Here’s the second in a series of posts about a vintage B. Rico flamenco guitar from 1970… “Rico” as in Rich, and “B” as in “BC”… Bernardo Chavez Rico… BC Rich.
Here we’ve removed the top. It was a little nasty, but the sides are untouched and re-binding will turn out well.
I believe this guitar was made by Bernie himself. He was a known flamenco player, a known builder of flamenco guitars, and he’d been building guitars out of his father’s shop for a decade by 1970, the date on this label.
It’s also around this time he started doing more with steel strings and adopting the name change for the brand. Just as he and his father were starting to see more popularity with electric solid body guitars, it’s said that his father was also producing guitars with builders from Paracho, but that was supposedly in the 50’s and early 60’s.
This guitar was made one year after Bernie made his first electric. And this is one of the last nylon guitars with the original name from his original shop in East Los Angeles.
Bernie saw it coming and he was perfectly positioned for the rock and metal scenes that dominated the late 70s and early 80s. B.C. Rich became a huge name brand in the world of guitars.
Anyway, we’re doing a full re-top on this guitar and bringing it back to life. To learn how this all got started, go visit the last post about this.
We have a nice cedar top prepped and seamed. Almost ready to install the prefab rosette from @luthiersmerchantile
Go check us out @solsticeguitars if you’re interested in custom #acoustic and #electric #handcrafted #guitars!
Interested in this guitar? Keep following us here and message me when it’s ready for sale!
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Any harmonica players out there? I’m clearing out some old inventory.
1 nice Blues Harp in A
1 Old Standby harp in E
Both for $40. (that’s $10 off the Blues Harp and a free Old Standby.)
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Not the worst fret wear I’ve seen by far. But here you go. Get your #frets done. Your guitar and your #fingers will thank you.
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The new shop is almost up and running! Now taking appointments for repairs... currently booked through June 5th.
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#cleaned up and #shielded with a couple #mods.
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More #saddle slot routing. I love re-intonating #acoustic #guitars. This beautiful guitar has a finished bridge. So I plugged the slot with ebony, made sure the plug was a little low, then filled and finished over first with @gluboost CA glue. It’s sanded to 220 right now then I buffed it out after routing.
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#vintage #pickguard #cracking... a common problem in old Martin #guitars.
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First look at the 1956 @martinguitar D-18. Now ready and available. More info about the reconditioning process on our website soon. .
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Have you ever seen a Kamaka @kamakahawaii guitar before? Me neither! This is a very unique old instrument.
Every once in awhile we use the #CNC machine for precision pickup routing when it’s not a standard #template. This is a #7-string in need of a middle #humbucker to make it extra 🤘🏻
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Here’s something I didn’t mention. That @collingsguitars D1 in the last post has a K&K bridge plate #transducer #pickup. This made the bridge reglue a little more involved than normal. I had to make a #custom clamping caul for inside to avoid the pickup heads and to get proper clamping #pressure. #loothin
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Here’s the #wacky #clamping on the Martin with the tricky compression cracking. (See previous post.)
I injected glue with my needle from the inside, between the block and the top, and got the crack set at the same time.
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Tricky #bridge reglue on @collingsguitars D1... turned out perfect.
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Replaced the #bridge on this 70’s D-28-S. I always re-rout saddle slots after gluing a new bridge so I can spec out the #intonation #perfectly on the individual instrument first. •
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Check out this #old label. These frets are basically flat with the fingerboard. They’re tearing out pretty bad, but we’re #gettingthere ... it will clean up just fine.
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We’ve had a few Taylor customers who wanted a different pickup from the stock ES. I’ve now wired various systems into the existing power supply output unit. The Taylor units with 9V compartments are especially convenient to wire up with most other systems. •
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