- offset double cutaway alder body, bolt-on maple neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, six-on-one-side tuners, Gotoh 510AT tremolo, pearloid pickguard, two humbucker and one single coil pickups HSS, two knobs (v, tone), five-way selector, chrome hardware, available in Black or Vintage Burst finish, mfg. 1997-98.
The BL825 was produced in 1998 and the BL850 in 1997. There are minor cosmetic changes between the two models.