1979 A beautiful BC Rich Eagle Supreme. Active Electronics with Distortion Channel and coil taps, and Grover Imperial Tuners. Excellent condition . All the electronics are correctly working and intact. A rare Ebony fingerboard & mother of pearl diamond inlays. Rosewood headstock overlay with mother of pearl "R" logo. Neck is straight & truss rod is in good working condition. 1 5/8" nut width; 24 3/4" scale length Grover Imperial tuners in perfect working condition. Overall the guitar has a great look & feel to it & is an amazing player. A nice example of an original USA made BC Rich. The Eagle had the neck-through-body construction and was made entirely of Koah. The Eagle included an onboard preamp with a separate volume control and all the bells and whistles that were to be found on the Seagull. The body was more Strat-like with a double cutaway.
In the 1960s and 1970s, musicians such as Lou Reed, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Jimy Hendrix, the Beach Boys, Robert Palmer, Al Kooper, Neil Diamond, Megadeth and others began to entrust the construction of their instruments to BERNIE RICO Senior , often bringing him original and extravagant designs. Later, other famous band guitarists chose the Californian laboratory to commission the tools of their "peformances" such as Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Eagles, The King, Doobie Brothers, Wasp, Guns & Roses, Marylin Manson, CCDeville, David Bowie, Meatloaf, Guess Who, Prince, Kiss ...
