Hi guys, posted briefly about what I was doing to an old bronze series BC Rich Mockingbird in another part of the forum, but thought I'd post here more details as this is probably a more appropriate place, heh.
This is a run-up to actually making my own guitar at some point, I've done this little project just to see what finishing it is going to be like in my parent's garage environment. I don't have access to a spray booth or proper facilities, so as you can imagine I have a pretty dusty atmosphere to work in which makes the process a lot longer.
Basically what I am doing is I have taken my black Mockingbird (all black hardware also) and stripped it. I'm now painting it a really nice purple colour, the pic of the headstock doesn't do the colour justice, the light in the garage is awful, so I've found a sample on the net of the closest match:
All the hardware is being swapped for all gold hardware on it, and I'm putting a set of Gold covered Nailbombs in. I know it sounds a little silly putting new hardware and 'Bombs on a bronze series, but there is a method to my madness, the 'Bombs will be going on the Guitar I'll build later on out of some proper materials, and I'm thinking a Spalted or Bird-eye maple top for my creation.
Pic above is a sneak peek of the 'Bird, will post a full set of pics when it's complete.
As for the custom I'm going to be making...well, it's going to be very different... I've drawn out some design sketches for the body shape and it looks awesome on paper, just hope it's do-able, lol. But you'll have to wait for that, I'll just post little tasters during the build when I get around to it, hehe. :lol:
