BC Rich Exotic Classic ASM - Shown in Natural Koa
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Exotic Classic ASM
The ASM Exotic Classic cuts no corners! With exotic tops, neck through construction, ebony fretboards and stringers and coil-tapped Rockfield Mafia pickups, this may be the ultimate BC Rich flat top!
Neck-Through Construction
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 a long piece (or pieces) of premium North American maple. That piece runs from the tip of the headstock to the strap button on the opposite 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.
Rockfield Pickups - Mafia
BC Rich guitars called and asked us, "We like the turbo series but can you do them with a ceramic magnet also?" We 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.
We wanted to make sure the neck version of the mafia pickup was just as full sounding as the bridge position. We wanted to do this without taking away from what we had already accomplished. So we again we went into the wood shed and made very minor modifications to the overall design and design concept of this pickup. When we came out we 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!
Flat Top
Some of the B.C Rich shapes are offered with a flat top. The flat top styling gives a bold and pristine look to the edge of the instrument's shape. Usually when the flat top feature is used, B.C. Rich adds a stripe of single or multi-ply binding around the edge in a complementary color. The binding on a flat top finishes off the edge cleanly and gives a sleek and clean look to the instrument.
Specifications:
- Construction: neck through
- Body wood: nato (eastern mahogany)
- Body top: koa veneer with ebony stringers
- Body thickness: 40mm
- Top style: flat with arm taper
- Body binding: no
- Headstock style: small traditional 6 to a side
- Headstock color: koa veneer
- Headstock binding: cream one ply
- Tuners: B.C. Rich diecast
- Neck wood: maple
- Back of neck: glossy natural
- Neck binding: cream one ply
- Neck profile: thin
- Neck thickness at fret 1: 19mm
- Neck thickness at fret 12: 21mm
- Neck radius: 430mm
- Fretboard: ebony
- Inlay: none
- Frets: 24 jumbo 2.7mm
- Factory strings: 9 - 42
- Nut: 43mm
- Scale: 25 1/2"
- Bridge type: Tone Pros tune o matic
- Tailpiece type: string through the body
- Pickups: 2 zebra Rockfield mafia humbuckers
- Controls: 1 volume, 1 three-way toggle and 1 tone (the tone knob is a push/pull that acts as a coil tap. It taps out the two outer coils of each pickup.)
- Hardware: chrome
- Special features: two end of body strap buttons for a custom strap fit and instrument positioning
- Finish: clear glossy
- Color: natural koa with ebony stringers
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