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The Original Deep-pocket Powerhouse from B.C. Rich Custom Shop





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The Rich B Standard from B.C. Rich faithfully re-creates Neal Moser’s obsessive homage to tone, complete with the exacting detail of premium Custom Shop perks. This USA-made masterpiece is handcrafted and loaded with all the original’s winning features: supple strings with a 24.625-inch scale, energizing neck-through access to all 24 frets, two supercharged DiMarzio humbuckers, Kahler Quad bridge, an endless cache of tone-shaping doodads, and the original electronics system as designed by Neal Moser. Treat yourself to every tone tweaker’s dream instrument with the Kahler-equipped Rich B Standard from Sweetwater!





Rich foundations





Fine cuts of high-grade mahogany make up the Rich B Standard’s body and neck. Mahogany is the de facto tonewood for rock tone that’s hearty, assertive, and infinitely flexible. Get ready for thick midrange, heaving bass, and trebles that soar ? a winning recipe for home run riffs on any stage. A firm grip is a must for knocking notes out of the park, and the Rich B Standard gives players only the best with a “C”-shaped neck carve designed for modern comfort and a 20-inch radius for fast fretting across the flat, open field of a sleek ebony fingerboard. Finally, the fingerboard’s frets are carefully adorned with premium inlays for an incredible look.





Serial 23017


Serial 23017


Howling DiMarzio humbuckers with legendary Moser circuitry





Two onboard DiMarzio humbuckers summon the best of both worlds: Super Distortion firepower in the bridge position paired with a warm, responsive PAF in the neck. Many Sweetwater players like to think of a Super Distortion and a PAF as the ultimate humbucker pair. You get all the harmonic detail of a high-output bridge pickup, while the neck PAF offers an articulate alternative for leads and cleans. Factor in the original Rich B’s circuitry as designed by Neal Moser, and you’re ready to turn out tones fit for an arena.





Toggle til you’re blue





The Rich B Standard furnishes enough tone-tweaking options for a lifetime of play. Volume controls, master tone, and a 3-way pickup toggle provide the essentials, but then the Rich B spreads its wings and jets off toward tonal opulence. An adjustable boost circuit lets you juice any pickup’s output in the blink of an eye. A reverse phase mini-switch lets you add funky articulation to clean tones and shaky depth to driven sounds. Varitone circuitry, a notch-style filter with six positions, offers potent flavors of sound shaping that have been many a famous player’s secret weapon since Varitone’s introduction in 1959. Each Varitone voice skims off frequencies below the selected notch for radically modified tone and progressively less lows and mids the higher the notch. Without an advanced math degree, it’s tough to begin counting the possible combinations and voices onboard this guitar! There are no wrong answers ? toggle away and find what works for you!





Serial 23017


Serial 23017


B.C. Rich B Standard with Kahler Quad Electric Guitar Features:


A legendary B.C. Rich electric 6-string prized for smooth playability and limitless tone-shaping options


USA-made and immaculately hand-assembled by BC Rich’s Custom Shop


Mahogany body and neck supply rock-ready tone with excellent sustain


Supple 24.625-inch scale length, “C”-shaped neck carve, 20-inch radius, and a 24-fret ebony fingerboard with Cloud inlays


Kahler Quad bridge and Neal Moser full vintage preamp supply range and tones faithful to original Rich Bs


Shred-ready neck-through joint boosts sustain and access to upper frets


Grover Imperial Rotomatic tuning machines with an enhanced 18:1 ratio for precision adjustments


2 active DiMarzio humbucking pickups (bridge Super Distortion, neck PAF)


3-way toggle and adjustable boost circuit


Coil tap and reverse phase mini-switches expand tone options even more


5-way Varitone filter lets players fine-tune frequencies with notch-style tone control, an invaluable tool with serious tone-shaping power