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Lita Ford on why B.C. Rich guitars “were God” – and that time she nearly joined Led Zeppelin
By Andrew Daly published
Ever since she lied about her age to save for her first electric guitar, Lita Ford has been all about lead and leading. She looks back at life-changing encounters with Tony Iommi and Ritchie Blackmore, and explains why Kemper profiling is like “putting a Rolls Royce into a Volkswagen body”

“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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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.
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