In November of 2000 B.C. Rich implemented a new date stamp format for serial number coding of its imported models. . This started on the January 2001 models.

How do I tell what year my BC Rich guitar is?

All B.C. Rich models, both imported and USA handmades implement this same year time date stamp and guitar production number format: 121XXXXX first digit = year of manufacture. Second digit = means nothing until double-digit years get here again. Third digit = quarter of manufacture.

How do you read a Rickenbacker serial number?

The first digit(s) indicates the model number. The letter indicates the type of instrument. The first digit after the letter is the last digit of the year of the fifties. The last three digits is the production number.