These neck through guitars are scaled to 24 ¾" with a chunkier neck for that "Special" feel. With a deeply arched top, solid ½" maple caps, 5 ply binding and cloud inlays the Special has a classic appearance. Other features include a strategically positioned three way toggle switch, two volume and two tone controls, stop tailpiece and a tune-o-matic style bridge. and vintage specified Rockfield humbucker pickups. The Onyx features chrome pickup covers, complete white binding and chrome hardware. Also available in White with black binding and hardware.

Neck-Through Construction

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 premium North American maple or Mahogany and runs from the tip of the headstock to the 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.

Rockfield Pickups - SWV

Bridge Pickups

SWV is short for Select Wound Vintage. Everybody has them. Why? Because they kick ASS! This is where some say it all started and came from. A changing of the guard if you will in the future engineering of guitars and guitar pickups. If it wasn't for the original PAF design, who know where we all would be? With all that being said, this pickup rings true of that vintage tone we speak of with of course, a Rockfield twist. We again went to specific people in the know and found out herds of info about how the originals were made. That along with our knowledge made for a great combination and tonally a blast from the past. A warm singing and smooth replication of classic PAF style tones that are clear and ring like church bells on Sunday afternoon.

Neck Pickups

This pickup is perfect in the neck position of any guitar where there is a need to get that sought after warm, thick vintage PAF tone. This versatile neck position pickup takes from its vintage brethren a unique and bold tone that is smooth, warm and balanced from top to bottom. The Rockfield SWV neck position humbucker is sweet and full with great lows, mids and ringing highs.

Deep Arched Top

A deep arched top is used on several B.C. Rich models. The deep arch is achieved by increasing the body center by approximately 5/8" and then gently sloping the arch toward the side of the instrument and leveling out just as the slope reaches the edge. A deep arch top when applied to a B.C. Rich shape gives an air of elegance and sophistication. Many of the B.C. Rich Handcrafted instruments are requested with a deep arch top style. This year B.C. Rich is offering more deep arch tops in their production models in a variety of shapes and colors.

Specifications

Construction: neck through
Body wood: mahogany
Top style: deep arched
Top wood: ½" maple cap with AAA quilted maple veneer
Body binding: (white) black multi-ply / back = taper cut Body side thickness: 39.48mm / (black)
Body side thickness: 39.48mm
Body center thickness: 51.57mm

Headstock style: traditional 3 to a side
Headstock color: (white) white / (onyx) Onyx
Headstock binding: (white) black multi-ply / (onyx) white multi-ply
Headstock tilt: 14 degrees
Tuners: Grover Rotomatic

Neck wood: mahogany
Neck radius: 12"
Back of neck: painted to match
Neck binding: (white) one ply black / (onyx) one ply white
Nut width: 43mm
Neck width at 12th fret: 2.062"

Fretboard: ebony
Inlay: white pearloid cloud
Frets: 22 jumbo 2.7mm
Factory strings: 10 - 46
Scale: 24 ¾"

Bridge type: Tone Pros tune o matic
Tailpiece type: Tone Pros stop bar
Pickups: 2 chrome covered Rockfield SWV vintage humbuckers
Controls: 2 volumes, 2 tones and 1 top bout three-way toggle
Hardware: (white) black chrome / (onyx) chrome

Finish: painted glossy
Color: White & Onyx