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When was the last time you saw one of these?!?
I#8217;ve been cleaning out the storage area over the last few weeks and found this stashed away where it#8217;s been forgotten about for almost a decade. I was never really a fan of pointy guitars but years ago one of my buddies picked this up and we figured we#8217;d finish it off but never did. This is probably going to be offered for sale at some point but not just yet, I want to gather as much info as I can about it and establish the market value which I assume is quite a bit higher then what we paid for it in 1994!!! I might also have someone (like Neal Moser) finish this off the way it should be. Time will tell because right now the future is undecided.

From what I gather this is a model called either the #8216;Wrath#8217; or #8216;Wraith#8217; depending on who you talk to. Either way I don#8217;t think BC Rich made a lot of these because web searches haven#8217;t pulled up much of anything, even Neal Moser#8217;s site was a bust! Here#8217;s what I know about it#8230;I got a call from one of my friends who had found it hanging on the #8220;junk#8221; rack of a local store which had been a huge BC Rich dealer before they went under for a brief period in the early #8216;90#8217;s. This place had bought some of the remaining inventory a few months to a year or so after the factory closed and that body blank was part of it. The blank was already routed for the flat mount Kahler and since my buddy had one lying around he figured that now he had a guitar to go with it! I installed the Kahler amp; locking nut (no screws) drilled holes to mount tuners and even got as far as hard-wiring a pickup to an output jack before we went back to school in the fall and abandoned the project. Yah, the pickup route is placed in an odd spot but that#8217;s a stock #8216;feature#8217; lol

Right now I#8217;m trying to get an idea it#8217;s market value, the only place I#8217;ve ever seen BC Rich blanks for sale is at Ed Romans shop with the going rate of $750-1000 each for Mockingbirds, Warlocks amp; the like but I don#8217;t know if that#8217;s realistic or not given the rarity of body blanks and the Wrath model in general. Do ya#8217;ll think this one would be higher or lower? Aside from the little scrapes on the upper horn the guitar is virtually perfect, like 9.7 of 10.

Also, when did the Wrath go into and out of production? Any ideas out there on how many USA#8211;made guitars BC Rich finished off amp; put out there? The only BC Rich Wrath I#8217;ve seen in person was an imported NJ series.

Much thanks in advance!

No clue on it, but I have to say...

A, that is a ****ing gorgeous guitar, and

B, that soldering iron is really really old; you should replace it! (I have one, as well )

Not too sure myself... maybe zerb would know...

sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's the teenage son of a Parker Fly!

GS

thats weird looking...cool! dont see to many blanks out there...

That body looks sexy, too bad they ruined it with a Floyd


Originally Posted by MllerrinThat body looks sexy, too bad they ruined it with a Floyd

Nothing's ruined; it has a Kahler.


Originally Posted by DeadSkinSlayer3No clue on it, but I have to say...

A, that is a ****ing gorgeous guitar, and

B, that soldering iron is really really old; you should replace it! (I have one, as well )

If you think that's old you should see the one I just threw away!!!

Yeah dude, it's a Kahler flat mount trem. I put a real locking nut on it rather then the standard issue nut with locking nut behind it. That arrangement never made sense to me because when you use the trem the strings get hung up in the nut and that's what causes tuning problems. Plus, it's easier to install just one nut.

Anyone willing to take a stab at what this wonderful hunk of wood might be worth?

What's it worth to you?


Originally Posted by J MooseIf you think that's old you should see the one I just threw away!!!

Yeah dude, it's a Kahler flat mount trem. I put a real locking nut on it rather then the standard issue nut with locking nut behind it. That arrangement never made sense to me because when you use the trem the strings get hung up in the nut and that's what causes tuning problems. Plus, it's easier to install just one nut.

Anyone willing to take a stab at what this wonderful hunk of wood might be worth?

What's it worth to you? I'd pay you 600 for it . Honestly, I'd buy it!

that is one tidy, tidy bit of craftsmanship! great find!

tom

Bumpage...

Still in the semi-dark on this one...