BC Rich Calibre Classic Bich -Guitar shown in Natural
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In response to volumes of player requests and high market demand B.C. Rich introduces the Calibre line of instruments. With the Calibre guitars a new high-end option has been created that will extend the dream of owning a handcrafted BC Rich to even more discriminating players! The Bich Calibre is meticulously handcrafted in Europe with very specific tolerances and specifications that closely mimic USA handcrafted features, quality and playability. The Bich Calibre offers up a level of quality at a value that fits in between our amazing imported models and our original admired and treasured Custom Shop Handcrafted models. See, feel and hear for yourself how special our "old world" craftsmanship European Master guitars are!
B.C. Rich is known as one of the pioneers in Neck Through construction. They utilize it on many of their guitars, because it provides the best possible sustain, resonance, comfort and access to higher frets. Neck-through has long been considered the premium construction method for high end guitars. This construction starts with a long piece (or pieces) of premium North American maple. That piece runs from the tip of the headstock to the strap button on the opposite end of the guitar. This means that the headstock, fingerboard, pickups and bridge all are mounted to this single sound foundation. Sonically it is a difference you can hear. The neck-through construction also allows us to cut away more of the body and neck at the neck joint which provides comfort that no bolt-on or set-neck could offer. You will find the neck through feature on all of our top of the line B.C. Rich models.
BC Rich guitars called and asked us, "We like the turbo series but can you do them with a ceramic magnet also?" We replied, "That's a great Idea! Sure we can, but you have got to use them in everything!" (We didn't win that battle but it was worth a shot) The use of a ceramic magnet gives any pickup extra power due to the increased magnetic field that they provide. This feature makes the mafia pickups produce a hotter and thicker tone that's really aggressive and full. The increased low end and thick mids and in your face highs is what rock and roll was built on! Balanced and full of sustain this pickup is a great representation of its namesake, a truly intimidating killer.
We wanted to make sure the neck version of the mafia pickup was just as full sounding as the bridge position. We wanted to do this without taking away from what we had already accomplished. So we again we went into the wood shed and made very minor modifications to the overall design and design concept of this pickup. When we came out we were confident that the Mafia neck pickup had that punchy bold tone with the same aggressive characteristics as the bridge version. A tad brighter with a little less output really takes this pickup into the smooth and warm realm of the tonal spectrum. All while maintaining that balanced bite and in your face aggressive tone that the mafia is known for!
Most of B.C. Rich body styles employ a beveled edge around the shape. In many ways bevels on a top are similar to facets on a cut stone. They catch the light and reflect at different angles giving the instrument more of a three dimensional look. Some of the B.C. Rich top bevels are extreme and wide while others are subtle and narrow. Occasionally the shape of the instrument is accented by painting the bevels a contrasting color.
BC Rich Calibre Classic Bich Specifications:
- Construction: neck through
- Body wood: nato (eastern mahogany) with AAAA quilted maple cap (10.77mm thick) / walnut stringers on natural - ebony stringers on trans red
- Body thickness: 40mm
- Top style: beveled
- Body binding: no
- Headstock style: traditional 3 to a side
- Headstock color: stain to match AAAA quilted maple
- Headstock binding: white one ply
- Headstock pitch: 14 degrees
- Tuners: Schaller
- Neck wood: maple
- Back of neck: stain to match
- Neck binding: white one ply
- Fretboard: ebony
- Inlay: white pearl clouds
- Frets: 24 jumbo 2.7mm
- Factory strings: 9 - 42
- Nut: 43mm
- Scale: 24 5/8"
- Bridge: tune o matic
- Tailpiece: stop bar
- Pickups: 2 black Rockfield mafia humbuckers
- Controls: 2 volumes, 1 three-way toggle and 1 tone
- Hardware: chrome
- Special features: ALL Schaller hardware and special white pearl guitar shaped R logo
- Finish: stained trans clear glossy
- Color: Trans red AAAA quilted maple with ebony stringers or natural AAAA quilted maple with walnut stringers
Buy Today & We'll Throw In The Following Free Gifts:Korg GA-30 Tuner + BC Rich Coffin Case(BCRCC1)This is a limited time offer so please act quickly!
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