The Assassin was introduced in 1986. It was a double cutaway that was a departure for the odd shaped models that B.C. Rich was known for up until that time. In 1986, there were other double cutaways that B.C. Rich began making with various headstocks, pickup configurations, controls and finishes.

The ASM model was one of these double cutaways but was introduced much later. There was an ASM 1 and ASM 2, with slightly different shapes and point shapes, but the more pointed and sleeker model eventually settled in as the standard ASM shape. The Outlaw originally had holes drilled in the upper bout, but later models were more traditional looking, they were mostly bolt on neck like most of the double cutaway B.C. Rich instruments.

If the PX3 Assassin is all business, then think of the QX6 as an all-business killer in a business suit! Neck-trough construction, direct mounted pickups, a AAA quilt top and a reverse phase control, identify this gunman in any line up.

Features:

• Construction: neck through
• Body wood: nato
• Body top: AAA quilted maple veneer
• Body thickness: 45mm
• Top style: deep arched
• Body binding: natural wood
• Headstock style: small traditional 3 to a side
• Headstock color: stained to match AAA quilted maple veneer
• Headstock binding: no
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatics
• Neck wood: maple
• Back of neck: glossy stained to match
• Neck binding: no
• Neck profile: thin
• Neck thickness at fret 1: 19mm
• Neck thickness at fret 12: 21mm
• Neck radius: 430mm
• Fretboard: ebony
• Inlay: glyph
• Frets: 24 jumbo 2.7mm
• Factory strings: 9 - 46
• Scale: 25 1/2”
• Bridge type: Tone Pros tune o matic
• Tailpiece type: string through the body
• Pickups: 2 chrome covered Rockfield mafia humbuckers (direct mounted)
• Controls: 1 volume, 1 three-way toggle, 1 tone, 3 mini switches – individual coil tap switches and a reverse phase
• Hardware: chrome
• Special features: two end of body strap buttons for a custom strap fit and instrument positioning, revolver knobs
• Finish: stained trans glossy
• Color: amber or tobacco burst

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