Review Demo – B.C. Rich BCR6N Acoustic

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Think B.C. Rich, and the curves and points of radical electrics like the Mockingbird, Warlock, and Bich come to mind—not to mention the aggressive sounds they typically produce. But the first guitars that Bernardo Chavez Rico first made in his Los Angeles shop in the late 1960s were exclusively acoustic. Now the company is revisiting that facet of their heritage with five new acoustic models, including the BCR6 reviewed here.

The BCR6 is inspired by the very first acoustic Rico designed. It’s a square-shoulder dreadnought with a 25.5″-scale and a solid spruce top with modern scalloped X bracing. The back and sides are laminated rosewood, and the neck is mahogany with a rosewood fretboard. The bridge and headstock cap are rosewood as well. All the lumber on our test model looks lovingly selected. The spruce is fine-grained, and the quarter-sawn rosewood’s deep, purplish coloration adds character and a luxurious look.

The BCR6 is the most lavishly appointed guitar of the new acoustic quintet. It gleams with abalone—the material is used for the rosette, the cloud inlays, the endpin strip, and the purfling on the body, headstock, and back. The idiosyncratic faux-tortoise pickguard recalls Gibson’s Hummingbird while also evoking the shape of the company’s electrics.

Even where there isn’t abalone, B.C. Rich brings the bling. The heel cap, for instance, is crafted from faux abalone, and there’s a fancy script R on the back, mirroring the one on the headstock. All hardware—including the nice Grover Rotomatic tuners—is gold. Depending on your perspective, the BCR6 is either a looker, or overdressed for the price category. On the whole though, it boasts a nice balance of deluxe appointments.

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