The B.C. Rich Villain Escape 8 8-String Electric Guitar offers classic B.C. Rich styling and an affordable sticker price. It features a basswood body with bolt-on maple neck and a 7-inline headstock. The neck has a rosewood fretboard with a comfortable 16" radius and 24 jumbo frets for better note-bending. The Villain comes with B.C. Rich humbucking pickups that are perfectly capable of capturing all of the nuances and expanded range that this 8-string has to offer. Black hardware is used throughout down to the fixed bridge and die-cast tuners Case sold separately