GuitarMaestro Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hi! Can you please enlighten me what tricks and woods B.C.Rich uses in order to make their extreme shapes like the Beast stable enough? It looks as if the spikes of the body would usually break during bandsawing the shape alone. Are they somehow reinforced? I ask because I want to build a guitar with an extreme shape as well, and I wonder what is needed in order to make those spikes stable enough. Thanks in advance, Marcel Knapp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nordic Gawd Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 maybe try those carbon rods. I'm goign to use them to reinforce my neck on my guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 22, 2003 Report Share Posted December 22, 2003 that is not needed.there are no tricks.just cut it to shape and finish it and it will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 i agree with wes, the wood is much stronger than you think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 i just cut one out of mahogany a while back...it is perfectly strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 unless its chipboard or MDF!! shudders it would be a sin to make a guitar outa chipboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJohn Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Wes is dead on the money,I worked for a B.C.Rich supplier for awhile and they are all pretty much just wood.Also keep in mind that B.C.Rich uses a very thick blocky body(except on their St models)and don't do a lot of rounding the way Fender might. As for woods (except the customs and older ones) they are pretty much all alder(if I remember correctly) and ply.(sorry Mike) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Thanks for your replies. After thinking a little about the subject, I realized that all B.C. Rich Guitars have spikes where the grain runs along the spike and not perpendicular to it, which increases stability dramatically. The shape I want to build would have one spike where the grain runs perpendicular to the spike. The guitar will have a quilted maple top though, which should increase the stability. Do you think thats enough or do I have to reinforce the wood somehow? Greets, MK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovation22 Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 You may want to ask Rodney, he seems to know his way around a bandsaw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 As for woods (except the customs and older ones) they are pretty much all alder(if I remember correctly) and ply.(sorry Mike) ply aint too bad, its more wood than glue! my brother sawed the bottom horn of his guitar for a laugh and it was ply as i suspected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 p.s. alder is fine sorta gave the impression ply was better there, lmao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 B.C. Rich uses plywood for their bodies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 B.C. Rich uses plywood for their bodies? Probably in the Ultra Cheap Models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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