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BC Rich NJ Classic Series Bich Electric Guitar

Thru-body maple neck.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
           10 out of 10
Features:
           9 out of 10
Quality:
           10 out of 10
Value:
           10 out of 10
I Want It:
           10 out of 10
Sound:
           10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
           10 out of 10
Support:
           10 out of 10
 
 

"The best guitar I've ever owned, and a most incredible value!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from ameritech.net
Submitted: 1/23/2007
Style of Music: Widely Varied: Rock/Heavy Metal, Blues, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Classical, Pop, Some country,
Musical Experience: Have played as active muscian, but mostly play for personal enjoyment
Location: USA

 

 
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Feature:
Where it counts, they did not scrimp on quality. The wood, finish, stiffness, binding, frets, playability are first rate. Where they cut cost was on the hardware, which is easily upgraded to best quality, for very little incremental cost.

Quality:
Everything about this guitar is flawless, however, I did have the luxury of hand picking the one I wanted. The store had about 7 or 8 of them in stock and on display, so I looked every one of them over, played them all, and then selected the best of the group. None were bad, and all played very similar, but there was a fair variation in wood grain patterns and color/tonality. I just picked the one that had the grain/color/tonality that I liked best. The neck is straight as an arrow, flat, with no bows or warps. It feels absolutely solid, the tuners are very smooth with absolutely no freeplay. The pickups are top notch. If anything can be considered cheap, it's probably the switches, jacks and, volume/tone potentiameters. I replaced the all with best quality, which was a very minimal investment. The only minor initial quality issue was that the Fret edges were a little rough cut, and needed some dressing with a file, which is typical of many guitars.

Value:
This guitar plays better, and stays in tune better, than my '79 Les Paul Custom, and cost less than a quarter!

Desirability:
The BC Rich Bich Supreme was always my "Dream Guitar" right from the first time I saw it, back in the '70's. Now I own the very near equivalent, for a mere fraction of the cost.

Sound:
Excellent, Very Bright (Bridge Pickup) to a nice Warm Mello (Rythm pickup). Wide range of tonal variation.

Ease of Use:
This guitars plays as well as the best I ever played, even guitars costing thousands more. Honest!

Support:
Never have needed to.

Overall:
I am absolute thrilled with this guitar. I will likely never part from it, except maybe if I decide to drop the cash one day on a totally custom, hand made US Supreme, at likely 10 times the cost.

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"THE "must have"guitar"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from earthlink.net
Submitted: 5/8/2006
Style of Music: new age to black metal
Musical Experience: 20 year recording musician
Location: nashville tn usa

 

 
Feature:
can't beat it for the price,period.

Quality:
rock solid!

Value:
exceeds beyond measure and expectation.

Desirability:
my next guitar will be a bc rich custom shop model.

Sound:
THE BEST guitar i've ever bought under$1500.with high end pick-ups it would even beat my gibsons in overall quality.import built with strict quality control.

Ease of Use:
very diverse and a good spectrum of tones.

Support:
great site and support to back it.

Overall:
taking it to the grave.

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"B. C. Rich BICH"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
Submitted: 9/20/2006

 

 
Feature:
2 volume nobs and a tone adjuster.

Quality:
Product seems to be well made and sturdy ! Its weight feels like a les paul but, a little lighter.

Value:
It is well worth the price I think for the pickups expecially.

Desirability:
This depends on personal opinion. My dad doesn't like this design . But, I am into it and it looks better in person than it does on the internet, I actually saw the thing hanging up in the middle of a bunch of guitars. Then played it. Thought about it and bought it a week later. All that on the way it looked.

Sound:
Really nice sound and tone. I got mine brand new at shop for 495$ heheh. Nice b.c. rich pickups good sustain.

Ease of Use:
The cut out end in the back seem to feel like it has more width compared to the strat type body. Took a day to get the feel for it.

Support:
Never needed them !

Overall:
I like it and it kills me that I broke the A string and I can't get strings right now.

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"Best...Guitar...EVER!"

Overall:
          10 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          10 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from live.com
Submitted: 7/17/2009
Style of Music: Soft rock, hard rock, instrumental, blues.
Musical Experience: Fairly Active gigging musician
Location: North Carolina

 

 
Feature:
The guitar is a two peice Mahogany body with a thru maple neck, walnut strips, and a nicely figured maple top. It's not overly figured like some of the "super custom shop" guitars that are out there, but my friend has a '61 strat that has been through a lot, and it hardly has any finish or paint left on it. This guitar is again, the greatest.

Quality:
This guitar is my only stage and recording guitar. It goes with me everywhere. It's completely top-notch. The ONLY problem is the cheap plastic top on the selector switch, but it's not a problem.

Value:
I can imagine myself saving up 3000 dollars to get a guitar like this but I never had to. The price anywhere is fantastic.

Desirability:
This guitar looks pretty friggin' badass on stage. It also sounds awesome. 10 all the way.

Sound:
This guitar is AWESOME. It can handle almost any kind of music but country, and sounds great playing them all. The pups have all the power you will ever need, but to get a less powerful sound I lowered them. Not too hard of a task, just a screwdriver and a little patience. Once lowered, I could get the same Jimmy Page Les Paul sound through an all tube amp w/ no digital effects as I could with my era-perfect Les Paul. I run it through a Bugera 333 120-watt all tube amp combo, and this thing roars. I got about two years ago, and have been experimenting with other guitars, like strats, teles, les pauls, and vintage guitars, and this on blows them all out of the water.

Ease of Use:
The ease of use is fine, if you buy it, you'll get used to it.

Support:
There hasn't been a problem yet except for a mild climate change which caused the fingerboard to swell. I just raised the action, and there. Problem solved.

Overall:
This guitar is the BEST. Nuff' said.

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