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Rich serialization, they were producing more than 1,000 guitars a year by the late 1970s and began using numbers meant for the following year.

It resembled an insect with its twin symmetrical upper and lower horns.

Hi I have a BC Rich guitar that I can't find any info or value on it.

Also, at some point in 1999 or 2000 the "Made In The USA" below the script logo disappeared on most of the guitars built.

The USA bolt on guitars never followed the same serial number sequence as the neck thru models, which were numbered using the YYXXX format with the first two digits being the year, and the last three digits being the production number.

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The serial number on the guitar is 804XX, which most people would assume to be a 1980 build from the traditional YYXXX format.

As far as cosmetics and aesthetics go there are very minor dings and scrapes to be seen but most importantly the bridge is in great shape! In the late '70s as production grew, the serial numbers begin to get ahead of themselves since only 1000 numbers were available in a series.

The guitars would go through a process of being marked out with a pencil and a template of the shape of the guitar—we had aluminum templates and later plastic—and then they would do a cutout on a band saw.

These consecutive numbers ran up to between 340 and 360.