lol ok
pour la finition du corps ==> ouais c récent ça a l'air mais le floyd est pas d'origine, c'est un FLOYD ROSE ORIGINAL
et j'ai reçu un mail de BcRich
That is an early import (Japanese or Korean, NJ stands for Nagoya, Japan) Or
it was made by Class Axe. It is not in our handcrafted serial number logs.
We have no records of early Asian imports. Class Axe built all B.C.Rich
guitars from 1989 to 1993 and all their production records were destroyed in
a flood. Unfortunately, I am not sure of all the differences, particularly
the body wood, pickups, scale length, hardware, electronics, etc. It is
probably very similar to our current Platinum Series guitars & basses, but
there are going to be differences in parts, since a different factory now
makes our imported models. HHI, INC. acquired B.C.Rich in January of 2000.
The Class Axe guitars are not all made in Japan. They did make some USA made
guitars & basses. If the guitar says USA on the HEADSTOCK then it's American
Made. There are some NJ and Platinum models from the Class Axe era with "LA
California" or "New Jersey, USA" on the NECK PLATE, these were made in
Nagoya, Japan or in South Korea. However, there are some with the New Jersey
and/or LA California neck plates that also have Made in USA on the headstock,
and those were made in the in America.
Class Axe
In 1987 Rico entered into a marketing agreement with a company from New
Jersey called Class Axe which allowed them to market and distribute the Rave,
Platinum and NJ Series guitars.
The 1987 B.C. Rich catalog produced by Class Axe included the Platinum
Ironbird, Bich, Warlock and Virgin guitars and basses. The Virgin was sort of
a hybrid with a Warlock upper bout and a bell-shaped rounded lower bout
designed by Class Axe in conjunction with Neal Moser. The NJ Series in that
catalog included the Warlock, the ST superstrat and the Outlaw, which has
become basically a Gunslinger with a reverse headstock. Also in the NJ Series
were the ST, Mockingbird, Bich, Ironbird and Warlock which were built in
Japan and assembled in California.
In 1988 Rico licensed the Rave and Platinum names to Class Act, and they
essentially took over importing, marketing and distributing the foreign-made
lines.
Vacation
The following year, in 1989, one of the Partners in Class Axe, Randy Waltuch,
made Bernie Rico a very generous offer to license the name B.C. Rich. After
almost three decades of continuous guitar-making, the idea of a well-paid
vacation without worrying about the rent sounded good, and Rico licensed the
B.C. Rich name to the new outfit for a three year period, during which time
American-made B.C. Riches were made in New Jersey. From 1990 to 1993, Bernie
Rico had no control over B.C. Rich guitars, although he continued to own the
name.
Back home again
In 1993 the B.C. Rich name reverted back to Bernie Rico, and he was happily
again at work at his drill press making B.C. Rich guitars, which began to be
offered in the Fall of 1994.
Autrement dit, soit elle est récente, soit elle est de 93 et c'est une Class Axe. Si c'est le cas je fonce direct... sinon bah 750 euros c un peu cher....
