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100% of reviewers
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$806.00
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9.0
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Description:
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Standard Features
Standard Appointments
• Chrome plated armrest - allows forearm to glide over body edge.
• Full access neck joint - for easier access to the high notes.
• Stainless steel neck screws - necks mounted to body using stainless steel screws with stainless steel cup washers (guitar/bass use four screws, 5-string basses use six screws).
• Graphite nut - low friction for better tuning stability.
Reverend Pickups
Standard unless otherwise noted. Designed by Joe Naylor. Output and tone calibrated for neck, middle or bridge positions, and hum-cancelling in the combination positions. Not sold separately.
Super Vintage Neck
Standard on all instruments. The best of old and new! North American maple construction, rosewood fingerboard with rolled edges for a broken-in feel, vintage yellow no-stick satin finish, medium-jumbo frets, and truss rod access at the headstock. Basses have 1/2 inch square metal reinforcement channel running length of neck. Guitars have dual-action truss rod. Not sold separately.
Neck Specifications
• Bass: 21 fret, 34" scale, 1-1/2" wide nut, 10" radius fingerboard. Medium oval back shape like early 60's J-bass.
features cut-and-pasted from http://www.reverenddirect.com
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Author
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craigb
needs to spend more time on music and less on gear
Registered: January 2000
Location: Spring, TX (Houston metro)
Posts: 2042
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Review Date: Mon June 21, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $806.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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semi-hollow great neck good sound
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Cons:
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some ergonomic nits
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The best things about this bass are the sound and the neck. The P-J pickups look to be shifted a bit towards the neck (the J pickup definitely is based on Reverend\'s literature and the P pickup looks to me to be a bit closer to the neck heel than a \"standard\" P pickup). The sound is full and throaty with the P pickup and the J pickup adds growl & spank. Varying the balance between the pickups gives a good range of tones and while I\'m not a slapper it has plenty of thump on the slaps and plenty of snap on the pops. Finger and pick styles can both give varying amounts of grind and also more mellow tones. The output level is fairly high and while I thought I might swap out the pickups, I\'ve dropped that thought as I like the sound as it is.
One aspect of the sound I really appreciate is the balance - string-to-string, high-to-low. And both pickups have adjustable pole pieces to allow fine tuning the output to your hearts content. That\'s a big plus as I\'ve had basses I loved that just never worked out for me because I could never get a balanced sound that worked for me out of them.
The construction (semi-hollow with a white mahogany center block and steel sustain bar) give a bit of \"air\" to the sound and make the bass very lively and resonant. It\'s a joy to play and really responds to playing position and right hand attack.
The neck feels very nice. Narrow (1.5\" wide at the nut) but with a bit more thickness front-to-back than the skinnier necks I\'ve had. The rolled edges and satin finish just make it feel great in my left hand.
The J pickup is a true single coil (non-humbucking) and can hum in the right (noisy) environment. But the shielding is good and the hum has not been a problem for me so far (which was a concern for me as you can\'t balance it with a second single-coil to eliminate the hum with the P-J configuration).
The hardware is solid and the setup as I received it from Reverend was excellent.
The finish on mine is a discontinued finish named \"bugeye black chrome\". Reverend will build you one with any finish they have some of (for a price) including discontinued ones like bugeye black chrome, engine turned aluminum, etc. You just have to check with them to see what they actually have.
I went with the gig bag to save a few bucks and it\'s serviceable but nothing too exciting.
This bass immediately became my favorite and #1 but I do have a couple of ergonomic nits to pick with it:
#1 - the upper \"horn\" doesn\'t extend as far as a \"normal\" bass (like a Fender). As a result the bass ends up shifted a bit to the left and the nut is a longer reach for my left hand. This is my biggest complaint as I have some tendonitis/CTS type symptoms that get aggravated with basses that make me stretch too much. This one is on the edge of that. For many people this is a \"do not care\".
#2 - the square body edge can be an irritant to my right (plucking hand) forearm if I rest it on the edge of the body. The chrome banjo rest is supposed to deal with this and it is better than just the body edge but it\'s still not as nice as truly contoured body. This is not a big concern for me but for some people it may make the Rumblefish unusable.
If those ergonomic concerns were not there, I\'d rate it a 10. Like I said it\'s my personal favorite bass - but there are a couple of things I\'d change to make it perfect (which is what a 10 rated bass would be to me - absolutely, 100% perfect for me).
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wanting off the GAS carousel but enjoying the ride too much
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