Finally found the time to grab the soldering iron - the wiring was shot on this one and the bridge pickup was dying too, so I replaced it with a brand new Epiphone SG pickup.
B.C. Rich Mockingbird in "Dragon Blood" (ha!).
Mahogany body with a quilted maple veneer - "only for the show" one might say.
Creme binding around the curved body.
Maple bolt-on neck with rosewood fretboard and nice cloud inlays.
Looks hot and best of all - sounds great too! Not quite a dragon's roar but appropriately heavy.
I altered the switching, B.C. Rich likes to do the controls in a rather unorthodox way and at least for me it's quite hard to remember in "the heat of a dragon battle".
Originally it goes like this: There's the volume for the bridge pickup up front, followed by the toggle switch, then the volume for the neck pup and the a master tone pot.
I changed it to a master volume for both pickups, then toggle, then tone controls for each pickup.
I like to use the middle position on the toggle switch and this configuration simply made more sense to me personally.
Originally it goes like this: There's the volume for the bridge pickup up front, followed by the toggle switch, then the volume for the neck pup and the a master tone pot.
I changed it to a master volume for both pickups, then toggle, then tone controls for each pickup.
I like to use the middle position on the toggle switch and this configuration simply made more sense to me personally.
Tuning is Drop - D.
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