Reverend Guitars Experiences

[Shadoweclipse13]

Their guitars have always felt really solid to me, when I've messed with them. I just wish they made the Jenn Wasner signature lefty

wow! they are pretty great!

Isn't that pretty cool? I think the graphic pattern is something she owns with the artist who made it for her, or something like that. I absolutely love it though.

[jakeisjake]

Their music is good , too

[Shadoweclipse13]

Their music is good , too

I need to check out some earlier albums I think. I had Tween and didn't love it. They've got some interesting rhythms and melodies, but they never really hooked me either. I remember hearing a demo version of Watching The Waiting and liking it SO much better than the album version.

[OV7]

I had a Tricky Gomez, a Billy Corgan, and a Double Agent(offset). Great guitars with great pickups. The BC-1 was particularly amazing and I wish I hadn’t sold it.

[beauzooka]

Their music is good , too

I need to check out some earlier albums I think. I had Tween and didn't love it. They've got some interesting rhythms and melodies, but they never really hooked me either. I remember hearing a demo version of Watching The Waiting and liking it SO much better than the album version.

I would suggest you check out Civilian. Still my pick as Wye Oak’s best record.

[Shadoweclipse13]

Their music is good , too

I need to check out some earlier albums I think. I had Tween and didn't love it. They've got some interesting rhythms and melodies, but they never really hooked me either. I remember hearing a demo version of Watching The Waiting and liking it SO much better than the album version.

I would suggest you check out Civilian. Still my pick as Wye Oak’s best record.

Thanks for the heads up! I really wanted to like them, and the rhythms were cool, but the album just weren't my thing. Hopefully Civilian will be more my taste!!

[davewrites]

I’ve owned a Volcano, which had great tone and lots of mojo... but I sit to play 90% of the time, so I sold it to avoid collecting dust. It had a chunky neck, which added some nice variety to my arsenal. I genuinely miss the volcano. It’s on my list to re-acquire someday because, hey, it’s an offset “V”.



My main axe is a Reverend Club King 290. I originally had a hard tail CK 290 in Midnight Black, but sold it to buy a newer model with the factory Bigsby. More recently bought a custom one-off Club King, transparent orange with Railhammers and the Bigsby (aka, my current avatar). So now I have two!!

If I could only have one guitar, it would probably be this Club King 290.



Competition for my “one guitar” could be my Reverend Charger HB. I originally coveted a Fano SP6 because it’s a LP-Tele hybrid. Then I was in the market for an HH Tele, but waffling between a ‘72 Deluxe and a Blacktop... and then I tried the Charger HB — DONE! Such a magnificent beast and the ultimate LP-Tele hybrid. It plays itself, has such a breadth of tone and sounds great with any amp. I love Reverend’s Bass Contour Control (BCC), and you get more range out of that pot with Humbuckers—just dynamite. I almost never touch my tone knob anymore.



I could go on for days about Reverend’s design, build quality, constant innovation, playability, tone, price point, not being a mega-corporation... everything! I have owned guitars from many different companies and the only non-Reverends I’ve kept are product lines that Reverend doesn’t dabble in, like short-scale offsets. If Reverend decided to chase the Mustang/Duo-Sonic market, I’d probably be an early adopter.

[beauzooka]

FYI - Volcanos have been discontinued by Reverend - due to the onerous Gibson legal arseholes.

And... Wye Oak just released a new song yesterday, which I like a lot:

https://youtu.be/e_pu_oCb3ic