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Rich Guitars – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="B.C. Rich Guitars" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.C._Rich" title="B.C. Rich – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="B.C. Rich" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.C._Rich" title="B.C. Rich – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="B.C. 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Rich Guitars</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BC_Rich_Guitars_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BC_Rich_Guitars_logo.svg/250px-BC_Rich_Guitars_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BC_Rich_Guitars_logo.svg/375px-BC_Rich_Guitars_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BC_Rich_Guitars_logo.svg/500px-BC_Rich_Guitars_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="166" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Musical_instruments" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical instruments">Musical instruments</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1969<span class="noprint">; 56 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1969</span>)</span><br />in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Chavez_Rico" title="Bernardo Chavez Rico">Bernardo Chavez Rico</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">Electric guitars</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">Bass guitars</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">Acoustic guitars</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bcrich.com">bcrich.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>B.C. Rich</b> is an American brand of acoustic and <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass guitars</a> founded by <a href="/wiki/Bernardo_Chavez_Rico" title="Bernardo Chavez Rico">Bernardo Chavez Rico</a> in 1969. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company started making electric guitars in the 1970s. In the following decade B.C. Rich gained a broad exposure with the popularity of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> and has often been linked to that music scene. High-end B.C. Rich instruments were custom-made in the US by Ron Estrada whereas the mid- and low-end models were produced in different countries in Asia. In 1987, Bernie Rico entered into a marketing agreement with Randy Waltuch’s company Class Axe, allowing them to market and distribute Rave, Platinum, and NJ Series guitars. A year later, Class Axe took over importing, marketing, and distribution of the foreign-made lines and soon after that, took complete control. B.C. Rich’s custom shop was disbanded and the name B.C. Rich was licensed in 1989. Guitars thereafter were made in Korea. </p><p>During this period, quality control nosedived and the B.C. Rich name suffered. Bernie went on to produce his own guitars under the brand Mason Bernard, these being handmade acoustic-electrics and Strat-shaped electrics. In 1993, Bernie regained ownership of B.C. Rich and made a concerted effort to restore the company's name until his death on December 3, 1999. The company was acquired in the 2000s by Hanser Music Group, a distribution company based in <a href="/wiki/Hebron,_Kentucky" title="Hebron, Kentucky">Hebron, Kentucky</a>. B.C Rich was later licensed to Praxis Musical based in <a href="/wiki/Orange,_California" title="Orange, California">Orange, California</a> until 2018. </p><p>On July 21, 2019, the official B.C. Rich Facebook page announced a change in ownership. The new management reintroduced BC legacy models such as the IronBird and Stealth.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_types">Design and types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Design and types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_B.C._Rich_guitars" title="List of B.C. Rich guitars">List of B.C. Rich guitars</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BCRichVirgin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BCRichVirgin.jpg/130px-BCRichVirgin.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BCRichVirgin.jpg/195px-BCRichVirgin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BCRichVirgin.jpg/260px-BCRichVirgin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="1934" /></a><figcaption>Virgin platinum series</figcaption></figure> <p>Initially the pickups were <a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a>, rewired as four-conductor and potted. Later, <a href="/wiki/Guild_Guitar_Company" title="Guild Guitar Company">Guild</a> pickups were rewired the same way. </p><p>In 1974–1975, some custom guitar models, and from 1975 to 1982, many production bass guitars were fitted with adjustable-pole humbucker pickups, designed by Sergio Zuñica. </p><p>In 1975, <a href="/wiki/DiMarzio" title="DiMarzio">DiMarzio</a> agreed to build wax-potted, four-conductor pickups for B.C. Rich, and these were used until B.C. Rich began designing their own in the late 1980s. Early in the 1970s, Neal Moser was brought on board to design and supervise the electronics. His contribution was a wiring harness with coil taps, a phase switch, a Varitone, and a defeatable active preamp (or two in some models). This electronics package continues to this day on higher-end models.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in 1976, serial numbers began as a stamped 6 digit number starting with the year and ending with the number of production (600037 would be the 37th guitar built in 1976).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The numbers became increasingly inaccurate through the 1980s, ending up about 4 years behind, due to the quantity of guitars produced in a year often exceeding 1000 (i.e. a 88xxx serial number guitar would have been built in 1984).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the company was purchased by Class Axe in 1989 production of the hand-made, neck-through models was halted for several years, although GMW (Neal Moser) supplied some stock made from rejected then repaired bodies hand built through the years. After Class Axe took over there were a number of different serial schemes designated for the American, Asian and Bolt-on guitars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seagull">Seagull</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seagull"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Seagull shape was uncomfortable for some to play due to the sharp upper point, and the sharp lower point that dug into the leg sitting down. It was redesigned several times to include a smoother lower point, and a Junior version with simpler electronics, then a pointless version which is quite rare. Finally it morphed into the Eagle shape with no sharp points.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stealth">Stealth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Stealth was designed by <a href="/wiki/Rick_Derringer" title="Rick Derringer">Rick Derringer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Schuldiner" title="Chuck Schuldiner">Chuck Schuldiner</a> owned several B.C. Rich guitars. In 2008, B.C. Rich released the Chuck Schuldiner Tribute Stealth, as well as a handcrafted version, with a portion of the proceeds going directly to Schuldiner's family.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, B.C. Rich announced the Chuck Schuldiner Stealth.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eagle">Eagle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Eagle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This model was made popular by <a href="/wiki/Brad_Whitford" title="Brad Whitford">Brad Whitford</a> of <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_Giraldo" title="Neil Giraldo">Neil Giraldo</a>, who played his Eagle on some of the early <a href="/wiki/Pat_Benatar" title="Pat Benatar">Pat Benatar</a> albums and videos. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mockingbird">Mockingbird</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mockingbird"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Slash_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Slash_3.jpg/170px-Slash_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Slash_3.jpg/255px-Slash_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Slash_3.jpg/340px-Slash_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="683" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Slash_(musician)" title="Slash (musician)">Slash</a> playing his signature <a href="/wiki/B.C._Rich_Mockingbird" title="B.C. Rich Mockingbird">Mockingbird</a> in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/B.C._Rich_Mockingbird" title="B.C. Rich Mockingbird">Mockingbird</a> model was designed by Johnny "Go-Go" Kessel. It was made popular by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Perry_(musician)" title="Joe Perry (musician)">Joe Perry</a> of <a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lita_Ford" title="Lita Ford">Lita Ford</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Runaways" title="The Runaways">The Runaways</a>. The Mockingbird experienced a resurgence in the early 1990s through <a href="/wiki/Guns_N%27_Roses" title="Guns N' Roses">Guns N' Roses</a> lead guitarist <a href="/wiki/Slash_(musician)" title="Slash (musician)">Slash</a> after he played one on the <a href="/wiki/Use_Your_Illusion_Tour" title="Use Your Illusion Tour">Use Your Illusion</a> world tour. <a href="/wiki/David_Ellefson" title="David Ellefson">David Ellefson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Megadeth" title="Megadeth">Megadeth</a> played a Mockingbird bass in first years of the band. Dave Mustaine also played a bich in Metallica and Megadeth in the early days. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_B.C._Rich_("Bich")"><span id="The_B.C._Rich_.28.22Bich.22.29"></span>The B.C. Rich ("Bich")</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The B.C. Rich ("Bich")"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The B.C. Rich "Bich" ten-string guitar was developed by Neal Moser, a sub-contractor for Bernie Rico (B.C. Rich) from 1974 to 1985. During his time with B.C. Rich, Moser conceived, designed, and built the first prototype. He then licensed the design to B.C. Rich. The guitar was introduced as the "Rich Bich" at the 1978 <a href="/wiki/NAMM_Show" title="NAMM Show">NAMM International Music & Sound Expo</a> as a custom-order model. </p><p>The original Bich is a six-course instrument, but with four two-string courses. The top E and B strings are strung as unison pairs, and the G and D strings as pairs with a principal and octave string, in the manner of the top four courses of a twelve-string guitar. The A and lower E strings are single-string courses. This unusual stringing was meant to obtain the brightness of the twelve-string guitar, while allowing higher levels of distortion before the sound became muddy. </p><p>The Bich had a conventional six-string headstock for the principal strings, with the four extra strings tuned by machine heads positioned in the body, past the tailpiece, with a large angled notch allowing access to the tuners. This radical body shape also countered the common tendency of coursed electric guitars to be head-heavy due to the weight of the extra machine heads. </p><p>The design was moderately successful, but many players bought it for the body shape alone, and removed the extra strings. B.C. Rich eventually released 6-string and 6/12-string double neck models of the Bich body shape. All Bich variants are hardtail guitars with through body necks and two humbucking pickups. The ten-string models differ from each other in finish and control details. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">lawsuit</a> between Neal Moser and HHI Holdings Inc./B.C. Rich was settled, giving Moser Custom Guitars and HHI/B.C. Rich the right to produce their own versions of the Bich ten- and six-string guitars, with Neal Moser retaining ownership of the original body templates. The Moser Custom Shop "Moser 10" and the BC Rich Bich "PMS" models are the closest representations of the original pre-1985 "Rich Bich" body design. The "Moser 10" models have an "M" inlay on the <a href="/wiki/Headstock" title="Headstock">headstock</a>, compared to the HHI/BC Rich "R" headstock inlay. </p><p>Notable users of the ten-string Bich include <a href="/wiki/Joe_Perry_(musician)" title="Joe Perry (musician)">Joe Perry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith">Aerosmith</a>), <a href="/wiki/Dave_Mustaine" title="Dave Mustaine">Dave Mustaine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Megadeth" title="Megadeth">Megadeth</a>), <a href="/wiki/Chris_Poland" title="Chris Poland">Chris Poland</a>, also of <a href="/wiki/Megadeth" title="Megadeth">Megadeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manny_Charlton" title="Manny Charlton">Manny Charlton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nazareth" title="Nazareth">Nazareth</a>), and <a href="/wiki/George_Kooymans" title="George Kooymans">George Kooymans</a> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_Earring" title="Golden Earring">Golden Earring</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BC_Rich_Bich_"PMS"_10_String_Prototype"><span id="BC_Rich_Bich_.22PMS.22_10_String_Prototype"></span>BC Rich Bich "PMS" 10 String Prototype</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: BC Rich Bich "PMS" 10 String Prototype"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To celebrate the 25th-anniversary release of the "Rich Bich" 10-string guitar, HHI/BC Rich contracted the original BC Rich luthiers Neal Moser and Sal Gonzales to produce 25 true hand-built reproductions of the original prototype to the Bich 10-string model. These hand-carved guitars were built from Neal Moser's original 1978 body templates, using the same exotic woods (black African walnut, maple and Brazilian rosewood) as the original prototype model. </p><p>Due to contract issues between Neal Moser and Hanser Holdings, only 16 of the PMS models were produced. These have become highly prized by BC Rich collectors due to the limited production number. The original prototype is currently owned by Dan Lawrence. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dave_Mustaine" title="Dave Mustaine">Dave Mustaine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Megadeth" title="Megadeth">Megadeth</a>) was known to use the ten-string variant of the Bich throughout the early 1980s, although with the four additional strings removed. The guitar was reportedly pawned, without Mustaine's knowledge, by Megadeth lead guitarist <a href="/wiki/Chris_Poland" title="Chris Poland">Chris Poland</a>, which led to his dismissal. The current whereabouts of the guitar are unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Warlock">Warlock</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Warlock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BC_Rich_Warlock_Guitar.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/BC_Rich_Warlock_Guitar.JPG/220px-BC_Rich_Warlock_Guitar.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/BC_Rich_Warlock_Guitar.JPG/330px-BC_Rich_Warlock_Guitar.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/BC_Rich_Warlock_Guitar.JPG/440px-BC_Rich_Warlock_Guitar.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>B.C. Rich uses unusual shapes for its <a href="/wiki/Solid_body" title="Solid body">solid body</a> guitars; pictured is the <a href="/wiki/B.C._Rich_Warlock" title="B.C. Rich Warlock">Warlock model</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The introduction of the <a href="/wiki/B.C._Rich_Warlock" title="B.C. Rich Warlock">Warlock</a> model in 1981 helped push B.C. Rich into the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal music</a> genre. Notable early players included <a href="/wiki/Mick_Mars" title="Mick Mars">Mick Mars</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Sixx" title="Nikki Sixx">Nikki Sixx</a> of <a href="/wiki/M%C3%B6tley_Cr%C3%BCe" title="Mötley Crüe">Mötley Crüe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lita_Ford" title="Lita Ford">Lita Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Stanley" title="Paul Stanley">Paul Stanley</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kiss_(band)" title="Kiss (band)">KISS</a> (featuring a broken mirror top), <a href="/wiki/Randy_Jackson_(Zebra)" title="Randy Jackson (Zebra)">Randy Jackson (Zebra)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Goldy" title="Craig Goldy">Craig Goldy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dio_(band)" title="Dio (band)">Dio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Giuffria" title="Giuffria">Giuffria</a>, and a young pre-<a href="/wiki/Gibson_Les_Paul" title="Gibson Les Paul">Les Paul</a> playing <a href="/wiki/Slash_(musician)" title="Slash (musician)">Slash</a>. Its popularity continues with players such as <a href="/wiki/Slayer" title="Slayer">Slayer</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Kerry_King" title="Kerry King">Kerry King</a>. While <a href="/wiki/Slipknot_(band)" title="Slipknot (band)">Slipknot</a> was gaining in popularity (early 2000's), guitarist <a href="/wiki/Mick_Thomson" title="Mick Thomson">Mick Thomson</a> was well known for his signature red/black and black/white Warlocks with "HATE" fretboard inlays. </p><p>A variation on the Warlock design, called the "Warbeast" has also been produced. The Warbeast features a more heavily bevelled body, longer body horns as well as an additional horn in the upper middle section. The Warbeast was also produced exclusively with the "3-in-line" headstock design, and with Floyd Rose bridges included as standard, except on the cheapest models. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ironbird">Ironbird</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ironbird"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:0-B._C._Rich_Ironbird_electric_guitar_headstock.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/0-B._C._Rich_Ironbird_electric_guitar_headstock.jpg/150px-0-B._C._Rich_Ironbird_electric_guitar_headstock.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/0-B._C._Rich_Ironbird_electric_guitar_headstock.jpg/225px-0-B._C._Rich_Ironbird_electric_guitar_headstock.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/0-B._C._Rich_Ironbird_electric_guitar_headstock.jpg/300px-0-B._C._Rich_Ironbird_electric_guitar_headstock.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Ironbird reverse headstock</figcaption></figure> <p>Designed by Joey Rico in 1983, the Ironbird gained some popularity amongst heavy metal guitarists, including <a href="/wiki/Trey_Azagthoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Trey Azagthoth">Trey Azagthoth</a> of <a href="/wiki/Morbid_Angel" title="Morbid Angel">Morbid Angel</a>. The original model had a pointed reverse headstock, whereas the 21st Century version has a regular pointed headstock. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acrylic_Series">Acrylic Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Acrylic Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These guitars are made completely of <a href="/wiki/Acrylic_glass" class="mw-redirect" title="Acrylic glass">acrylic</a> and their bodies are transparent, making the electronics inside visible. The original run of the acrylic models featured a standard bolt-on maple neck with wood headstock, but later models featured an acrylic headstock, matching the color of the body and making the overall appearance of the guitar more attractive. <a href="/wiki/Poly(methyl_methacrylate)" title="Poly(methyl methacrylate)">Acrylic</a> is more <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">dense</a> than most woods (specific gravity of acrylic is 1.18 g/cm<sup>3</sup> while that of <a href="/wiki/Lignum_vitae" title="Lignum vitae">lignum vitae</a>, contender for the most dense type of wood, is approximately 1.23 g/cm<sup>3</sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) which makes the guitar heavier. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_features">Other features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like <a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Guitars" title="Jackson Guitars">Jackson</a>, B.C. Rich used a "neck-through" body design in many of their instruments. In 2006, they introduced the <i>IT</i> (<i>Invisibolt Technology</i>) series, which combines elements of bolt-on and neck-through designs: The neck is bolted inside the body to make the guitar look much like a "neck-through", but the neck joint is still visible. B.C. Rich also pioneered the heel-less joint. </p><p>Some models used custom battery-powered <a href="/wiki/Pick_up_(music_technology)#Active_and_passive_pickups" class="mw-redirect" title="Pick up (music technology)">active electronics</a> – pickups and tone controls inside the guitar. These electronics were originally designed by Neal Moser<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, who had been helping with bone crafted parts and many set ups in the custom shop. He added the feet on winged guitars like the <i>Rich Bich</i>, which was one of his designs. </p><p>B.C. Rich guitars come in a variety of shapes, ranging from more conventional styles (e.g., the <a href="/wiki/Telecaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Telecaster">Telecaster</a>-styled Blaster) to unusual styles such as the <i>Fat Bob</i>, which has a body in the shape of a <a href="/wiki/Harley-Davidson" title="Harley-Davidson">Harley-Davidson</a> motorcycle fuel tank. </p><p>Most recently <a href="/wiki/Hate_Eternal" title="Hate Eternal">Hate eternal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cannibal_Corpse" title="Cannibal Corpse">Cannibal Corpse</a> Guitarist <a href="/wiki/Erik_Rutan" title="Erik Rutan">Erik Rutan</a> has been playing a variety of Ironbird Guitars. He is now a BC Rich Signature Artist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_B.C._Rich_guitars" title="List of B.C. Rich guitars">List of B.C. Rich guitars</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B.C._Rich&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/107882511013/10157063129206014">"B.C. 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Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_String_Instrument_Corporation" title="National String Instrument Corporation">National</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Original_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Original Musical Instrument Company">Original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petros_Guitars" title="Petros Guitars">Petros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RainSong" title="RainSong">RainSong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%ADrez_Guitars" title="Ramírez Guitars">Ramírez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recording_King" title="Recording King">Recording King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regal_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Regal Musical Instrument Company">Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Guitar_Company" title="Santa Cruz Guitar Company">Santa Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seagull_(company)" title="Seagull (company)">Seagull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stella_(guitar)" title="Stella (guitar)">Stella</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzuki_Musical_Instrument_Corporation" title="Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation">Suzuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takamine_(guitar_manufacturer)" title="Takamine (guitar manufacturer)">Takamine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walden_Guitars" title="Walden Guitars">Walden</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electric only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bigsby_Electric_Guitars" title="Bigsby Electric Guitars">Bigsby</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(†)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blade_Guitars" title="Blade Guitars">Blade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohemian_Guitars" title="Bohemian Guitars">Bohemian</a></li> <li>Brawley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burns_London" title="Burns London">Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_American_Guitars" title="Campbell American Guitars">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caparison_Guitars" title="Caparison Guitars">Caparison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapman_Guitars" title="Chapman Guitars">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charvel" title="Charvel">Charvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C.R._Alsip_Guitars" title="C.R. Alsip Guitars">C.R. Alsip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Alegria" title="D'Alegria">D'Alegria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Guitars" title="Diamond Guitars">Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duesenberg_Guitars" title="Duesenberg Guitars">Duesenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Guitars" title="Eastwood Guitars">Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electrical_Guitar_Company" title="Electrical Guitar Company">Electrical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ESP_Guitars" title="ESP Guitars">ESP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fano_Guitars" title="Fano Guitars">Fano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernandes_Guitars" title="Fernandes Guitars">Fernandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaxwood_Guitars" title="Flaxwood Guitars">Flaxwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FujiGen" class="mw-redirect" title="FujiGen">FGN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%26L_Musical_Instruments" title="G&L Musical Instruments">G&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon-Smith_Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon-Smith Guitars">Gordon-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyatone" title="Guyatone">Guyatone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamer_Guitars" title="Hamer Guitars">Hamer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_Guitars" title="Heritage Guitars">Heritage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italia_Guitars" title="Italia Guitars">Italia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Guitars" title="Jackson Guitars">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Tyler_Guitars" title="James Tyler Guitars">James Tyler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolana_(guitar_brand)" title="Jolana (guitar brand)">Jolana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent Guitars">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiesel_Guitars" title="Kiesel Guitars">Kiesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koll_Guitar_Company" title="Koll Guitar Company">Koll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kramer_Guitars" title="Kramer Guitars">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lado_Guitars" title="Lado Guitars">Lado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindert_Guitars" title="Lindert Guitars">Lindert</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_6_(company)" title="Line 6 (company)">Line 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotus_(guitar)" title="Lotus (guitar)">Lotus</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsumoku" title="Matsumoku">Matsumoku</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayones_Guitars_%26_Basses" title="Mayones Guitars & Basses">Mayones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micro-Frets" title="Micro-Frets">Micro-Frets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moniker_Guitars" title="Moniker Guitars">Moniker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MotorAve" title="MotorAve">Motor Ave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosrite" title="Mosrite">Roman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Man_(company)" title="Music Man (company)">Music Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Guitars" title="Parker Guitars">Parker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Musical_Instruments" title="Reverend Musical Instruments">Reverend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Guitars" title="Robin Guitars">Robin</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruokangas_Guitars" title="Ruokangas Guitars">Ruokangas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadowsky" title="Sadowsky">Sadowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samick" title="Samick">Samick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shergold" title="Shergold">Shergold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squier" title="Squier">Squier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinberger" title="Steinberger">Steinberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suhr_Guitars" title="Suhr Guitars">Suhr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supro" title="Supro">Supro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teisco" title="Teisco">Teisco</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TYM_Guitars" title="TYM Guitars">TYM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Arts_Guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Valley Arts Guitar">Valley Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigier_Guitars" title="Vigier Guitars">Vigier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westone_(guitars)" title="Westone (guitars)">Westone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Acoustic<br />and electric</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antoria" title="Antoria">Antoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aria_(guitar_company)" title="Aria (guitar company)">Aria</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B.C. Rich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collings_Guitars" title="Collings Guitars">Collings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cort_Guitars" title="Cort Guitars">Cort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Turser" title="Jay Turser">Jay Turser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eko_guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Eko guitars">Eko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farida_Guitars" title="Farida Guitars">Farida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garrison_Guitars" title="Garrison Guitars">Garrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giannini_(guitar_company)" title="Giannini (guitar company)">Giannini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godin_(guitar_manufacturer)" title="Godin (guitar manufacturer)">Godin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greco_guitars" title="Greco guitars">Greco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gretsch" title="Gretsch">Gretsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagstr%C3%B6m" title="Hagström">Hagström</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Kay Musical Instrument Company">Kay</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klira" title="Klira">Klira</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larriv%C3%A9e_(guitar_company)" title="Larrivée (guitar company)">Larrivée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maton" title="Maton">Maton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kelly_Guitars" title="Michael Kelly Guitars">Michael Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orville_by_Gibson" title="Orville by Gibson">Orville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penco_Guitars" title="Penco Guitars">Penco</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PRS_Guitars" title="PRS Guitars">PRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schecter_Guitar_Research" title="Schecter Guitar Research">Schecter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertone_(brand)" title="Silvertone (brand)">Silvertone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagima" title="Tagima">Tagima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Guitars" title="Taylor Guitars">Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_Gakki" title="Tōkai Gakki">Tokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Anderson_Guitarworks" title="Tom Anderson Guitarworks">Tom Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valco" title="Valco">Valco</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li>Vester <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vintage_Guitars" title="Vintage Guitars">Vintage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washburn_Guitars" title="Washburn Guitars">Washburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_(guitars)" title="Westfield (guitars)">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Corporation" title="Yamaha Corporation">Yamaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zemaitis_Guitars" title="Zemaitis Guitars">Zemaitis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other strings<br /> instruments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Banjo" title="Banjo">Banjos</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deering_Banjo_Company" title="Deering Banjo Company">Deering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker)" title="Del Vecchio (guitar maker)">Del Vecchio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recording_King" title="Recording King">Recording King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonante" title="Tonante">Tonante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">Basses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alembic_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Alembic Inc">Alembic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoria" title="Antoria">Antoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blade_Guitars" title="Blade Guitars">Blade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cort_Guitars" title="Cort Guitars">Cort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Rock_Girl_Guitars" title="Daisy Rock Girl Guitars">Daisy Rock Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Angelico_Guitars" title="D'Angelico Guitars">D'Angelico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danelectro" title="Danelectro">Danelectro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duesenberg_Guitars" title="Duesenberg Guitars">Duesenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwood_Guitars" title="Eastwood Guitars">Eastwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farida_Guitars" title="Farida Guitars">Farida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fender_(company)" title="Fender (company)">Fender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%26L_Musical_Instruments" title="G&L Musical Instruments">G&L</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyatone" title="Guyatone">Guyatone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6fner" title="Höfner">Höfner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italia_Guitars" title="Italia Guitars">Italia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jolana_(guitar_brand)" title="Jolana (guitar brand)">Jolana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Tobias_Design" title="Michael Tobias Design">Michael Tobias</a> ‎</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modulus_Guitars" title="Modulus Guitars">Modulus Graphite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Man_(company)" title="Music Man (company)">Music Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Guitars" title="Parker Guitars">Parker</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PRS_Guitars" title="PRS Guitars">PRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Musical_Instruments" title="Reverend Musical Instruments">Reverend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker" title="Rickenbacker">Rickenbacker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadowsky" title="Sadowsky">Sadowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schecter_Guitar_Research" title="Schecter Guitar Research">Schecter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shergold" title="Shergold">Shergold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigma_Guitars" title="Sigma Guitars">Sigma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertone_(brand)" title="Silvertone (brand)">Silvertone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinberger" title="Steinberger">Steinberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supro" title="Supro">Supro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tagima" title="Tagima">Tagima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobias_(bass_guitar_company)" title="Tobias (bass guitar company)">Tobias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai_Gakki" title="Tōkai Gakki">Tokai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigier_Guitars" title="Vigier Guitars">Vigier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_(guitars)" title="Westfield (guitars)">Westfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westone_(guitars)" title="Westone (guitars)">Westone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zon_Guitars" title="Zon Guitars">Zon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harp_guitar" title="Harp guitar">Harp guitars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">Lutes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">Mandolins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beltona_Resonator_Instruments" title="Beltona Resonator Instruments">Beltona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breedlove_Guitars" title="Breedlove Guitars">Breedlove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collings_Guitars" title="Collings Guitars">Collings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Guitars" title="Dean Guitars">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker)" title="Del Vecchio (guitar maker)">Del Vecchio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giannini_(guitar_company)" title="Giannini (guitar company)">Giannini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Company" title="Harmony Company">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohner" title="Hohner">Hohner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hora_(company)" title="Hora (company)">Hora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibanez" title="Ibanez">Ibanez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levin_(guitar_company)" title="Levin (guitar company)">Levin</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. Martin & Company">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kelly_Guitars" title="Michael Kelly Guitars">Michael Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_String_Instrument_Corporation" title="National String Instrument Corporation">National</a> <small>(†)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reso-Phonic_Guitars" title="National Reso-Phonic Guitars">National Reso-Phonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Schmidt_Inc." title="Oscar Schmidt Inc.">Oscar Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovation_Guitar_Company" title="Ovation Guitar Company">Ovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regal_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Regal Musical Instrument Company">Regal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seagull_(company)" title="Seagull (company)">Seagull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stagg_Music" title="Stagg Music">Stagg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Guitars" title="Tacoma Guitars">Tacoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Guitars" title="Tanglewood Guitars">Tanglewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymann_guitars" title="Weymann guitars">Weymann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tenor_guitar" title="Tenor guitar">Tenor guitars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epiphone" title="Epiphone">Epiphone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_(guitar_company)" title="Gibson (guitar company)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gretsch" title="Gretsch">Gretsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guild_Guitar_Company" title="Guild Guitar Company">Guild</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kay_Musical_Instrument_Company" title="Kay Musical Instrument Company">Kay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._F._Martin_%26_Company" title="C. F. 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