A Filthy New Guitar Day

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I used to have the BC Rich Jr V Deluxe. With OFR also Kerry Kings autograph on the back of the headstock. EMGs, Neck -thru full binding everywhere.
That guitar slayed! I got rid of it and.... I've always wanted another, but... Prices have gone insane in the past few years...

Well like an idiot I was on Facebook Marketplace again!... Saw one of these come up, an hour south.
It's not the deluxe, it's the IT (invisabolt) version, where they made the headstock on both ends of the neck and then that becomes the joint to mount the neck into the body, looks cool, never really caught on.

This is the dirtiest guitar I've ever seen... I blew the dust off of it in the parking lot . You can see in this video how filthy it is.

I gave it a bath, new Skinny bottom Beefy top strings, straploks, cleaned it about 3x actually. I need to order a cavity cover and truss rod cover for it and that's it.

I set it up and Tuned it up and I am pretty happy to have another BC Rich Jr V again.... It feels spectacular! String thru, EMG Het Set. Ebony board, jumbo frets,

I'm going to plug it in and see what kind of tones this EMG Het Set will produce.

Here she is all cleaned up and ready to rock.

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[80's_Thrash_Metal]

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[jeremy]

thats pretty damn cool! never seen that before

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

thats pretty damn cool! never seen that before

It's a one-hit-wonder of guitar manufacturing ha ha

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Well, for my very first time ever using or even hearing the EMG Het Set, (outside of YouTube vids) I'm pretty impressed. These sound great! Record well.... A minor bit hissy, but I will adjust that a smidge....

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Another tone sample.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

thats pretty damn cool! never seen that before

Yep me neither ...looks fuckin' RAD :bigthumb:

I'm always on the lookout for a decent ( ie..pointy) V. It's what I'm missing from my collection. But cool stuff like this never turns up here

Looks like you got it cleaned up nicely. Sounds killer too ...Congrats!

 

[Hiwatts and Gibsons]

BC Rich make the only pointy guitars I truly love. I'm more of a Mockingbird and Bich fan, but that is cool af.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

BC Rich make the only pointy guitars I truly love. I'm more of a Mockingbird and Bich fan, but that is cool af.

I love the Bich's too, but prices have gone insane in the past few years. I just picked up a mockingbird last week..
I can't hardly put this V down.

 

[Hiwatts and Gibsons]

Well, for my very first time ever using or even hearing the EMG Het Set, (outside of YouTube vids) I'm pretty impressed. These sound great! Record well.... A minor bit hissy, but I will adjust that a smidge....

That sounds pretty f**ckin sick. Love that gravely voice it has for rhythm.

 

[GuitarDoc]

I'm not a fan of "v"s, but the way they did the back (duplicating the head) is very clever, I have to say. I like THAT.

 

[ErikH]

That's really cool how they did that. I see that headstock and I think of WASP immediately. Blackie's basses and guitars have/had that back in the day.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I'm not a fan of "v"s, but the way they did the back (duplicating the head) is very clever, I have to say. I like THAT.

They did it on at least 3 models. Jr V, warlock, beasts....maybe others?

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

That's really cool how they did that. I see that headstock and I think of WASP immediately. Blackie's basses and guitars have/had that back in the day.

Same ! And I love/loved WASP

 

[BeKindRewind]

One of the coolest takes on a flying V design IMO, how the wing tips are thinner and elongated, looks more like a deadly spider or something. I also think the headstock actually works pretty well with it. Gorgeous guitar.

what is the neck profile like?

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

One of the coolest takes on a flying V design IMO, how the wing tips are thinner and elongated, looks more like a deadly spider or something. I also think the headstock actually works pretty well with it. Gorgeous guitar.

what is the neck profile like?

Agree. I think they are elegant and wicked, both.

Neck profile is thin-ish. There's a hint of flatness to the middle back. Not quite Jackson/wizard thin. It's sleek and silky, and it's Maple!
It's almost identical in contour to my Gibson faded V neck. But much smoother in feel.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Another tone byte

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

This just popped up on my YouTube feed....(It's always listening)

Pretty neat video about this guitar (sans the EMG Het Set)

 

[GuitarDoc]

That's really cool. I thought at first that the headstock shape on the body was just an esthetic design, but now I see that it is actually the neck bolt-on system. Very clever.

 

[Artie]

Be careful, or you'll poke your eye out. But sweet.