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Old 2004-10-05, 22:01
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B. C. Rich/Rico

I am currently looking at guitars on eBay, and have come across Mockingbirds made by a man named Bernie Rico. I don't know much about these guitars, but I have heard that the early 80's B. C. Rico Mockingbirds are far better and better-made than the newer B. C. Rich NJ and Platinum models. And BLS keeps drilling into my head that Kahler's piss all over Floyd Roses. Any thoughts, input?

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...3752336335&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...me=STRK:MEWA:IT


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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...3752636407&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...3752713691&rd=1


btw, what Mockingbirds did Kerry and Mille used to play?
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Old 2004-10-05, 22:32
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id say that they are better made good luck finding em i want a 80's stealth that will take YEARS of searching

btw the way you said it makes me think you dont know who bernie rico is, he was the old owner of bc rich, i belive his sone owns it now

by kerry you mean kerry king right? and who is mille?
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Old 2004-10-05, 22:34
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and who is mille?


hes going to feed you to the dogs for that
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Old 2004-10-05, 23:40
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and who is mille?


You bastard.
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Old 2004-10-05, 23:41
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well you not telling me doesnt fucking help now does it
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Old 2004-10-05, 23:48
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I'm going to reinforce BLS a say Kahler's ass rape any floyd bridge. They are the only trem I use on guitar. I buy them when I can, guitars with them, or I will just get a guitar with a fixed bridge instead, but no floyd's for me.
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Old 2004-10-05, 23:58
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well you not telling me doesnt fucking help now does it


Miland "Mille" Petrozza- Vocalist and lead guitar for Kreator. just about my favorite band.
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Old 2004-10-06, 01:42
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Mille is jesus in my metal pantheon, he owns my soul.....
 
Old 2004-10-06, 11:28
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Old 2004-10-06, 14:36
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Ive think ive heard of bernie rico, if im correct he could be the owner of a shop down in las vegas, if it is then ive heard this guy is a stuck up piece of shit. Atleast when my freind went to his shop when he was down there he met the guy and said he was really anal about his guitars compared to everyone else's and how his are the best, he was trash talkin companies like gibson and jackson, i dont know for sure what else he said, ill have to ask my freind.
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Old 2004-10-06, 18:13
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That sounds more like Ed Roman, the owner of Ed Roman's World Class Guitars, who has a reputation for being a complete dick. He's got a large shop in Vegas, and a website full of shit talking, how everyone else but his own custom made guitars suck. Bernie Rico Sr (the original dude who made the guitars) is dead, I think. His son, Bernie Rico Jr, has his own guitars, Bernie Junior. You can find info on him here, I don't think Rico's are your boys:
http://www.ricojrguitars.com/home.html
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ed roman is the man. his opinions rule. www.edromansguitars.com
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Old 2004-10-07, 02:32
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Fuck Ed Roman Fuck that slimy fucking fucker right in the fucking ear with one of his not-the-shit-and-expensive guitars shaped like a giant fucking penis. He thinks he is cool, but he's just a scared little man.
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Old 2004-10-07, 02:34
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hes got nice guitars but he can shove that wangcaster straight up his arse!
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Old 2004-10-07, 02:36
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Haha, I almost forgot about the wangcaster But ED knows what to do with it
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Old 2004-10-07, 13:56
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That sounds more like Ed Roman, the owner of Ed Roman's World Class Guitars, who has a reputation for being a complete dick. He's got a large shop in Vegas, and a website full of shit talking, how everyone else but his own custom made guitars suck. Bernie Rico Sr (the original dude who made the guitars) is dead, I think. His son, Bernie Rico Jr, has his own guitars, Bernie Junior. You can find info on him here, I don't think Rico's are your boys:
http://www.ricojrguitars.com/home.html

Yea, Yea thats who i was thinking of, I got majorly mixed up between ed and bernie for some retarted reason.
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Old 2004-10-07, 20:33
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yeah, i've read some of Ed Roman's reviews, and he is a real bung-hole. C'mon, anyone else gonna make any suggestions between new/old BC Riches???
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Old 2004-10-07, 22:07
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I like the older ones myself. I'm sure B.C. Rich makes a fine guitar today but its gonna cost major$$$$$$. Most of the stock guitars they mave been making lately are worthless due to the fuck'dup bridges on them.
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Old 2004-10-07, 22:10
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BUY IT NOW!!!

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Old 2004-10-08, 15:33
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This looks okay to me-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...me=STRK:MEWA:IT

This looks alright, but a little beat

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...me=STRK:MEWA:IT

I will probably buy the warlock
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Old 2004-10-08, 17:02
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Hells yea Dude. Both of those are nice guitars and very well priced as both have Kahlers on them. If I could afford the first one I might get it over the second.
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Old 2004-10-08, 18:10
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Hell yeah, the Kahlers. I was wondering why the hell was the Warlock going for so cheap, all well, guess I will just have to buy it...

He said the action was 3/32 of an inch at high E 24th fret, is that a good height or no?
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Old 2004-10-08, 18:50
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Thats about right but string hight is measured at the 12th fret. I keep mine at a standard medium hight of 5/64 off the low strings and trapper down to 3/64 at the high strings; all off the 12th fret of course and I keep a bow between 1/64 to 1/32 ( thats like 3/128 ).
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Old 2004-10-08, 19:10
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Guitar Demon, First of all, I happened to take a huge chance on buying a stealth from a guy in the states off ebay. I never tried one before or even saw one first hand until I received it. Yes, it is extremely rare to find them for sale. I would say that I have only seen two up for auction on ebay in more than a year and I bought one of them. Good luck with the search and if you have any questions about the stealth, i'm your man. BTW: it's an '84. The house of guitars in new york had one the last time I checked but it was a natural finish for about 3K.

Second: I just came from a guitar shop in town and they had two mockingbirds there. I tried them both out. One was a natural finish neck thru and the second had a "gunslinger" purple solid coat. Both were made in the 80's and they were a little pricey and beat up. Felt good to play and the both had a "wider than a strat" neck radius.

Thirdly: Bernie Rico was the man behind B.C. Rich. The American made ones are really good quality guitars. All these platinum and NJ ones are lower end stuff. BC Rich, I believe, closed down it's florida location and are completely set up in Cincinnati now.
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Old 2004-10-10, 19:49
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A question about Kahlers...
If I was to buy this guitar-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...mMakeTrack=true

Would a kahler bolt on after some drilling, or does the body have to be cut out like a guitar with a floyd rose?
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Old 2004-10-10, 20:01
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Needs routing...

check the pdf file I attached
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seems as if that file doesn't work for me... :/
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Old 2004-10-10, 20:51
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you dopnt have adobe reader??

jesus christ man i thought every computer had that http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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Old 2004-10-10, 21:07
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Thanks man.
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