$4200 for This?

[diablo175]

BC Rich has released this Legacy USA series Gunslinger for a whopping $4199.99. 🤔

Discuss.

 

 

[Stike]

The likelihood of me ever paying $4200 for ANY guitar is slim AF but for a bolt on shredder? That's a big ol naw.

[diablo175]

I'm reminded of the oft-stated idiom that asking isn't getting. 

[Steve Haynie]

It might be possible that guitar and its price are meant to create the perception that B.C. Rich is that desirable.  Whether they sell those Gunslinger model guitars or not, the price will stick in the heads of people who can only dream of buying the best guitars one day. 

[hamerhead]

Build your own and save $4K.

[Dave Scepter]

How bout this one for $6.5K?

Like I said, people will buy anything 🙄

[Jeff R]

Better, from every square mm of wood, components and craftsmanship, to the skillsets, knowledge and experience of the primary collaborators (Grover Jackson, Stike and myself).

Less than $4K

[diablo175]

1 hour ago, Jeff R said:

Better, from every square mm of wood, components and craftsmanship, to the skillsets, knowledge and experience of the primary collaborators (Grover Jackson, Stike and myself).

Less than $4K

Yeah, but it doesn’t have a reverse headstock or toggle switch. 😜

[Stike]

Shit, I have a Korean Gunslinger project kicking around I could reassemble, I'd sell for a lot less than $4200. 😄

[diablo175]

38 minutes ago, Stike said:

Shit, I have a Korean Gunslinger project kicking around I could reassemble, I'd sell for a lot less than $4200. 😄

I had the red MIK Retro Gunslinger (with the added single coil pick up). That guitar kicked major ass! Seriously, the only issue I had with that guitar was the 22 frets. Otherwise, it was on f-ing point.

 

[veatch]

I have an early 80s assassin neck through that was a quarter of that price. No way for 4k. 

Wouldn't mind a Nagel graphic though. 

I'm a friend of all guitars, after all...  : )

[diablo175]

So, here's my take:  Yeah, WAY too much asking price for a bolt on.

There's nothing on/of that guitar that's remotely worthy of that price point. Alder body. Scarf neck joint. Korean Floyd. Unremarkable DiMarzio p'up. The pearl paint is a slight step up from a standard poly finish but still a solid- no awesome graphic.  Not like this is being built by Joe Williams, Mike Shannon or Mike Shishkov. These are ghost built by some unknown entity for BC Rich, who had it's own checkered history in the last 25 years, to put it mildly. They've changed hands so many times no one knows WTF is actually building them and who's calling the shots.

Hard pass.

 

 

[BubbaVO]

5 hours ago, Jeff R said:

Better, from every square mm of wood, components and craftsmanship, to the skillsets, knowledge and experience of the primary collaborators (Grover Jackson, Stike and myself).

Less than $4K

Looks perfect. 

[RobB]

6 hours ago, Jeff R said:

Better, from every square mm of wood, components and craftsmanship, to the skillsets, knowledge and experience of the primary collaborators (Grover Jackson, Stike and myself).

Less than $4K

How much less?

[Jeff R]

About a grand.

[Biz Prof]

I think they accidentally added an extra zero onto the price of that reissue Gunslinger.

[Cboss]

10 hours ago, diablo175 said:

BC Rich has released this Legacy USA series Gunslinger for a whopping $4199.99. 🤔

Discuss.

 

 

That looks like about $300 worth of cheapness..I can picture it on the GC wall now🤔

[veatch]

Great.  Now I'm searching Reverb for an 80s Nagel.

I never learn...

[HSB0531]

1 hour ago, veatch said:

Great.  Now I'm searching Reverb for an 80s Nagel.

I never learn...

I may still have 2 or 3

[Stike]

22 hours ago, Dave Scepter said:

How bout this one for $6.5K?

Like I said, people will buy anything 🙄

 

21 hours ago, Jeff R said:

Better, from every square mm of wood, components and craftsmanship, to the skillsets, knowledge and experience of the primary collaborators (Grover Jackson, Stike and myself).

Less than $4K

 

15 hours ago, RobB said:

How much less?

I put together this Nagel inspired parts caster a few years ago as part of a fundraiser for an animated presentation project that never got picked up to series. Warmoth body, Musikraft neck, Gotoh bridge. Had my preferred local tech do a fret level and this dumb looking thing plays like a dream and for well under $4200.

[bry4321]

20 hours ago, veatch said:

I have an early 80s assassin neck through that was a quarter of that price. No way for 4k. 

Wouldn't mind a Nagel graphic though. 

I'm a friend of all guitars, after all...  : )

Nagel Guitar Wrap 😵‍💫

[veatch]

Love it. Now I'm wondering if the $6k BCs are stickers...

[Disturber]

That headstock! Jees, they will have to give them away.

[diablo175]

Several of my HEL builds came in at about 1K less than the 'Slinger's asking price and I got a metric f*ck ton more guitar.

 

 

 

[tbonesullivan]

????? Is there 2 grand stuck in the trem cavity or something?