If you’re looking to conquer miles and miles of new sonic terrain, the 2019 Pearl White or Trans Red B.C. Rich Double Neck Rich B Legacy delivers with maximum style and impact. Its bloodline can traced to the late ’70s, early ’80s era B.C. Rich Classic lineup, but make no mistake: this guitar is all business. Its form, function and tone-shaping abilities scream “sophistication.”
Its dual neck-through mahogany body design provides lightning-fast access to the highest frets on its 24-fret two-octave necks, and comes standard with two sets of Duncan Designed HB-103 pickups. The upper neck is a twelve-string guitar with a simple volume, volume, tone and 3-way pickup selector. It also features a fully adjustable B.C. Rich Quad bridge and rear-mounted tuners below the bridge. The lower neck of the Bich is strung as a traditional six-string. The six-string’s harmonious sounds can be further sculpted with its 5-position varitone filter knob, two coil tap switches and reverse phase switch, providing guitarists with hundreds of new tones to be explored.
What’s up with all of those knobs? Logically located for the convenience and versatility of the player, the knobs consists of: Volume for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector toggle, Master tone, Mini coil tap switch for each pickup, Reverse phase mini switch and a Varitone knob (a 5-way selectable tone control). With the addition of the Varitione knob, there are literally hundreds of tone options readily available!