<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Bc-rich ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/bc-rich Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:44:14 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “After mine was stolen, I didn’t have time to go to the factory, so they just handed me this 10-string”: The 10-string oddity that became one of Joe Perry’s most iconic guitars – even though he hardly played it in Aerosmith ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/joe-perry-bc-rich-bich-10-supreme ydHXf9KpxRd9u6B8WUL2WL Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:44:14 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:45:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was auditioning guitar players. One guy comes in with that turquoise guitar. I looked at it and I thought, ‘That’s my guitar’”: Lita Ford had her prized B.C. Rich Mockingbird stolen – but crossed paths with it in the most bizarre circumstances ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lita-ford-stolen-bc-rich-mockingbird xyoEF6iX7CrpsxFHfpZATJ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 07:17:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I never segued from that SG. It just doesn’t happen. It’s like an old pair of jeans”: Why Lita Ford is still partial to her Runaways-era Gibson SG – despite wielding B.C. Rich guitars for decades ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-lita-ford-is-still-partial-to-her-runaways-era-gibson-sg LhJTafregMxduyPLFgdUGG Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:27:50 +0000 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:56:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Back then, I was pretty much a nobody, so Gibson sold it to me at cost!" Slash's 5 most iconic guitars, in his own words ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/slashs-5-most-iconic-guitars-in-his-own-words wHdbywQvzHsckaYNo8rz7Q Thu, 04 Sep 2025 16:05:28 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:01:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Something that really blows my mind is that before Wet Leg, Rhian didn’t know how to play guitar”: Wet Leg are one of the hottest indie bands on the planet – but leader Rhian Teasdale couldn’t play guitar until she started the band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/wet-leg-rhian-teasdale-couldnt-play-guitar-until-she-started-the-band bpejgwAzQZCESBrijvawQk Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:21:19 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:22:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He says, ‘Isn’t this a great guitar? I bought it off some guy on the street for 350 bucks’”: How Lita Ford reacted when she came face-to-face with her stolen B.C. Rich Mockingbird – and the only amp she ever returned ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/lita-ford-gear-bought-and-sold bcWcy6WkpvPhLgerqigF7T Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:33:08 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:48:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People are infatuated with heavy solidbody guitars for no real reason. It was a fad, a myth; the more mass, the less it can vibrate and the more the strings have to vibrate, which may be true”: How Rick Derringer helped create the B.C. Rich Stealth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/rick-derringer-bc-rich-stealth u9pJsiQdA3yzkqyE3C2x9M Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:49:38 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:36:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The most symbolic electric guitar of the ’70s”: Played by Rick Derringer and Aerosmith, effortlessly cool, the B.C. Rich Mockingbird was the ultimate ’70s guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/why-the-bc-rich-mockingbird-is-the-ultimate-70s-electric-guitar A8KnG2unk9YkMBV8pFi8SY Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:54:16 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:36:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The decline of America’s biggest guitar companies during the ’70s was essentially a hangover from the over-ambitious reaction to the Beatlemania-inspired guitar boom of the ’60s”: Why the ’70s was a time of innovation and folly for guitar gear ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/70s-guitar-gear p8zv2gy62Pp27QEJgu8hmD Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:43:34 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:18:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was in the studio, and the phone rang. It was Lou Reed. I’d never met him. He called me, saying, ‘I saw a picture of you with this guitar…’” Joe Perry on Aerosmith’s roaring ’70s, writing Dream On – and being a B.C. Rich early adopter ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/joe-perry-looks-back-on-aerosmith-in-the-1970s yFP3UBdkbj2bpz52qn852D Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:12:19 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:20:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Me and Dime were tight – but I don’t like the guitars Dime played. A headstock that looks like a baby guitar? I don't need all that real estate”: Kerry King on his personal history with B.C. Rich and ESP – and why he switched to Dean ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kerry-king-on-his-journey-from-bc-rich-to-dean-via-esp-guitars TzUApTCFtRdUyZtJESRsEF Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:37:03 +0000 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:08:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “B.C. Rich guitars were God back then. They weren’t like a Strat or a Les Paul – they were something different. They had so much power”: Lita Ford on her trailblazing guitar journey – and that time she nearly joined Led Zeppelin ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/lita-ford-2024-interview QaZ5tyxGkPgNY29EZGZfjS Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:36:55 +0000 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:02:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-james-bc-rich-assassin-signature-guitar 6KMjjwDxzqgS7RZGFeLC5C Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:32:36 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:36:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ 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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bc-rich-five-finger-death-punch-andy-james-assassin CYaxHPShDpxYYVn4yj2Seb Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:13:58 +0000 Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:17:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ The B.C. Rich x Stranger Things Warlock is this year's gnarliest guitar collab ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bc-rich-stranger-things-warlock B73SaKLwTyatdECsyrDYFZ Mon, 30 May 2022 16:20:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ B.C. Rich honors “musical innovator” Chuck Schuldiner with new Stealth signature model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/bc-rich-chuck-schuldiner BqYMiY5LkAhek85zw5DGCm Mon, 17 May 2021 15:04:54 +0000 Mon, 17 May 2021 15:11:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Phoebe Bridgers confirms pointy guitars aren’t just for metal with surprise BC Rich Warlock performance ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-confirms-pointy-guitars-arent-just-for-metal-with-surprise-bc-rich-warlock-performance phBM2vUzVRvAHrhMwZn5VF Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:37:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Geezer Butler recalls the B.C. Rich bass so sharp it cut his thumb open at Live Aid ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/geezer-butler-recalls-the-bc-rich-bass-so-sharp-it-cut-open-his-thumb-at-live-aid xsYTWb4aoGreWUJt4SdJTR Tue, 05 May 2020 16:24:05 +0000 Wed, 06 May 2020 10:34:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kerry King Demos His New B.C. Rich KKW30 Signature Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/kerry-king-demos-his-new-bc-rich-kkw30-signature-guitar cRYF4kaV7hZ5gRczfEoLtZ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:25:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Slash’s Long-Lost Guitar Used to Write Early Guns N’ Roses Hits Is Going to Auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/slashs-long-lost-guitar-used-write-early-guns-n-roses-hits-going zJZMbqgg8SJhL5hcM5H6s4 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:57:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Review: B.C. Rich MK5 Warlock Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/review-bc-rich-mk5-warlock-guitar jZfYoJYpWaJLc6e9U2Tp5F Tue, 21 Jun 2016 17:01:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ NAMM 2016: B.C. Rich Announces U.S.A. Custom Shop Staff ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/namm-2016-bc-rich-announces-usa-custom-shop-staff BAXBwmwdUdAPtDXn68Xyc5 Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:35:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ NAMM 2015: Acoustic Nation's Top Picks from the NAMM Show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/acoustic-nation/namm-2015-acoustic-nations-top-picks-namm-show drggfFauQBTmfoPLLMUJG3 Sun, 01 Feb 2015 23:29:40 +0000 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:03:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Review: B.C. Rich Mockingbird STQ Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/review-bc-rich-mockingbird-stq-guitar QMGAiADg67ShjD62NDjNNM Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:58:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Review: B.C. Rich S.S. SBO Steve Smyth Signature Bich ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/review-bc-rich-ss-sbo-steve-smyth-signature-bich qL5D2aJ6P7DtaVAwkWWfvb Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:51:01 +0000