B.C. Rich style bodies?

[DocNrock]

Or is there too much involved with licensing?  I'm tempted to get a body blank and make my own Bich.

 

[Cagey]

That, or there may just not be enough call for them to justify the setup to make them.

 

[Pelagaard]

Didn't they make Mockingbirds a while ago?

 

[bagman67]

They did used to make Mockingbirds.  My guess is the traditional cease-and-desist letter was followed by the traditional "Screw it, no profit in fighting the original manufacturer if they don't want to license at a reasonable price" reasoning.

 

[sixstringsamurai]

There is always the blank body option, if you're feeling adventurous.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Indeed, a "cease and desist" did occur, as well as one from Ernie Ball/Music Man on all body styles and headstock shapes resembling theirs.

In short, no BCR, no EB/MM.

 

[DocNrock]

There is always the blank body option, if you're feeling adventurous.

I have definitely considered this.  Who knows, I might even be able to glue an extension to the neck, cut wings off the pre-routed blank, and make it a neck-through.  Then, doing various other things, like mixing different woods for longitudinal stringer might be a temptation. 

But just the thought of this scares me!  LOL!  :laughing7:

Then, there is the whole paddle head-stock thing... :help:

 

[Pelagaard]

I'm pretty sure Greywolf use to do something similar using a Carvin neck-through neck blank and and a Warmoth body blank.

 

[DocNrock]

There is always the blank body option, if you're feeling adventurous.

I have definitely considered this.  Who knows, I might even be able to glue an extension to the neck, cut wings off the pre-routed blank, and make it a neck-through.  Then, doing various other things, like mixing different woods for longitudinal stringer might be a temptation. 

But just the thought of this scares me!  LOL!  :laughing7:

Then, there is the whole paddle head-stock thing... :help:

Well, some of it is in progress, anyway.  :laughing7:  But the best part is that most of it is almost free.

 

[unstrung]

They used to do Bich, Mockingbird, Warlock. Maybe a couple more that I'm forgetting.

It's a shame...