies like the Warlock and Beast, when their seventies designs (Bitch, mockingbird, eagle etc) are actually quite nice guitars.

_tom_ · « **Reply #9 on:** May 27, 2006, 08:09:09 PM »

Quote from: Sifu Ben

I think it's a real shame that when you think BC Rich you think of cheap ultra pointies like the Warlock and Beast, when their seventies designs (Bitch, mockingbird, eagle etc) are actually quite nice guitars.

Yep, whenever I normally think of BC Rich, I think of posers with slipknot guitars :lol:

indysmith · « **Reply #10 on:** May 27, 2006, 10:40:55 PM »

what's nato? a kind of mahogany??

PhilKing · « **Reply #11 on:** May 27, 2006, 10:48:38 PM »

I love them apart from the separate tailpiece and t-o-m. I prefer the wraparounds. That said, they are an amazing price for a neck though. I've seen then at $499 on ebay. There is an original out there that I am watching, at the moment it is still affordable, but I don't think it will stay that way!

Ratrod · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2006, 12:39:44 PM »

Quote from: indysmith

what's nato? a kind of mahogany??

Nato is eastern mahogany, or so they say.

@ Sambo: I sure want one but it's not a priority. I first want (need) a Gretsch.

BC Rich kinda became a victim of their own designs. The Bitch was designed to accomidate a 10 string design with 4 tuners at the back. After that they designed some other radical shapes, the Mockingbird being the first. The radical designs were quickly adopted by the metal scene but it seriously harmed their image of being a serious guitar builder.

Sifu Ben · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2006, 01:39:17 PM »

Apparently it's a cheap Eastern mahogany http://www.johnsongtr.com/Tips.90.0.html
It's like a softer mahogany.
Does anyone know if it's a bar-stewardisation of "Nyatoh" , an Indonesian redwood used as a cheap alternative to teak?

indysmith · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2006, 02:16:34 PM »

Quote from: Ratrod

The radical designs were quickly adopted by the metal scene but it seriously harmed their image of being a serious guitar builder.

I think that what harmed their image of being a serious guitar builder most is building piece of cr@p guitars in the far east.