Torment Leaves Scars
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The time has come to cash in on that B.C. Rich Custom Shop Guitar I've dreamed about since I was about 13 years old. I have been dying for a Warlock Supreme for decades. Prior to ordering parts for my W, I'd played a Custom Shop model I saw at a store and it was the biggest disappointment I'd ever put my hands on. Parts literally fell off in my hand, the fret-work was beyond deplorable, the frets looked like hanger wire beaten into the neck, and the sound was...atrocious. It was at that time I cast my love for B.C. Rich aside, and I've never looked back.
...Enter Neal Moser. As many know, he was the man behind the B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitars in the late 70s to the 80s, as well as the father of the Bich, Virgin, and Seagull. Neal runs his own company, and I even had him do the setup and assembly of my W.
Neal Moser is still hand-making the all the above models, yet under his own name. IMO, these are the REAL B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitars. It's been said, "If you want a real B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitar, there's only one place you can get it; Neal Moser."
I have a dilemma. I don't want a Bich, Virgin, or Eagle, I want a Moser FastStar. While this isn't a B.C. Rich, given its shape, it certainly could be. Here's my stupid question:
Even if I get a model that was never a B.C. Rich, technically, since he build the B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitars of the Golden Era, would I be getting a "real" B.C. Rich? I'm really fighting with myself over this. If I got a Bich, Virgin, or Eagle, I could definitely say I got a "real" B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitar since he built them, but this is one of his own designs.
Here's what I have in mind. I apologize for linking another forum, but this is a thread in regards to one someone bought. Have your drool cup handy. ccasion14:
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstring-guitars/228788-moser-custom-shop-faststar-7-a.html
...Enter Neal Moser. As many know, he was the man behind the B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitars in the late 70s to the 80s, as well as the father of the Bich, Virgin, and Seagull. Neal runs his own company, and I even had him do the setup and assembly of my W.
Neal Moser is still hand-making the all the above models, yet under his own name. IMO, these are the REAL B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitars. It's been said, "If you want a real B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitar, there's only one place you can get it; Neal Moser."
I have a dilemma. I don't want a Bich, Virgin, or Eagle, I want a Moser FastStar. While this isn't a B.C. Rich, given its shape, it certainly could be. Here's my stupid question:
Even if I get a model that was never a B.C. Rich, technically, since he build the B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitars of the Golden Era, would I be getting a "real" B.C. Rich? I'm really fighting with myself over this. If I got a Bich, Virgin, or Eagle, I could definitely say I got a "real" B.C. Rich Custom Shop guitar since he built them, but this is one of his own designs.
Here's what I have in mind. I apologize for linking another forum, but this is a thread in regards to one someone bought. Have your drool cup handy. ccasion14:
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/sevenstring-guitars/228788-moser-custom-shop-faststar-7-a.html