Best metal guitars 2024: hell-raising electrics for shredders on any budget By Jonathan Horsley last updated 23 January 24 From extended-range guitars to Flying Vs, here's our pick of killer metal guitars from Jackson, ESP, Ibanez, and more
“Go into your local shop and pick one up… just try not to kill anyone with it”: How Five Finger Death Punch’s Andy James made one of the most dangerous signature guitars of all time By Amit Sharma published 31 October 23 Now armed with the B.C. Rich Assassin and its lethal Pitchfork headstock, the British shredder reveals what made him jump ship from Kiesel and ESP Guitars, what his last-minute FFDP initiation was really like, and why he couldn’t find any tube amps that “sounded as good and dependable as the Kemper”
B.C. Rich adds Five Finger Death Punch's Andy James to its artist roster – and his first signature guitar is one seriously dangerous metal machine By Matt Owen published 29 September 23 Lord have mercy on anyone who crosses the path of Andy James and the Pitchfork headstock of his Assassin signature guitar
The B.C. Rich x Stranger Things Warlock is this year's gnarliest guitar collab By Matt Owen published 30 May 22 The Netflix-approved limited-edition arrives in Relic Crackle or Liquid Black, and features a Hellfire Club-embossed neck plate and Stranger Things logo-adorned control cavity cover
B.C. Rich honors “musical innovator” Chuck Schuldiner with new Stealth signature model By Sam Roche published 17 May 21 The new guitar is a recreation of the Death guitarist's single-pickup, neck-through Stealth model
Phoebe Bridgers confirms pointy guitars aren’t just for metal with surprise BC Rich Warlock performance By Michael Astley-Brown published 11 September 20 Indie star wrings crystalline open-tuned cleans from none-more-metal guitar at Visible’s Red Rocks Unpaused show
Geezer Butler recalls the B.C. Rich bass so sharp it cut his thumb open at Live Aid By Richard Bienstock published 5 May 20 "I could hardly play the bloody thing," laments the Black Sabbath bassist
Kerry King Demos His New B.C. Rich KKW30 Signature Guitar By Guitar World Staff published 12 September 17 B.C. Rich recently unveiled the KKW30 Kerry King Signature guitar, and we’re happy to bring you a demo video featuring none other than King himself.
Slash’s Long-Lost Guitar Used to Write Early Guns N’ Roses Hits Is Going to Auction By Christopher Scapelliti published 10 October 16 The long-lost B.C. Rich Warlock with which Slash wrote many of Guns N’ Roses’ earliest hits has been discovered and placed up for auction.
Review: B.C. Rich MK5 Warlock Guitar By Chris Gill published 21 June 16 As a result of a licensing agreement they signed with Hanser Music Group for the B.C. Rich brand, Praxis has introduced an entirely new line of B.C. Rich guitars and basses for 2016.
NAMM 2016: B.C. Rich Announces U.S.A. Custom Shop Staff By Guitar World Staff published 18 January 16
NAMM 2015: Acoustic Nation's Top Picks from the NAMM Show By Laura B. Whitmore published 1 February 15
Review: B.C. Rich Mockingbird STQ Guitar By Chris Gill, Video by Paul Riario published 19 June 13 The following content is related to the August 2013 issue of Guitar World. For the full range of interviews, features, tabs and more, pick up the new issue on newsstands now, or in our online store.