All the BRJ, BCR guitars under Sr & Jr in the 90s/2000s were made by the Pasaye family in TJ. They were involved with the BCR South shop in the 'Golden Era' too. All carved by hand with knives, proper old school, I would much prefer that than a CNC!
History copied from the Pasaye page about Jorge the head luthier:
1974.- At this year, Jorge moves to Los Angeles to work with a company by the name of "BERNARDOS GUITAR SHOP", where he started to work on Classical and Flamenco Guitars.
1976.- Jorge Pasaye worked at " BERNARDOS GUITAR SHOP" whom will later be the well known "B.C. Rich" company, where he witnessed the creation of the very first "B.C. Rich" electric guitar.
1977.-In this Year "Bernardos Guitar Shop" changed name to "B.C. Rich" and Jorge worked for them, crafting Country Guitars.
1985.- By this date the company suffers a lot of changes and Jorge with a partner is asigned to the Custom Made department. Here jorge stayed for a long time getting a lot of experience on Acoustic Guitars and Electric Guitars.
1993.- In his year Jorge decides to return to his country and starts working on his own business, he started creating Bajosextos
You can see some of their work here.
https://www.facebook.com/pasayeguitars/
A photo that did the rounds of the TJ workshop, notice the mix of BRJ & BCR. A few of these 'blanks' have appeared on eBay by one fo the family Enrique under the seller name 'BassRamon' as old stock but lets be honest they're just making a couple every now and then. You've got to be so careful with fakes.
History copied from the Pasaye page about Jorge the head luthier:
1974.- At this year, Jorge moves to Los Angeles to work with a company by the name of "BERNARDOS GUITAR SHOP", where he started to work on Classical and Flamenco Guitars.
1976.- Jorge Pasaye worked at " BERNARDOS GUITAR SHOP" whom will later be the well known "B.C. Rich" company, where he witnessed the creation of the very first "B.C. Rich" electric guitar.
1977.-In this Year "Bernardos Guitar Shop" changed name to "B.C. Rich" and Jorge worked for them, crafting Country Guitars.
1985.- By this date the company suffers a lot of changes and Jorge with a partner is asigned to the Custom Made department. Here jorge stayed for a long time getting a lot of experience on Acoustic Guitars and Electric Guitars.
1993.- In his year Jorge decides to return to his country and starts working on his own business, he started creating Bajosextos
You can see some of their work here.
https://www.facebook.com/pasayeguitars/
A photo that did the rounds of the TJ workshop, notice the mix of BRJ & BCR. A few of these 'blanks' have appeared on eBay by one fo the family Enrique under the seller name 'BassRamon' as old stock but lets be honest they're just making a couple every now and then. You've got to be so careful with fakes.