Happy Jack Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 BC Rich Mockingbird, NJ Series, 1983 [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20body%201_zpsq1qswwwu.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20body%201_zpsq1qswwwu.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I've lusted after one of these Rich NJ basses since trying Silverfoxnik's BC Rich Eagle a year ago ... all those lovely Bernard Edwards tones on tap. Eventually this Mockingbird cropped up on eBay (owned by an Italian pro player in Spain) and I realised that it was the same bass but with a different body shape. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%202_zpswgabtmwq.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%202_zpswgabtmwq.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is a really early model and they clearly hadn't got the build quality completely sorted. The bass plays and sounds amazing, but there are oddities like the mis-aligned tuners, which appear to be as they left the factory. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20headstock%202_zpsn1o0tzwj.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20headstock%202_zpsn1o0tzwj.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It weighs dead on 8lbs which fits in beautifully with my obsession with lightweight gear. The colour is almost impossible to photograph properly. Bluejay tried a variety of locations, backgrounds and lighting and the bass comes out variously white, grey, a bit greenish, maybe a bit brownish ... in the flesh it's a glorious Shoreline Gold trending towards Green, with a lovely metal-flake finish. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%203_zpswtru6ac1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/NBD%20BC%20Rich%20-%20full%203_zpswtru6ac1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] After years of Precisions, Precisions, and more Precisions, my most recent purchases come as a bit of a surprise. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/Some%20Beauties%202_zpsfa66pw38.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Basses%20CURRENT/BC%20Rich%20Mockingbird%20NJ%201983%20CURRENT/Some%20Beauties%202_zpsfa66pw38.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Incidentally, we all know that BC Rich are based in New Jersey, so obviously the BC Rich NJ Series is some sort of homage to their home base, right? Not so much. It's a piss-take. BC Rich wanted to do a Fender/Squier thing and make their own cheap copies of their own instruments, so they opened up a production facility in Japan in the city of Nagoya. NJ? Nagoya Japan series. http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/B-C_Rich_Beginnings Quote
Beedster Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Excellent, are you going to dress to match Jack? Quote
Silvia Bluejay Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) I'm not done with trying to capture that elusive colour! We'll try again outdoors, in natural light, when it's not pissing down with rain. And that body shape is mighty coool!! Edited September 2, 2015 by bluejay Quote
bigsmokebass Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 My god... An age old BC Rich that hasn't been battered or defaced?! Quote
discreet Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 The twin P-type pickup configuration is a real winner. Not sure about the shape though - you don't have the hair for it, Jack. Quote
KiOgon Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) When I read the topic title - I thought it was going to be all about his hair NBD as in No Baldy Day Edited September 2, 2015 by KiOgon Quote
Annoying Twit Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 You'll have someone's eye out with that. Happy NBD! Quote
discreet Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1441190850' post='2856738'] [/quote] It really does suit him, you know. Quote
Silvia Bluejay Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 LOL the hairstyle or the bass? Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Jack going metal ? ? Thunderbird , greasy bitch ? Gotta go for a dean to complete the metal collection . I'm just trying to think of the bass John McCoy used back in the day Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1441191844' post='2856750'] It really does suit him, you know. [/quote] Very Dave mustaine Quote
Low End Bee Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 Please promise me no matching spandex Quote
discreet Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1441192250' post='2856759'] LOL the hairstyle or the bass? [/quote] You decide. Quote
Low End Bee Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1441192637' post='2856766'] Jack going metal ? ? Thunderbird , greasy bitch ? Gotta go for a dean to complete the metal collection . I'm just trying to think of the bass John McCoy used back in the day [/quote] The Mammoth? Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 I was watching that on Ebay, congrats! Quote
Happy Jack Posted September 2, 2015 Author Posted September 2, 2015 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1441190850' post='2856738'] [/quote] Ye Gods And Little Fishes! What is wrong with you people? If I had hair that colour, do you seriously imagine I'd be wearing that T-shirt? Quote
discreet Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1441200701' post='2856872'] What is wrong with you people? If I had hair that colour, do you seriously imagine I'd be wearing that T-shirt? [/quote] Quite right Jack, you should be topless really. Quote
Happy Jack Posted September 2, 2015 Author Posted September 2, 2015 Now that I've spent 10 days poolside, you might be surprised at the colour palette that would be revealed by going topless ... Quote
Sibob Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 And before anyone assumes these are just good for metal (watch the whole thing, the bassist has a surprise) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JawQn7gKdJo Si Quote
howdenspur Posted September 2, 2015 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1441192733' post='2856769'] Very Dave mustaine [/quote] With a hint of Rebecca Brooks Quote
dudewheresmybass Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) From what I understand, the nj series were manufactured in Nagoya Japan, rather than a reference to New Jersey. Congrats on lovely buy. Jealous!!! Edited September 3, 2015 by dudewheresmybass Quote
cocco Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 Lovely bass! I've always fancied an early NJ series. Congrats. Quote
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 Will the junkyard dogs ,be covering reign in blood in the future? Is jack going metal ?! Quote
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