Complete Re-Fret / Setup Overhaul

Some good ole fretwork on display here. Having properly crowned frets will give you better tone and note articulation.
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Here’s the second in a series of posts about a vintage B. Rico flamenco guitar from 1970… “Rico” as in Rich, and “B” as in “BC”… Bernardo Chavez Rico… BC Rich.

Here we’ve removed the top. It was a little nasty, but the sides are untouched and re-binding will turn out well.

I believe this guitar was made by Bernie himself. He was a known flamenco player, a known builder of flamenco guitars, and he’d been building guitars out of his father’s shop for a decade by 1970, the date on this label.

It’s also around this time he started doing more with steel strings and adopting the name change for the brand. Just as he and his father were starting to see more popularity with electric solid body guitars, it’s said that his father was also producing guitars with builders from Paracho, but that was supposedly in the 50’s and early 60’s.

This guitar was made one year after Bernie made his first electric. And this is one of the last nylon guitars with the original name from his original shop in East Los Angeles.

Bernie saw it coming and he was perfectly positioned for the rock and metal scenes that dominated the late 70s and early 80s. B.C. Rich became a huge name brand in the world of guitars.

Anyway, we’re doing a full re-top on this guitar and bringing it back to life. To learn how this all got started, go visit the last post about this.

We have a nice cedar top prepped and seamed. Almost ready to install the prefab rosette from @luthiersmerchantile

Go check us out @solsticeguitars if you’re interested in custom #acoustic and #electric #handcrafted #guitars!

Interested in this guitar? Keep following us here and message me when it’s ready for sale!

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Ok. Getting back to this re-top project on the vintage B. Rico #flamenco guitar from the earliest days of #bcrich … braces are prepped and the new cedar top is seamed and rosetted. We ordered a frefab rosette from Luthiers Mercantile Int`l and it looks great.

If you’re interested in the history of this guitar go check out the previous posts.
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This is the first in a post series about a cool project we just started. But before I tell you more about this old #flamenco guitar, I wanted to tell you what’s been going on in the shop lately, and why I won’t be posting here as much in the future…

We are focusing our #energy on making @solsticeguitars and ramping up plans for 2022. So please go follow us there if you don’t already!

Now, on with this #restoration job!

This guitar was made by the namesake for BC Rich guitars back in the late 60’s. This is an original flamenco guitar completed in 1970 by Bernardo Chavez Rico, i.e. BC Rich. Bernardo and then his son made the company into a major producer of electric guitars and it became the huge brand we all know during the 80’s.

So, what’s up with this repair? Long story short… we’re doing a complete re-top. Whoever buys it will also get the original top along with the guitar.

Speaking of long stories, here’s the gist. I’ve had this guitar for over 20 years. When I bought it there was a lot of top damage from years of aggressive playing. The plan was to refinish and epoxy fill the deep fingernail divots.

Back in 2014 I had an employee start the sanding process. When I wasn’t looking he took an orbital sander to the thing and wore right through the top at the waist. And the rest of it was paper thin. I think he was trying to sand out all the divots and dings… or he was trying the Willie Nelson the thing. Anyway it was a bummer.

After that I just put it away and tried to forget about it… until recently. After much consideration I’ve decided to retop it with my new apprentice. One of you #fanboy BC Rich cult members is going to love this thing when it’s done.

Message me for more info.
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