Reviewed by:
PoloSG68, on july 24, 2009
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Price paid: £ 280
Purchased from: Dolphin Music
Features: This guitar has...
Construction: bolt on
Body wood: agathis
Top style: deep arched
Top wood: quilted AAA veneer
Body binding: single ply white
Headstock style: traditional 3 to a side
Headstock color: matching veneer and color
Headstock binding: single ply white
Tuners: BC Rich die cast
Neck wood: maple
Back of neck: stained to match
Neck binding: single ply white
Neck profile: Standard BC Rich C
Nut width: 43 mm
Fretboard: rosewood
Inlay: white pearloid block
Frets: 24 jumbo 2.7mm
Scale: 24 5/8”
Bridge type: Tune O Matic
String termination: string through
Pickups: 2 B\.C\. Rich B.D.S.M. humbuckers
Controls: two volumes, one tone and one 3 way toggle
Hardware: chrome
Finish: Transparent
Colors: Sunfire or Dragon Blood
Pretty Standard things, nothing particularly special, mostly BC Rich stock components, very nice looks (although it's mixed view, mine happens to be a more positive one). When it came, it had a jack lead and a Tool to adjust the truss-rod with, which included a manual on how to do this.
The features on the guitar are good enough for anyone Who wants a basic guitar that works well. // 8
Sound: This guitar is very good for anything from rock to metal, and it does other styles, for example funk and blues quite nicely, the pickups sound crisp with quite a lot of top end, it all balances out nicely.
I use this guitar purely through a Line 6 amp, no effects, and it works very well with the amp.
The guitar doesn't make much noise, the pickups are very silent, although two things are a bit annoying with them, is that if you tap the pickup with your plectrum, it does make quite an annoying noise, and also when you use the selector switch, it makes quite a clunk, this doesn't particularly effect anything if your playing quite loud however. // 9
Action, Fit & Finish: This guitar was set up very comfortably, only problem being a slight buzz at the 6th fret, which can get quite annoying when playing without the amp, but how much are you acctually going to be doing that?
The string hight was set very well, it's very good to play, very easy, and the (A'ddrio) strings it came with were obviously new, and in good condition. The pickups were set at a decent hight, they have a good output, and don't choke the strings.
There are some problems with the guitar. The original one they sent me had a chip on the bottom, guessing this either happened in the factory, or at the shop, because there is a hole in the box. The pickups were also microphonic even at a reasonably low volume.
Everything else works fine though, no other problems. // 7
Reliability & Durability: I've played a gig with this guitar, I bought a backup (My Washburn WI24) and I'm thankful to say I never actually used the backup, the guitar worked fine throughout. The hardware is very well made, as about the before-mentioned hole in the box, the guitar bridge also left a dent in the box (not a hole) and it is just fine. The tuning pegs are very good, and keep the guitar in tune very well.
The strap buttons are good, and do a decent enough job of keeping the strap on, however they are placed in quite an awkward place, so you can't wrap your lead around the strap before plugging in (a must before a gig!). The finish on the guitar looks very nice, but is quite scratch prone, I recommended you don't wear a watch or anything else that might scratch the guitar on your strumming hand. // 7
Impression: This guitar is a solid guitar, suits the metal that I play, and can withstand whatever crazy tuning you throw at it (Obviously you need the right strings for the job though!). I've been playing for about 6 years now (4 if you count the years I was actually interested in playing) and I have a Washburn WI24 (I'd give it a 6/7 overall) and a small 10watt Marshall MG amp, my new setup surpasses this in many ways.
Nothing I regret about this guitar, I got what I paid for, this is a very nice value guitar, I reckon you can do a lot worse with about £300, if I did lose this guitar, I'd try to get it back, or maybe get an Ibanez RG if I had enough money (more features). The things I love mainly about this guitar, is the fact it has a very good set of pickups, and the neck is beautiful to play. However I would maybe prefer it if it had some other features, such as a Floyd Rose trem, but that would obviously affect the price. // 9
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