BC Rich Warlock II Prototype

[Hellraiser6502]

The ORIGINAL BC Rich Warlock II Prototype.

I DO NOT own this guitar....the owner, a friend of mine (who wishes to remain anonymous) graciously allowed me to borrow it and take these pictures. What an AWESOME piece of BC Rich History!

Brings back so many memories as a kid seeing it in magazine ads.



The guitar in in nearly pristine shape after 29 years!


LOVE the control cavity plate shape....fits the overall vibe of the guitar so much better than the (rounded) production version

Note the 'browning' of the original trans red finish on the back of the neck. Can't see it here but theres also some red overspray on the side of the neck...it's noticeable only because the side dots are white!


I tried my best to photograph the serial but this is the best I could do. It Reads 'Proto 3.25.82


The VERY unique to this guitar, logo....

[tomanyjacksons]

WOW, beautiful guitar!!!

[Ward]

Stunning guitar. Nice job on the pics.

I also didn't remember that Bernie looked so much like an older Greg Brady...

[Trem]

Badass

[warlok]

Love it!!

[straycat]

OK hand it over!!LOL I love that one.

[Mazrim]

Wowsers!

[j2379]

AWESOME. one of my favorite guitars. i wish they would have made some of the warlock IIs w badass/quad bridges. im glad i snagged mine when they were still considered pointy heavy metal shit. ahhh i miss those days.

[Johnnyryche]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[straycat]

You mean Quan bridges don't you?

[markD]

that is the ONLY warlock i have ever liked.....

[Pointy]

Beautiful. The strat-style bridge looks weird

What's a Warlock II? How is it different to a regular Warlock?

[Devotee]

And that, my friends is called innovation - awesome piece of history right there! That looks immaculate, wonder how it plays and sounds.

[j2379]

Warlock II, flat top bound body, reverse curved headstock (firebirdish) few had non reverse headstocks, all mahogany, dot inlays, 1 hum, stripped down active elctronics system & V-trem and no or very little neck angle. there are a couple of Kahlered ones floating around as well, but they are very rare.

regular warlocks (from the same era) bevelled body, 3 on 3 headstocks (other headstocks were options), diamond inlays (most of them) clouds on rare supremes & dots on later & cheaper models, more of a neck angle for the badass/quad bridges & Kahlers.

there is also 2 different US/handmade regular warlock shapes, the cutaways are the biggest difference between the 2 shapes.

[sixx_ gunner]

Very nice! As stated, the only version of the warlock I have ever liked.....Motley Crue/Lita Ford era.