BC Rich Experts Tech Tips

So you’ve received your dream axe from BCRichExperts.com and you are the new king of the neighborhood as you beat the sonic bombast out of your new B.C. Rich guitar. Now the next step is caring for your instrument to insure that you’ll be playing your instruments for years. We get emails and pics quite often from loyal B.C. Rich players that have been shredding on the same B.C. Rich guitar since the 80’s and would rather part with a kidney than their beloved B.C. Rich guitar. Here are some tips to keeping your B.C. Rich guitar playing and sounding it’s best and insuring a lifetime of tonal mayhem.

Humidity and temperature – Your B.C. Rich Guitar is made of wood and steel. Wood that once was alive in a tree that needed sunlight and water to survive. Now that it has a new life as your guitar it still needs some moisture to keep it rocking. And I’m not talking about the sweat and beer from last Saturdays gig. You should try and keep you B.C. Rich Guitar in a 50% humidity environment and away from extreme temperatures. Like you would a pet. Leaving your guitar in your trunk on a hot summer day or a cold winter night will cause the wood to shrink or swell that could lead to finish and in extreme cases structural problems.

General Setups – From time to time all guitars will require a number of adjustments to keep them playing at their best and intonating properly all the way up the fret board. These adjustments are generally called “setups” and are offered by qualified technicians. They usually include adjust the neck via the truss rod, adjusting the saddle height and intonation, cleaning the electronics, adjusting the neck to body angle (on bolt on construction), restringing and cleaning the instrument. The frequency of your B.C. Rich Guitar needing a general setup depends on the climate in which you live and how often you play it.