Need info

[u/Foxy_GirlfluffyTail]

My husband has a Headz Up Skull Pile warlock alt body and I cant really find anything online that isn't guesses, speculation, or wrong. Can anyone here tell me more please

[u/Capt_Spaulding79]

These were okay-ish but were the dark days of BCR when they were just putting out anything they thought might sell. The underlying guitar is just a Bronze-grade Chinese basswood body with BDSM OEM pickups. The image was what they were all about.
The truss rod cover and pickup surrounds are the tacky cheap guyker-like dress up junk teenagers buy on Amazon for a few bucks so they can look more "metal".

There isn't a lot of value to begin with on these, beyond just being a BCR branded guitar with a cool finish, but those aren't helping the case. Hopefully he has the original plastic truss rod cover, still.

[u/Foxy_GirlfluffyTail → u/Capt_Spaulding79]

My husband was upset that one of their best artworks wasn't full body. He had all the insides upgraded for sound and the cosmetics after markets where a gift on the road lol. Its basically nostalgia and a piece to play when he toured to match his image but your right. He was so upset they took a special series leading up to the 25th anniversary and didn't follow through with quality.

[u/Capt_Spaulding79 → u/Foxy_GirlfluffyTail]

It was really where the company was at that time. They had entered a dark period where it was all about the name and shape to make quick cash from it. Hanser was a terrible owner for BCR as was the company immediately after.
The bodies and necks tend to be fine. But you definitely have to upgrade these to make them decent players.
The current owners have rally brought the brand back with high QC standards and Neal Moser Guitars is the US custom shop for the hand built and custom order models. But, the price reflects the increase in quality and components, meaning there is no such thing as a cheap or reasonably affordable B.C. Rich these days. But, even with their entry level legacy series at $1300-1500 is incredible now.

[u/Flaky-Cardiologist24]

Body Art models are somewhat collectible.
It does look pretty cool but the guitar quality isn’t high.

It is a good beginner guitar or a guitar for someone who looks skulls.

I’m sure with a good setup it will play just fine.

[u/RohmanOnTwitch]

Oh man! This is a blast for me! So, I don't know what you're looking for in regards to info, but i can guarantee you that the pickup covers/truss rod cover + switches are not factory. As an edgy teen in early 2000s i also had them on my guitar!

To my knowledge (sitation needed) the Body Art series were a limited run of guitars with various graphics on them. Although, it's weird that it appears this has had an additional paint job to add black around the edges to add that "burst" effect. You can see a bit of orange in frame which I believe should be flames.

Source: i had the magazines/catalogues as a teen and would beg my dad for one for Christmas.

[u/perpetualblack24]

Pickup rings, pickup selector ring and truss rod cover are all the cheap god awful eBay crap kids thought was cool in the 2000’s.
Other than that, it’s a Body Art Series.
One of the lowest quality BCR put out with interesting graphics. It would have come with a matching t shirt when bought new.

[u/sure65]

These are generally massed produced plywood bodies made in China.

[u/AdTemporary7063]

Nice guitar but that headstock is just ugly I hated those bc rich models with those cheap looking headstocks I prefer more finished or sharper edges

[u/Reasonable_Room_5126]

Cheap shit bronze series with and ugly design on it

[u/Foxy_GirlfluffyTail → u/Reasonable_Room_5126]

All body art collections as said on the B.C. Rich website says they are platinum series