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
Bridge Pickups
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.
Neck Pickups
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) with ebony stringers
Body top: spalted or AAA quilted maple veneer with ebony
stringers
Body thickness: 40mm
Top style: flat with arm taper
Body binding: no
Headstock style: small traditional 6 to a side vintage
Headstock color: spalted or AAA quilted maple veneer
Headstock binding: black one ply
Tuners: Grover Rotomatics
Neck wood: maple
Back of neck: glossy natural
Neck binding: black 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: black
Special features: two end of body strap buttons for a
custom strap fit and instrument positioning
Finish: clear glossy
Color: natural spalted maple with ebony stringers or AAA
quilted maple with ebony stringers
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