NGD - Warning! 80's Guitar Content

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Yeah... I know... 80's pointy guitars... :rock:

2012 BC Rich Handcrafted Mockingbird Supreme. I still need to do some work on the setup, but so far, it plays great and sounds great! I'll probably replace the SD pups with some BKP. It wasn't advertised as such, but it's in immaculate condition and I think it's NOS. No signs of wear, barely any fingerprints, still had the film on the plastic bits. And the COA was signed on 21 Dec 2012... the day the world was supposed to end, and the Winter Solstice. :lol: :LOL:

I still remember the first time I saw Motley Crue. I'd never seen a BC Rich Warlock before. Back in the days before the Internet, it took me almost six months to figure out what it was, and when I finally did, I sent off for their catalog. I fell in LOVE with one of the Warlocks in that catalog, not to mention the Mockingbirds, Eagles, and Ironbirds. I loved them SO MUCH that I actually made about 20 full-size models out of poster board and model paint (as close as I could come when I was 13). It took me several years to get my first "real" BC Rich, an '84 or '85 NJ Series Mockingbird (my third guitar) and a few more years to get my second BC Rich, an '87 Platinum Series Warlock. Fast forward a bit and I finally found an almost exact copy of that Warlock from the catalog. A few years later, I found what I believe to be a Warlock II, although it bears close semblance to the later US Series. Don't care... I love that one, too!

If I would've had the resources back then to custom order a Mockingbird, this one would've been it. It's exceeded my expectations for playability and sound. In so many ways, this is one of my dream guitars and I feel so lucky to have finally brought it home! :rock:
 

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Great collection! The Warlock on the left is especially fine.

:thumbsup:
 
Thanks! Yeah, I love the one on the left, too. It's a flat top with black body binding. I think it's something like vintage white (don't remember their name for that color). It's yellowed a bit, but not much based on the paint under the Kahler and in the electronics cavity. It's really light, even though it looks like mahogany to me, and very resonant. It's also home to my first BKP (Rebel Yell). And it's wickedly fast. :D
 
Absolutely killer, love the whole trio!!

Now THESE are real metal guitars...younger lads take note, don't be fooled by Kiesel 17-string spalted gonorrhea top "instruments", this is what you need to really rock :rock: :rock: :rock:
 
Always loved those since the day I saw a pic of Joe Perry with his Rich!
 
Badronald":1ft8wnxv said:
Always loved those since the day I saw a pic of Joe Perry with his Rich!
Yep, that was the coolest guitar I'd ever seen at that point.
That Mockingbird is really cool! I never really got into the Warlocks, but if it plays and sounds badass, it is badass :thumbsup:
 
Awesome! I still have my old NJ series Mockingbird in the closet..
 
Racerxrated":36wl27hh said:
Awesome! I still have my old NJ series Mockingbird in the closet..


-yeah right-
-dig that see-thru, blue polyurethane, bitch out then...

-i 2 saw Joe Perry-(AEROSMITH)- with a Mocking Bird back in the late 70's, the lights come up for the second song of the night and Steve Tyler is laying on the stage out cold, i thought he was dead, or part of the show, Joe Perry comes over and kicks him!!.. Twice!!
 
Art thee courting Lady Lita Ford, dear ChurchHill?

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This post now concludeth!
 
I remember the exact moment that I saw the Guns n Roses video for you could be mine. My favorite exotic shape hasn't changed since then.
 
Ye Black Knight":jzm37n4q said:
Art thee courting Lady Lita Ford, dear ChurchHill?

Thou speaketh of the fairest maiden of my fairest dreams?? I wisheth!! Far far better Lady Lita than King Kerry... ;)

:thumbsup: :lol: :LOL: :rock:
 
Rock Bodom":11pzw3hc said:
Now THESE are real metal guitars...younger lads take note, don't be fooled by Kiesel 17-string spalted gonorrhea top "instruments", this is what you need to really rock :rock: :rock: :rock:
:lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL:

:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:
 

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