Twin necked (6- and 12-string) guitar in Trans Red

Some of the world's most renown guitars have made a living with a double neck as part of their arsenal. The B.C. Rich Bich Double Neck's roots run deep, Lita Ford, Carlos Alomar (David Bowie) and Randy Jackson (Zebra) were often seen and heard shredding a DNB. One neck features a traditional six string configuration while the second neck is strung with twelve along with the innovative B.C. Rich Bich rear mounted octave string tuners. Screaming Rockfield Mafia pickups and a host of classic B.C. Rich active electronics round out a versatile and authoritative tonal package.

B.C. Rich is known as one of the pioneers in Neck Through construction. They utilize it on many of their guitars, because it provides the best possible sustain, resonance, comfort and access to higher frets. Neck-through has long been considered the premium construction method for high end guitars. This construction starts with premium North American maple or Mahogany and runs from the tip of the headstock to the end of the guitar. This means that the headstock, fingerboard, pickups and bridge all are mounted to this single sound foundation. Sonically it is a difference you can hear. The neck-through construction also allows us to cut away more of the body and neck at the neck joint which provides comfort that no bolt-on or set-neck could offer. You will find the neck through feature on all of our top of the line B.C. Rich models.

For the double neck bich pickups, BC Rich called Rockfield and said, “We like the turbo series but can you do them with a ceramic magnet also?” They replied, “That’s a great Idea! Sure we can, but you have got to use them in everything!” (We didn’t win that battle but it was worth a shot) The use of a ceramic magnet gives any pickup extra power due to the increased magnetic field that they provide. This feature makes the mafia pickups produce a hotter and thicker tone that’s really aggressive and full. The increased low end and thick mids and in your face highs is what rock and roll was built on! Balanced and full of sustain this pickup is a great representation of its namesake, a truly intimidating killer.

For the neck version of the mafia pickup they wanted to make sure it was just as full sounding as the bridge position. They wanted to do this without taking away from what they had already accomplished. So they again went into the wood shed and made very minor modifications to the overall design and design concept of this pickup. When they came out they were confident that the Mafia neck pickup had that punchy bold tone with the same aggressive characteristics as the bridge version. A tad brighter with a little less output really takes this pickup into the smooth and warm realm of the tonal spectrum. All while maintaining that balanced bite and in your face aggressive tone that the mafia is known for!

BC Rich Double Neck Bich Specifications:

• Construction: neck through
• Body wood: mahogany
• Top style: bevel top
• Tuners: Grover® Super Rotomatic™
• Fretboard: ebony
• Frets: 24 jumbo
• Scale: 24 5/8"
• Bridge: B.C. Rich® Quads
• Pickups: 4 (2 per neck) Rockfield® Mafia™
• Controls: 1 neck selection switch
• Controls 6-String: 2 volumes, 1 tone, 1 three-way pickup selector, 1 mini toggle for bridge coil tap, 1 mini toggle for neck coil tap, 1 mini reverse phase, and 1 varitone® knob
• Controls 12-String: 2 volumes, 1 tone, 1 three-way pickup selector
• Color: trans red