Anyone have some knowledge bout the reverend basses?

Yeah, I like the Reverends. To answer your question, I'm not sure if I have knowledge about them or not. Are you speaking in the sense of "gnosis," as in a secret personal divine revelation?

 

*chants "D-H-C! D-H-C! D-H-C!"*


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Hey punkbassist,
Welcome aboard! Reverends are great basses. I've played one as my main bass for almost 3 years. You seem to have a good bit of knowledge about them already. I say, go get one! They are far, far better instruments than Danelectros.. in fact, IME, they're far better instruments than a lot of more expensive brands. Good luck and let us know what you end up doing.

 

i have a reverend rumblefish XL4, which is, coincidentally, also by reverend.

seriously though, do you want to know anything specifically? i can tell you that it is very versatile, and the playability and sound, to me, are far better than anything in or a good bit above its price range. the one thing i do not like is that it is not great for playing with a pick, because there is no bevel on the upper body. but i find it hard to pick on J-style basses anyway, because the pickups get in the way.

you should take your brother's bass to your local music store and compare it with other basses there to see how you like the feel and sound.

by the way, there is no person called "reverend," the company is owned by Joe Naylor.

 

I was thining of buying a Rumor once, but opted not to. I wouldn't expect a killer bass for the price, but damn they are cool looking. I still wouldn't mind buying one if I had spare change just laying around.

 

Let's get ready to RRRRRUUUMBLE! These are terrific basses. Great neck, wide range of tones, fine workmanship. As dancehallclasher says, they are a bit awkward with a pick-(not that I haven't done it!) The sound and the look are awesome.

 

And thumb floaters.

 

Actually, you probably live near me.
I live in Easton, and make trips to GV weekly.

Just figured I'd add to this.
The owner used to write for BP magazine, by the way. They're a great store. Although, sometimes their prices can be high.

 

Yeah, some guys can be asses.
Was it the short guy who tries to act tough?
My friend Doug and I were joking about beating him up the one day...

I've played the '79 MM. It's alright.
I like my MM better (then again, mine's a sterling)
The guys generally let me do whatever there, since I've bought some stuff from there.

I'd love to bitch out that one disgruntled short guy, who has blonde hair though (the one I was talking about before). He barely let me turn on the one head, the one time. I had it on like a hair above 0.

Jason and the other few guys are really cool.
I stopped in the other night to pick up the recent BP, and the one new guy was being really nice.

That guy I was talking about a few paragraphs above, he tried telling my friend Doug that you have to be a pro to work there. I really think he should get fired... I overheard him talking about how he wants to quit, but they won't let him, or something? I wish he would, he ruins the store.

As I said, some of the stuff's overpriced, but some's priced well.

Next time you go, try the Rob Allen MB-2, it's so nice. I can't help but picking it up every time I go in there...

*insert drool, here*


Are you in a band by any chance?
I'd be interested in seeing someone from TB's band play, other than the people I knew before I joined.


Perhaps there infact should be a local TB get together.

 

How do those play anyway? I've been looking into them for awhile, but I'm here in Texas, and there are none in the stores.

 

That teal one's been there forever.
That was the first Sterling I played, infact.
It's a nice bass. However, I don't think it holds a candle to mine (yes, in production basses, there's a difference in two basses of the same model).

If the guys start crawling up your *** about trying stuff, just tell them you're just trying to generally try some stuff out on your own.

Generally, I've had the reverse problem, the guy doesn't plug me into the cheapest amp in the store, more the most expensive (which is generally the one I dislike the most, considering the only amp I like in that store is the G-K 800RB).

As I've said, the people in the store are jerks, but the store itself is a good store.

 

I swear they play themselves.
If I were missing fingers on my right hand, I wouldn't be worried about hitting the strings.

Hunt one down, they're INCREDIBLE basses.
It's almost even loud enough to be considered an acoustic bass. I was almost embarrassed, when I first picked it up off the rack. I just held the neck, plucked the one string, and the improperly intonated note came out quite loudly.

It's kind of odd, they're really growly, but have some sort of character to them, that I can't really put my finger on... They're really clear, though.

Whatever it is, I absolutely love the tone.
I'd love to add a fretless to my family, especially one of those.

 

It's really nice in color...
Has a good tone, too.

You could consider a 'ray 5. I don't know if they currently have one?

I think they might've, last time I was there, I really didn't look at the basses too much.