B.C. Rich Unveils Two New Basses for 2012
B.C. Rich rolled out a pair of new basses for NAMM 2012: the Widow 4 Bass and the Greg Weeks Signature Bass.
The 2012 Widow 4 bass is a 4-string version of their existing WMD Widow. With a radical body shape and red pinstripes, the bass is designed to resemble the killer Black Widow spider. It features neck-through construction with a mahogany neck and body. The fingerboard is ebony and sports 24 jumbo frets.
For electronics, the Widow 4 has a pair of active EQ black P-style pickups.
B.C. Rich 2012 Widow 4 Bass Specs:
- Construction: Neck Through
- Body Wood: Mahogany
- Body Thickness: 40mm
- Top Style: Beveled
- Headstock Style: Widow
- Tuners: Grover
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Back of Neck: Painted
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Frets: 24 jumbo
- Scale: 34”
- Bridge Type: Adjustable Stop
- Pickups: 2 active EQ black P style
The Red Chord bassist Greg Weeks specced out his new signature model, which is built with a mahogany body and Hawaiian koa veneer. The bass is also a neck-through, with a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard.
Other features include a Traben Technology Bridge, a pair of Rockfield Bass Humbuckers, and chrome hardware.
B.C. Rich Greg Weeks Signature Bass Specs:
- Construction: Neck Through
- Body Wood: Mahogany
- Top Style: Beveled
- Top Wood: Koa veneer
- Headstock Style: 2 per side Traditional
- Headstock Color: Natural Rosewood Faced
- Tuners: Grover
- Neck Wood: Maple
- Neck Radius: 11 inches
- Nut Width: 43mm
- Fretboard: Rosewood
- Inlay: Cloud
- Frets: 24 jumbo
- Scale: 34”
- Bridge Type: Traben Technology
- Pickups: Rockfield Bass Humbuckers
- Hardware: Chrome
The B.C. Rich Widow 4 and Greg Weeks Signature basses will be available soon with street prices around $699 and $999, respectively. For more info, check out the B.C. Rich website.
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With price tags that low it does make me wonder about quality. Not that I’d personally consider buying them.
YEAH!
really prices like this make you wonder about quality? I bought a brand new B.C.Rich Revenge 4 string bass for about $400, I couldn’t be any happier with it, so really $699-$999 you should be jumping at this offer.
“Perhaps” it’s the Fenders that are too expensive ?.. lol
( I got a US one, really happy with it ;))