Haze BC-1

The Haze BC-1 is a no-nonsense guitar in the tradition of simple, one-pickup, slab-bodied axes. It’s made to play and play hard.

The BC-1, the Blue Collar-1. It’s called that for a reason; the BC-1 is designed to rock in the most workmanlike manner you can think of. This guitar is not about lavish and sumptuous, this guitar is about getting on stage and playing.

Stripped back brilliance.

In the tradition of the Fender Esquire and the Les Paul Junior, the Haze BC-1 lets you get to the music with the minimum of fuss. One pickup. But it’s a doozy – well, a Duesenberg to be exact. The Duesenberg Domino is a P-90 style pickup in a humbucker housing and it looks and sounds amazing. Powerful and raw with that edgy growl you’d expect.

Unadorned, this guitar may be but that doesn’t need to mean unattractive. The BC-1 has a handsomely figured, solid (damn solid), ash body married to a bolt-on, maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. Neck and body are finished in a boutique, oil and wax finish which not only looks great, but it feels amazing to play on.

A wraparound bridge couples strings and body incredibly well and contributes to the the unique tone and sustain of the BC-1. The guitar has a genuine bone nut and is set-up with the care and attention that a production-line instrument can’t receive.

It plays great and it looks great but it’s the sound – rock, blues, punk and garage are all catered for here. Thick and meaty P-90 tones with plenty of muscle but the longer scale-length (25.5″) and ash body help retain focus and a strong top-end. It’ll chime, it’ll roar, it’ll take the heads off the front row. Make no mistake: the BC-1 is built to brawl.

The Haze BC-1 is the model that Gerry Hayes presented to Joe Bonamassa. Joe’s got a truckload of plush, beautiful, incredibly expensive guitars so it was great to see him play an upstart like the BC-1. Read more about Joe Bonamassa and his Haze Guitar.