Originally designed by Rick Derringer and Bernie Rico, the Stealth’s silhouette is very distinctive. This particular configuration is similar to one made for guitar legend Chuck Schuldiner. With a transparent green finish over a flame maple body, this Stealth will not live up to its name, as it’s almost a certainty to draw heaps of attention. Armed with a single DiMarzio X2N pickup, this guitar is all about no frills get down to business tone.
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.
The X2N® is a "take-no-prisoners, in-your-face" humbucker. Twin, wide-bar pole pieces give the X2N® a nasty, dangerous look-and rightly so. Our highest gain pickup was created to push tube amps into total overdrive. Put one in the bridge position for a powerful jolt to the voltage the amp sees from your guitar. The result is a sound that can only be described as blistering. The magnetic field of the X2N® is very powerful and focused. It captures the character of whichever guitar it's in. If your guitar is warm sounding, the X2N® will act like a sledgehammer. A bright-sounding guitar will go into total scream mode. And the X2N® still has versatility: single-coil and series-parallel modes are particularly effective, because the X2N® pickup’s power gives these sounds more authority than is possible with weaker humbuckers. Tech Talk: The X2N® works in any situation where maximum power and overdrive is required. The dual blade polepieces create a very even, balanced sound.
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: Beveled Edge
Top wood: Quilted Maple
Body binding: none
Stringers: Ebony
Headstock style: Reverse Curved
Headstock color: Quilt Maple Veneer, Paint to Match Body
Headstock binding: none
Tuners: Grover Mini Rotomatic
Neck wood: Mahogany Neck-Through
Back of neck: Paint to match body
Neck binding: none
Fretboard: Rosewood
Inlay: Diamonds, Abalone
Frets: 24 jumbo
Scale: 24 5/8”
Bridge type: B.C. Rich Quad
Pickups: Dimarzio X2n (bridge only)
Controls: 1 volume
Hardware: chrome
Finish: Transparent Emerald Green