What's The Deal ?????

[RxFunk]

Along with the reasons already mentioned, I'd like to add that B.C Rich basses (and guitars) seem to only attract metal players so they don't often show up in threads that aren't metal oriented.

Are B.C.Rich basses the best basses for metal then?

 

[smcd]

The people who own them like playing them. BUT, what they're getting at is that MOST PEOPLE do not.
They're well crafted & play nicely, but nobody wants them because the shapes are genre associated.

Walk into a country gig with a mockingbird & it won't matter what your playing is like. They're going to ask you if you have something else you can play. Image is a BIG thing in performing & BC Rich is VERY metal with most of their models.

"Nobody wants them"?? I wish that were true. That way I could pick up a couple more nice vintage BC Rich's and it wouldn't cost me several thousand dollars.

I think the problem is that you aren't familiar with the vintage BC Rich line. The Ironbird, Bich, and Warlock are metal, sure. But the Eagle, Mockingbird, and Wave basses aren't.

BC Rich isn't country? Says who?? I saw a 70's film recently where David Allan Coe's bass player was playing a Mockingbird, and if a Mock is country enough for Coe back then, it's country enough for any of the generic hat acts coming out of Nashville today.

 

[ggvicviper]

Boutique or Semi-boutique (not a Mockingbird)

B.C. Rich started out as a custom boutique builder, and the company still has the custom shop. Only in the 80's did they branch to other places of manufacture, like Japan, and now elsewhere.

While they do lean toward metal in their designs, they were just really versatile instruments. Basses like the Eagle are a bit more universal too - I know Bernard Edwards liked his Eagles.

 

[awilkie84]

"Nobody wants them"?? I wish that were true. That way I could pick up a couple more nice vintage BC Rich's and it wouldn't cost me several thousand dollars.

I think the problem is that you aren't familiar with the vintage BC Rich line. The Ironbird, Bich, and Warlock are metal, sure. But the Eagle, Mockingbird, and Wave basses aren't.

BC Rich isn't country? Says who?? I saw a 70's film recently where David Allan Coe's bass player was playing a Mockingbird, and if a Mock is country enough for Coe back then, it's country enough for any of the generic hat acts coming out of Nashville today.

You're taking my wording a bit too literally. Some people want them, but the majority don't. If this were the opposite, you'd see them in every guitar store. They're usually sparse or special order only in most locations. Also, from my viewpoint, if I'm spending serveral thousands of dollars on a bass, there are other (non-fender) brands I'd be looking at before a Rich.

I'm VERY versed with old bc rich basses. I've owned an 80s Warlock and a newer one, too. They played great, but it's all about the IMAGE.

Coe wasn't exactly your typical Nashville star. He was marketed as a bad-ass redneck. A mockingbird fits that image.

 

[smcd]

You're taking my wording a bit too literally. Some people want them, but the majority don't. If this were the opposite, you'd see them in every guitar store. They're usually sparse or special order only in most locations. Also, from my viewpoint, if I'm spending serveral thousands of dollars on a bass, there are other (non-fender) brands I'd be looking at before a Rich.

I'm VERY versed with old bc rich basses. I've owned an 80s Warlock and a newer one, too. They played great, but it's all about the IMAGE.

Coe wasn't exactly your typical Nashville star. He was marketed as a bad-ass redneck. A mockingbird fits that image.

The majority don't want Foderas, either. And most, given the choice of spending $10grand on a bass or something else, will choose something else. That doesn't mean they're not desirable. Regardless of that, we're not talking about new BC Rich products, which are not the real deal.


I'm not sure owning a Warlock makes you "very" versed in old BC Rich basses. In fact, it seems to have given you a twisted view of what BC Rich basses look like.

 

[FourBanger]

I'd wager there are fewer vintage Richs around than any age Fodera, and fewer people that want a vintage Rich than would want any Fodera.

Small demand but TINY supply keeps the price in the range of more popular but more easier found basses.

 

[smcd]

I'd wager there are fewer vintage Richs around than any age Fodera, and fewer people that want a vintage Rich than would want any Fodera.

Small demand but TINY supply keeps the price in the range of more popular but more easier found basses.

I have to say, it appears that you don't know anything about BC Rich. There is not a "tiny" supply of vintage Rich's out there. BC Rich made thousands upon thousands of those insturments from the mid-70's to the late 80's. I unequivocally guarantee you that there are a lot more - A LOT more - vintage BC Rich basses than there are Foderas. I further guarantee you that many times more people want a vintage BC Rich than a Fodera. Merely the great number of metal players who choose BC Rich prove this point.