There’s something about a beautifully finished blood red Draco with a flame maple top that says, “I’m a high-end classic, but I’ll rip your head off too”. The aggressive scalloped lines of the Draco are emphasized by the elegant red to black burst transparent finish. Special “Tiger Tooth” abalone inlays round out the appearance package while Grover, Seymour Duncan and TonePros highlight the equipment.

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.

This pickup started a sound revolution. Replacement pickups simply didn't exist before the invention of the Super Distortion® in the early Seventies. The Super Distortion® (and its original 3-conductor version, the Dual Sound®) was the first pickup specifically designed to kick a tube amp into total overdrive, and is still the standard by which all other high-output pickups are measured. The Super Distortion® has a perfect blend of power and tone: both single-notes and chords jump out of the amp and fill the room (or the track) with a wall of sound. The balance of tones is classic-thick, boosted mids, big lows and fat highs. This is the sound you've heard for over three decades on platinum records, from players as varied as Ace Frehley, Al Di Meola and Paul Gilbert. It's also versatile: 4-conductor wiring allows instant access to Strat®-like split and series-parallel modes. Discover what thousands of great players know: the Super Distortion® is the best all 'round high-power pickup ever made. Tech Talk: When we first built the Super Distortion®, it was a one-conductor pickup. As a 4-conductor pickup, it's extremely versatile. Coil-splitting produces a very Strat-like option, both in tone and power. Parallel wiring is similar to splitting, but it's still humbucking and a little more hollow-sounding; Paul Gilbert used to use two Super Distortions® wired in parallel when he was in Racer X.

Most of B.C. Rich body styles employ a beveled edge around the shape. In many ways bevels on a top are similar to facets on a cut stone. They catch the light and reflect at different angles giving the instrument more of a three dimensional look. Some of the B.C. Rich top bevels are extreme and wide while others are subtle and narrow. Occasionally the shape of the instrument is accented by painting the bevels a contrasting color.

Construction: Neck-Through Body
Body sides wood: Mahogany
Top style: Extreme Beveled Edge
Top wood: Flame Maple
Body binding: none
Stringers: none

Headstock style: Son of Beast
Headstock color: Flame Maple Veneer, Paint to Match Body
Headstock binding: Black
Tuners: Grover Super Rotomatic

Neck wood: Mahogany Neck-Through
Back of neck: Paint, Black
Neck binding: Black

Fretboard: Ebony
Inlay: Tiger Tooth, Abalone
Frets: 24 jumbo
Scale: 24 5/8”

Bridge type: Tone Pros AVT2G
Pickups: Seymour Duncan Distortion (bridge only)
Controls: 1 volume
Hardware: Black

Finish: Transparent Red fade to Black