B.C.Rich USA Custom Shop

[lepard]

Don't feel too bad, I was one of the 5 or 6 people to actually receive one of the guitars from 357 Customs. It was an absolute piece of shit, obviously some kind of factory reject that was in a throw-away pile at Gibson. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough.

[JerEvil]

From what understand, there's a new BCR customshop in LA. Supposedly no more BC South/Pasaye shop.

Ron Estrada is the main luthier. They're doing handmade and I believe they will do CNC stuff in higher production numbers. So not all the guitars are CNC'd. I heard they are trying to keep the prices reasonable. I got a quote on a replica of Iommi's Ironbird for $3500. They are also going to use the right templates: MKI Ironbird body, for example.

I played 2 of the first new handmade ones at NAMM and they were damn near flawless. They also felt a bit different than the Pasaye made guitars.

I played some of the Voodoo made guitars at the last few NAMM shows and they were also super nice.

Would I buy one of these new ones? I'd have to play a few more. The ones I played gave me hope.

Personalities...dunno much about that. Other than there is a Cult of Douche around BCR and drama seems to follow that brand since forever.

Yes, Ron is building the guitars. I have 3 mammoth custom builds and they are excellent guitars. The new BCR stuff is certainly not going to be cheap but I am interested to see what starts rolling out of that shop.

[AAEA]

whats this about Zakk Wylde? haven't heard about this scam before. lol

[toejam]

I still have those f'ing choppers just waiting for an opportunity to toss them on stage in front of the asshat!

Same here, just the Buzzsaw. I did have a coffee cup and a bunch of shirts I got with the gift certificate. Still waiting on my "free guitar" since I did pay $30 shipping for that. I bring up the scam on his FB page once in awhile, but they just seem to ignore it. I haven't bought an album of his since Mafia.

[lepard]

whats this about Zakk Wylde? haven't heard about this scam before. lol

The Scam:
http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Get-Our-F...sin=B000H30BWM

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/357-Cu...-Natura-201565

[Larz]

Is the rust on that bike custom made?

Does Zakk still get threatened for wearing club-like patches by real bikers?

[AAEA]

lol always knew Zakk was a cunt. Fake Viking, Fake biker. just a chump change mutherfucker who jumped on stage with a junkie from the island

[PowerTube]

The story about Bernie Rico Jr scamming people at sevenstring. The thread has more than 5000 posts but worth reading if you have the time:

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/lut...s-ad-free.html

Damn! That's a sad, sad thread and it's amazing that Bernie Rico Jr. isn't in prison.