This would be really cool as a series in addition to the cheap amazon guitars and leo jaymz kits series - finding ultra cheap pawn shop guitars and bringing them back to life!
I bought a Bronze Series Mockingbird on sale to have as a backup back in like 2000 maybe 2001, with a proper set up it became my main guitar for a while. I eventually replaced the bridge and the tuners and I still use it.
I just got a Westcreek Revenge guitar and it's solid ,I just replaced the strings to DR strings and it plays great with low string action out of the box!!! I will replace the turners to Planet Waves locking tuners to improve the tuning stability, the stock humbuckers Rock!!!
Y'all bless so many people with just your video content alone, and then you physically give the fruits of your labor. God bless you and your family, Sean and Cathy. Y'all are awesome folks 👏 🙌 🙏
I saw an early vid off your channel where put a purple-ish top on an LP Special II or some epi junker and made it so killer it was astonishing. But the best part was when you gave it to the guy. That reaction, right there, THAT'S your money maker!! More of THAT PLEASE! Can't wait to see the next vid on this reveal. You are a godsend, bro. Thanks for the channel and all you do. I have learned so much from you. That's enough Lip Flappin'. Peace
What’s up Sean!!! Been watching your channel for a while and I am a subscriber… first time I’ve commented and to heck with your trolls you have the right attitude love it!!! The fret file in the reciprocating saw… FREAKIN’ EPIC!!! Anyway big fan and keep up the cool work!!!
Bc rich never really had that much prominence, basically just shitty garage bands. Most real bands played Kramer and Dean before the Japanese brands took over.
@@Rob-fn1lm "junk" is inside double quotation marks to signify it is being used in a manner contrary to its meaning, I was echoing Sean's comments about people calling it a junk guitar, if I thought BC Rich guitars were junk I would plainly say so.
Oh so that’s the one you picked up by Brad! I’d say that’s well worth $50 bucks! I just don’t wanna know where the guitar has been, but you cleaned it up and brought it some new life. Nice save!
People love to hate the BC Rich Bronze series. I think it's nice and for 50 bucks I would buy these all day long even without upgrading the pick ups these can be made to play great with a little tweaking. My first experience with BC Rich was ages ago when my son wanted a Warlock. Guitar Center had starter packs Guitar, Amp, picks,strap, cord etc. When he opened it Christmas of course he was as happy as a kid could be he didn't even want to open his other gifts. After we did the whole Christmas Morning thing I let him take it out fool around with it. Of course it was not set up properly. I took it replaced the strings and set it up properly. I was amazed how well it played and how good it sounded especially with the small practice amp that came with it. I have probably a dozen BC Rich guitars in my collection now and only because I thought if they could build an entry level guitar that was dam decent their other stuff had to be good. My first BC Rich was the Beast and after that I grabbed one of the other models all pre owned most with a Floyd dirt cheap because people just didn't know how to set them up properly or didn't want to spend the dough to have a shop do it.
Bronze Series Mocking Bird is one of the affordable guitars in the B. C. Rich catalog, and it features the stripped down styling combined with low-cost tone woods. This six-string comes with a solid, single-cut agathis body (agathis is a substitute wood used throughout the industry for the affordable and beginner's guitars), bolt-on neck, 25-1/2" scale and 24-fret fingerboard.
You turned that into a great guitar instead of just a good one, as usual. I love the B.C. Rich guitars. Always wanted one in the 80's. Like CC Deville. I had a couple of strats back then.
Great video as always Sean, you have given me the knowledge and the confidence to work on my own guitars, one of these days I'm going to send you one that I rebuilt,( maybe an old peavey) just so you can see how much you are helping people,thank you Sean
Yeah! That’s a great score especially for that price. I’ve got several that all have a special place in my heart. Charvel Rhodes, Epiphone Les Paul, Fender Telecaster. Love them all. I do have one I bought in 1987. It’s a Yamaha RGX 112. It was brand new,first thing I ever financed. It’s been through the ruts. It’s rough, but I could never sell it. I think I was 20 years old when I picked it up. They all hold a different time period in my life.
My 2 favorite guitars I own are my Johnson del mar js-800 I got for $77 and my Epiphone Les Paul Jr I got for $70. The Johnson has been fully rebuilt, fret level, rolled fretboard, tusq nut, new pickups and a Wilkinson tremolo. Plays just as good as any Fender I've played. On the Jr I switched the humbucker for a P90. Two great guitars with upgrades for less than $500!
I had one of those way way way back in the day and remember it didn’t play so well. I’ve learned so much recently about guitar set up from your channel and some others. I wish I could get my hands on it again and show it some love the way you did this one
My brother in law has one of those a buddy gave him. Saw it last year when I went to see him for his birthday. I pimped a Squire Sonic Tele for him. Perhaps I now have to pimp his Mocking Bird… Thanks for the video Sean!
I have 3 USA made BC Rich guitars (an Eagle and 2 Warlocks) from the 1980s still up at my mother's house. I haven't looked at them for many many years (over 30 at least). I remember they had DiMarzio pickups fitted in them. I never changed them, they sounded vicious.
I had a 2003 BC Rich Body Arts V with the skull and flames I purchased for $200 used in 2004. I was a really kickass guitar after the upgrades. Wish I would have kept it.
When I see that B.C. Rich, it reminds me of my best $50 find. The main reason I don't have it on my lap right now is that I need to replace the output jack. I replaced everything but the pickups on that bad boy, and it was my first mod project, so it DEFINITELY belongs in Scarred Nation! I don't like the fact that it has only 21 frets, or that it has a vintage-style six screw vibe, OR that it's sorta fugly😆 -- but the price was too right to pass up, and the pickups wound up sounding so good that I HAD to leave them in, cheap ceramics or not! I'm strictly amateur night compared to you, Sean (I don't run a shop!), but I think you'd like this one. And if not, it's MINE!😆 Oh, and if I'd somehow seen that Rich before you, you would NEVER have seen it!‼
Hey Sean, you ought to try the Lizard Spit scratch remover on that guitar, stuff works wonders. I always just hand buff it out but It'd be interesting to see you take the buffer to it. You've got a great channel here, it's become one of my fave's now. Keep up the great work folk's!
The cheapest I've paid for a brand name guitar was $100 for a 1985 Schecter Mercury lawsuit guitar with a Fender hardshell case. It had all original parts on it. The only thing wrong with it was the piece that the tremolo arm screwed into was broken. Didn't need neck adjustments or fret levelling at all.
I am not familiar with this brand, but it looks cool. I agree it doesn't matter what shape it's in. People pay good money for that relic look. Just need a good cleaning and fix any issues that it has. I think it's a good find. Note: I am on the West Coast, so I usually do not see the videos until 3 hours after you post them.
Always keep the Chiclet caps! I bought my first Duncan pickup in the form of a Hot Stack Tele for $60 off FB marketplace that needed new output wire so not did I replace the wire, I wired it in series and loaded it in my Tele and it's a HOT hottie! As for the Mockingbird, them Duncans make em make it happen!
I have the Warlock bronze series. Black, just like that one. I think it’s a 1996. Wife bought it for me. Changed the hardware to all black. So its black on black. Looks killer. I gotta say, the neck is f’n sweet! Better than my Les Paul necks easy. Want to upgrade the pickups but still don’t think I fully understand it.
$50.00 is a killer price for that at a pawn shop. I never seen a fret job done that way, but if it actually worked? Well hot damn. Your friend has a good buddy.
I actually have one of these guitars it was given to me as a gift , I decided to sculpt the back of the body and switch to grommets and get rid of the neck plate Turns out mine is a plywood body ... I made it work though ,
The fretboard crud on this was like the $ 85 ESP LTD guitar, needed a little scraping with a razor to just get the crud off. This one needed the electronics replaced, would've been neat to see or hear the DCR on the BC Rich pickups, even though they were getting replaced with the SD's. They might've even sounded pretty good for a $ 50 guitar that needed the extra work this one did.. The ESP appeared to need less, $ 35 of parts & labor on this one. They're probably $ 200-350 preowned guitars if they are what Reverb would call Fair or relatively better shape ?
Reverb has a B.C. Rich Mockingbird Bronze Series MG-5T/BK HH - Black in Fair shape $ 340 list price, $ 65 S&H. +/-$ 400. Definitely doesn't have SD's in it. I think for $ 50 & your parts & labor, you ended up with another excellent guitar for the investment. Not sure what the SD's priced out at off ebay. Gut feel is those are a excellent find though too. And you're right, the best preowned guitars are the one's you get for less than your half of the dinner date these days & put a little effort into to make a pretty good guitar come back to life. Bones are good, the rest of it falls into place, replace what is broken, play on with what isn't. Who knows the entire guitar may eventually end up as complete refurbish. I love sub $ 100 instruments, the notes & chords are in all included, a hit maker in every one of them, just have to become that accomplished as a player that it doesn't matter what you pick up, somebody's either gonna love or hate the noises coming out of it.
i picked up an 03 bronze series warlock for 75$ off marketplace, and it is an absolute shredder. literally mind blown. ugly yes, but very very capable beautiful sounding guitar
What a bargain! I've always been a fan of the Mockingbird shape - unique but not as extreme as the other BC Rich guitars like the Warlock, Bich etc. I could see myself repainting it though - I've always wanted an 80's style guitar with a crackle paint finish. Multi-colour underneath with a black crackle over the top. Or do the thing with liquid detergent and spray regular black over it. Also learned something watching this - the heat gun to fix warped pickup rings (going to use that one) and the reciprocating saw with the fret crowning file on it. (Probably not as I'd probably mess that one up BAD)
I used to play one of those in the studio. I see a diamond in the rough! Once you set it up you will like it! I have been scouring the pawn shop for a carcass for my Cathybuckers!
I've learnt so much from you Shaun. Thanks for helping me to get my junk $100 strats playing like Fender Custom shop relic guitars. Your low-cost practical modding tips have helped me to set up and make my Epiphone Spealcal 2 and JR amazing. I never thought of drilling through like that before, neat modders trick. I bought a 92 Samick arch top LP body for $100AU, and I've got some BC Rich pickups for $35 AUD, too. Can't wait to plug it into my Peavey 112 Studio Pro once it's all soldered together. And that's enough flip flappin.
I love pawn shop guitars, back when I could see I used to rescue a bunch of Strats. Basically like a basket case bike! I look at it like you do rescue one from a pawn shop. Back in the 70s I had a bunch of box specials. It’s really fun! You done great there,!
The bronze series BC Rich was their affordable line kine of like the Dean x series They were decent quality, I would have liked to see you refinish the mahogany body so you could see the grain Gonna be a great gift for your friend
Awesome find and restore, Sean! Of course now, EVERYBODY and their Grandma is gonna raid the Pawn Shops and empty the inventory of cheap axes for a while! Now, hears my question: Did ya happen to get a meter read on the original BC Rich pickups? Inquiring minds wanna know...
DUNLOP also makes good guitar picks. When I played a lot of acoustic, I had a DUNLOP thumb pick. ☺ That reminds me of a joke that I heard from my friend in Alabama: "Billy Bob drinks so much beer that his belly DUNLOP over his belt buckle!" 😂
I fixed a old slivertone guitar i got from the goodwill its from the 70 i was told The volume knob was broken off I ordered parts from eBay Its plays now
I love the BC Rich Mockingbird. I'm an SG guy and the Mockingbird, to me, is very much like an SG. $50 bucks is a sweet deal. I'd jump on it too. They're selling online for $150 on up to almost $800 for the bronze series BCR MB.
No, I don't know who you're giving that Mockingbird to, but I'm hoping it's Trey Shreddings. That's because after he gets it, I'd like to see (and hear) him shred it!🤘
For fifty notes and a bit of effort and some additional money on the pickups, that's a great guitar. Not my own personal taste, but someone's gonna love that thing. Great job.
Thanks for reminding us what a Guitar Wizard you Truly are. Some of my best Guitars and Gear came from garage sales, swap meets, and of course....the Pawn Shop. Also Known as...the Land of Misfit Toys in this reality. Thank you and your ever-present camera operator..❤❤❤
I love pawnshop guitars. That's where 90% of my favorites came from.
Love watching you bring these guitars to life.
This would be really cool as a series in addition to the cheap amazon guitars and leo jaymz kits series - finding ultra cheap pawn shop guitars and bringing them back to life!
I agree
I bought a Bronze Series Mockingbird on sale to have as a backup back in like 2000 maybe 2001, with a proper set up it became my main guitar for a while. I eventually replaced the bridge and the tuners and I still use it.
I just got a Westcreek Revenge guitar and it's solid ,I just replaced the strings to DR strings and it plays great with low string action out of the box!!! I will replace the turners to Planet Waves locking tuners to improve the tuning stability, the stock humbuckers Rock!!!
I have been at the guitar for over 40 years and Indonesian guitars always seem to turn out great.
Awesome video. I had an early 90's BC Rich Warlock bronze series and the body was plywood.
That turned out nice! I am a Mockingbird fan I have three of them. I saw this hanging up on the wall on your last video. Very cool!
Y'all bless so many people with just your video content alone, and then you physically give the fruits of your labor. God bless you and your family, Sean and Cathy. Y'all are awesome folks 👏 🙌 🙏
I saw an early vid off your channel where put a purple-ish top on an LP Special II or some epi junker and made it so killer it was astonishing. But the best part was when you gave it to the guy. That reaction, right there, THAT'S your money maker!! More of THAT PLEASE! Can't wait to see the next vid on this reveal.
You are a godsend, bro. Thanks for the channel and all you do. I have learned so much from you. That's enough Lip Flappin'.
Peace
What’s up Sean!!! Been watching your channel for a while and I am a subscriber… first time I’ve commented and to heck with your trolls you have the right attitude love it!!! The fret file in the reciprocating saw… FREAKIN’ EPIC!!! Anyway big fan and keep up the cool work!!!
I buy large cans of naptha to clean guitars. Super cheap for the amount you get and works a treat too.
Hey Sean! Nice to see you.
Hey Roy!
I'd jump on it too! If I had it spare!
Well done and interesting rehab of a used guitar. You need to add skull tuning heads to complete the effect.
In the 80s through the early 90s,BC Rich was the METAL🤘 GUITAR!! Jackson took over.
ESP and Ibanez also took over
Bc rich never really had that much prominence, basically just shitty garage bands. Most real bands played Kramer and Dean before the Japanese brands took over.
Morbid Angel was better than most 80s bands
Even in the late 70s!
I remember seeing pictures of Joe Perry & others holding that really cool BC Rich with the 10 strings & 1,000 knobs! 😂
Sweet! You turned that $50 "junk" into a playable guitar. Nice work, as always.
Hardly a piece of junk they play nice once sorted
@@Rob-fn1lm "junk" is inside double quotation marks to signify it is being used in a manner contrary to its meaning, I was echoing Sean's comments about people calling it a junk guitar, if I thought BC Rich guitars were junk I would plainly say so.
@@Roy_Gaber a misunderstanding on my part
This is my favorite guitar channel
Thanks. We work hard and that means a lot!
Oh so that’s the one you picked up by Brad! I’d say that’s well worth $50 bucks! I just don’t wanna know where the guitar has been, but you cleaned it up and brought it some new life. Nice save!
People love to hate the BC Rich Bronze series. I think it's nice and for 50 bucks I would buy these all day long even without upgrading the pick ups these can be made to play great with a little tweaking. My first experience with BC Rich was ages ago when my son wanted a Warlock. Guitar Center had starter packs Guitar, Amp, picks,strap, cord etc. When he opened it Christmas of course he was as happy as a kid could be he didn't even want to open his other gifts. After we did the whole Christmas Morning thing I let him take it out fool around with it. Of course it was not set up properly. I took it replaced the strings and set it up properly. I was amazed how well it played and how good it sounded especially with the small practice amp that came with it. I have probably a dozen BC Rich guitars in my collection now and only because I thought if they could build an entry level guitar that was dam decent their other stuff had to be good. My first BC Rich was the Beast and after that I grabbed one of the other models all pre owned most with a Floyd dirt cheap because people just didn't know how to set them up properly or didn't want to spend the dough to have a shop do it.
You shined that bad boy up so good, it was hard to see what you were doing because of the reflections coming off of it!
Bronze Series Mocking Bird is one of the affordable guitars in the B. C. Rich catalog, and it features the stripped down styling combined with low-cost tone woods. This six-string comes with a solid, single-cut agathis body (agathis is a substitute wood used throughout the industry for the affordable and beginner's guitars), bolt-on neck, 25-1/2" scale and 24-fret fingerboard.
BC Rich used to make a model called a "Seagull" , I'd like to see one of those again for sure!
I love the heat gun action!! Nice tip!
I got a Mockingbird arch top and it’s every bit as good as a Les Paul. I got it for $230.
You turned that into a great guitar instead of just a good one, as usual. I love the B.C. Rich guitars. Always wanted one in the 80's. Like CC Deville. I had a couple of strats back then.
Great video as always Sean, you have given me the knowledge and the confidence to work on my own guitars, one of these days I'm going to send you one that I rebuilt,( maybe an old peavey) just so you can see how much you are helping people,thank you Sean
Rock on!
Awesome guitar rescue! I love getting a guitar from a pawn shop and making it mine.
Yeah! That’s a great score especially for that price. I’ve got several that all have a special place in my heart. Charvel Rhodes, Epiphone Les Paul, Fender Telecaster. Love them all. I do have one I bought in 1987. It’s a Yamaha RGX 112. It was brand new,first thing I ever financed. It’s been through the ruts. It’s rough, but I could never sell it. I think I was 20 years old when I picked it up. They all hold a different time period in my life.
That guitar is freaking sick, love the sound of the Seymour’s I think it fits it perfectly. Great Vid, can’t wait to see the surprise
My 2 favorite guitars I own are my Johnson del mar js-800 I got for $77 and my Epiphone Les Paul Jr I got for $70. The Johnson has been fully rebuilt, fret level, rolled fretboard, tusq nut, new pickups and a Wilkinson tremolo. Plays just as good as any Fender I've played. On the Jr I switched the humbucker for a P90. Two great guitars with upgrades for less than $500!
I had one of those way way way back in the day and remember it didn’t play so well. I’ve learned so much recently about guitar set up from your channel and some others. I wish I could get my hands on it again and show it some love the way you did this one
Nice work Sean. As always you make everything better. Another Stellar transformation!!
My brother in law has one of those a buddy gave him. Saw it last year when I went to see him for his birthday. I pimped a Squire Sonic Tele for him. Perhaps I now have to pimp his Mocking Bird… Thanks for the video Sean!
When I think of 5 string guitars, I recall a quote by Keith Richards: 5 strings, 3 notes, 2 hands and 1 asshole
The Skulls was that extra little touch.
Now I don’t know about all that but don’t you touch my scarred guitar!
I think it turned out great. Good job. I bet it was fun too. Someone really played that baby a lot for sure.
BC RICH BIOTCH ❤ Classic! I love to see these pawn budget beauties get a new life.🤘
I have 3 USA made BC Rich guitars (an Eagle and 2 Warlocks) from the 1980s still up at my mother's house. I haven't looked at them for many many years (over 30 at least). I remember they had DiMarzio pickups fitted in them. I never changed them, they sounded vicious.
I had a 2003 BC Rich Body Arts V with the skull and flames I purchased for $200 used in 2004. I was a really kickass guitar after the upgrades. Wish I would have kept it.
When I see that B.C. Rich, it reminds me of my best $50 find. The main reason I don't have it on my lap right now is that I need to replace the output jack. I replaced everything but the pickups on that bad boy, and it was my first mod project, so it DEFINITELY belongs in Scarred Nation! I don't like the fact that it has only 21 frets, or that it has a vintage-style six screw vibe, OR that it's sorta fugly😆 -- but the price was too right to pass up, and the pickups wound up sounding so good that I HAD to leave them in, cheap ceramics or not! I'm strictly amateur night compared to you, Sean (I don't run a shop!), but I think you'd like this one. And if not, it's MINE!😆 Oh, and if I'd somehow seen that Rich before you, you would NEVER have seen it!‼
Hey Sean, you ought to try the Lizard Spit scratch remover on that guitar, stuff works wonders. I always just hand buff it out but It'd be interesting to see you take the buffer to it. You've got a great channel here, it's become one of my fave's now. Keep up the great work folk's!
The cheapest I've paid for a brand name guitar was $100 for a 1985 Schecter Mercury lawsuit guitar with a Fender hardshell case. It had all original parts on it. The only thing wrong with it was the piece that the tremolo arm screwed into was broken. Didn't need neck adjustments or fret levelling at all.
5 strings?!!? Must've been Keith Richard's Mockingbird.
lol for sure.
Nope, just a broken high E string.
Keith would leave off the LOW E for 5-string open-G.
I am not familiar with this brand, but it looks cool. I agree it doesn't matter what shape it's in. People pay good money for that relic look. Just need a good cleaning and fix any issues that it has. I think it's a good find.
Note: I am on the West Coast, so I usually do not see the videos until 3 hours after you post them.
This is an interesting new format, It would have been spectacular to see you negotiating in the pawn shop.
Always keep the Chiclet caps! I bought my first Duncan pickup in the form of a Hot Stack Tele for $60 off FB marketplace that needed new output wire so not did I replace the wire, I wired it in series and loaded it in my Tele and it's a HOT hottie! As for the Mockingbird, them Duncans make em make it happen!
I have the Warlock bronze series. Black, just like that one. I think it’s a 1996. Wife bought it for me. Changed the hardware to all black. So its black on black. Looks killer. I gotta say, the neck is f’n sweet! Better than my Les Paul necks easy. Want to upgrade the pickups but still don’t think I fully understand it.
If That Mockingbird don't Sing....Then my ears must be needing a hearing thing
Haha!!! xD
$50.00 is a killer price for that at a pawn shop. I never seen a fret job done that way, but if it actually worked? Well hot damn. Your friend has a good buddy.
I guess You can polish a turd 😅😂🤣
As Always, Have a Great Week Sean, Cahy, & Everyone SCARRED !!!
Awesome , as usual . Thank you Sean.😊
I actually have one of these guitars it was given to me as a gift , I decided to sculpt the back of the body and switch to grommets and get rid of the neck plate Turns out mine is a plywood body ... I made it work though ,
Reciprocating crowning file!!! 😳
Love the idea of having the fret file on the sawsall
Sean trust me swap the ceramic magnets in those pickups to alnico 5 and you'll be impressed
People don't talk about magnet swapping enough. Cheap and easy way to get some added warmth and clarity to your tone.
I've done it many times on this channel.
We just alike Sean cheap is right up my alley.
The fretboard crud on this was like the $ 85 ESP LTD guitar, needed a little scraping with a razor to just get the crud off. This one needed the electronics replaced, would've been neat to see or hear the DCR on the BC Rich pickups, even though they were getting replaced with the SD's. They might've even sounded pretty good for a $ 50 guitar that needed the extra work this one did.. The ESP appeared to need less, $ 35 of parts & labor on this one. They're probably $ 200-350 preowned guitars if they are what Reverb would call Fair or relatively better shape ?
Reverb has a B.C. Rich Mockingbird Bronze Series MG-5T/BK HH - Black in Fair shape $ 340 list price, $ 65 S&H. +/-$ 400. Definitely doesn't have SD's in it. I think for $ 50 & your parts & labor, you ended up with another excellent guitar for the investment. Not sure what the SD's priced out at off ebay. Gut feel is those are a excellent find though too.
And you're right, the best preowned guitars are the one's you get for less than your half of the dinner date these days & put a little effort into to make a pretty good guitar come back to life. Bones are good, the rest of it falls into place, replace what is broken, play on with what isn't. Who knows the entire guitar may eventually end up as complete refurbish. I love sub $ 100 instruments, the notes & chords are in all included, a hit maker in every one of them, just have to become that accomplished as a player that it doesn't matter what you pick up, somebody's either gonna love or hate the noises coming out of it.
Man, I love a good diamond in the ruff. Thanks for sharing the journey.
Been a BC Rich Mockingbird player since the mid 80s. I'd buy that for 50 bucks all day long.
Killer find!!! A BC for $50 ... I mean c'mon man!!!
i picked up an 03 bronze series warlock for 75$ off marketplace, and it is an absolute shredder. literally mind blown. ugly yes, but very very capable beautiful sounding guitar
I'm not a BC Rich guy, but for $50, I'd pay that any day.
What a bargain! I've always been a fan of the Mockingbird shape - unique but not as extreme as the other BC Rich guitars like the Warlock, Bich etc.
I could see myself repainting it though - I've always wanted an 80's style guitar with a crackle paint finish.
Multi-colour underneath with a black crackle over the top. Or do the thing with liquid detergent and spray regular black over it.
Also learned something watching this - the heat gun to fix warped pickup rings (going to use that one) and the reciprocating saw with the fret crowning file on it. (Probably not as I'd probably mess that one up BAD)
I used to play one of those in the studio. I see a diamond in the rough! Once you set it up you will like it! I have been scouring the pawn shop for a carcass for my Cathybuckers!
I got two bronze series warlocks they got a nice thin fast neck great for shredding
Sean. I don't know why you just don't let me paint some sometimes. I'm only across the Howard Franklin.
I've learnt so much from you Shaun. Thanks for helping me to get my junk $100 strats playing like Fender Custom shop relic guitars. Your low-cost practical modding tips have helped me to set up and make my Epiphone Spealcal 2 and JR amazing.
I never thought of drilling through like that before, neat modders trick.
I bought a 92 Samick arch top LP body for $100AU, and I've got some BC Rich pickups for $35 AUD, too. Can't wait to plug it into my Peavey 112 Studio Pro once it's all soldered together.
And that's enough flip flappin.
I love pawn shop guitars, back when I could see I used to rescue a bunch of Strats. Basically like a basket case bike! I look at it like you do rescue one from a pawn shop. Back in the 70s I had a bunch of box specials. It’s really fun! You done great there,!
Hi Sean! Great work sounds great! Keep up the "Scarred" work!
great purchase. nice updates.
The bronze series BC Rich was their affordable line kine of like the Dean x series
They were decent quality, I would have liked to see you refinish the mahogany body so you could see the grain
Gonna be a great gift for your friend
I found some foil sticker transfers that look cool. Put on and clear over them with an epoxy clear. And buff.
Awesome find and restore, Sean! Of course now, EVERYBODY and their Grandma is gonna raid the Pawn Shops and empty the inventory of cheap axes for a while! Now, hears my question: Did ya happen to get a meter read on the original BC Rich pickups? Inquiring minds wanna know...
DUNLOP also makes good guitar picks. When I played a lot of acoustic, I had a DUNLOP thumb pick. ☺
That reminds me of a joke that I heard from my friend in Alabama: "Billy Bob drinks so much beer that his belly DUNLOP over his belt buckle!" 😂
Good job bro,that’s a nice guitar.
Outstanding job!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
I fixed a old slivertone guitar i got from the goodwill its from the 70 i was told
The volume knob was broken off
I ordered parts from eBay
Its plays now
i bought this nice beast from the 2003 body art collection recently, insane guitar
the bridge is a copy of the leo quan badass bridge first seen on the bc rich seagull
Hey Cathy can't find her toothbrush??😢
Bro you put those cork sniffing techs to shame!
What was wrong with the original pickups?
Nothing
He is not a Metal Fan😂😂😂
awesome guitar man!
That's a great buy there.I would snatch that right up.
I love the BC Rich Mockingbird. I'm an SG guy and the Mockingbird, to me, is very much like an SG. $50 bucks is a sweet deal. I'd jump on it too. They're selling online for $150 on up to almost $800 for the bronze series BCR MB.
No, I don't know who you're giving that Mockingbird to, but I'm hoping it's Trey Shreddings. That's because after he gets it, I'd like to see (and hear) him shred it!🤘
For fifty notes and a bit of effort and some additional money on the pickups, that's a great guitar. Not my own personal taste, but someone's gonna love that thing. Great job.
Hell yeah I'd have bought that for 50 bucks . Great deal !
Ya know we all had back in the day one of these shoot 1989 or 90 I had me a warlock lol I think we all had one of these back in the day
$200 in total very well spent.
Some people collect Mockingbirds and thee are some people you couldn't give one to.
Good find...😮 ive got a cheap LP copy i got for $40 pawnshop find,,sitting in a closet,,i cant wait to fix it up \m/ \m/
I think that's one of the nicest guitars that you have a hat on your show. I thought the skulls were a nice touch.
Thanks for reminding us what a Guitar Wizard you Truly are.
Some of my best Guitars and Gear came from garage sales, swap meets, and of course....the Pawn Shop.
Also Known as...the Land of Misfit Toys in this reality.
Thank you and your ever-present camera operator..❤❤❤
I have a Squire M-80 that is Indonesia... I love it!!!
bronze series is like the low entry guitars of BC Rich
Love the mockingbird.
I wouldn't be surprised if that was my old BC Rich Mockingbird I sold to Jacob Green. He ended up pawning it a long time ago. It looks like it.