This guitar is the pinacle of B.C. Rich quality. You won't find a better instrument in their line, save maybe for a hand crafted Bernie Rico, SR. This guitar sounds amazing, plays beautifully, is unbelievably comfortable, and looks stellar! The neck thru body construction gives it loads of tone and makes soloing a breeze up high on the fretboard, the ebony fretboard makes the strings glide like butter - not sticky or resistive like rosewood can be, the factory pickups are decent (and I'm usually immensely picky about pickup tone. I change out nearly all pickups with Seymour Duncans, but these do well right out of the box). The trem is not a pain to set up or balance, and the vast & varied settings give you all kinds of tonal options - from a metal shredder to a single coil tone (via the coil splitter capability) to a fat rock tone. Even sounds great clean! This guitar will do it all, and I'm not exaggerating. The only two minor complaints one could pose is 1. the volume knob for the bridge pickup seems to be crowding the strings a bit where your hand sits. this isn't a huge issue, unless you're a big motion strummer (which I'm not); and 2. there are so many controls and optional settings for this thing, you may need to search the internet for a schematic to tell you what everything does (I did). Bottom line is if you want a Mockingbird, don't bother with other models - this one steals the show, both in looks, sound and playability! 5 out of 5 rating!Read full review
This is a fine instrument! The 24 fret neck thru body is very well made and easily playable from top to bottom. Workmanship is excellent and the electronics are fantastic! The tone combinations are endless!. You can't beat Seymour Duncan pick ups, a 5 way selector and the coil taps!! Topping it of is the locking Floyd Rose with fine tuners! This guitar is my 3rd Mockingbird in my collection. Buy this guitar, its well worth the money!
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I was looking for something with a whammy bar and through-body neck construction. I am not entirely happy with the whammy bar, but that is because of the fundamental action of the whammy bar. The Floyd Rose is high quality. The guitar arrived almost in tune, and stays in tune very well. I give this model of guitar a high rating because of construction quality and the range of tones that can be achieved. It is also comfortable, and I got a hell-of-a-deal on it.
This is a very well made and versatile guitar. The fit and finish are fine. That being said...the electronics are marginal and the pickups are not good for hi-fi sound.. Cheap pots ,output jack and cap not to mention the quality of the wire used. I am a qualified repairman so upgrading was a snap. Once corrected, this guitar performs very well. Love the shape and color. A good buy as a platform to build on.
Great axe. Neck through design makes the sustain goes on for ever. Humbuckers with coil tap can achieve a wide range of tones and can mimic single coil pick ups. The Floyd Rose is awesome and seldom needs to be tuned. All this sound and playability in a gorgeous guitar.
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