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NBD Reverend Triad 5 Cheesasorous Rex

Wyvern

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Jul 6, 2019
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I promised myself this is my last piece for a couple years.

The Reverend Triad 5 in Burnt Orange. I nicknamed it Cheesasorous Rex because it looks like a brick of Cheddar.

This is actually my second Triad, the first was army green and had a ding in the FB so it went back, thankfully too, because the Rosewood FB calmed down the treble and fattened up the lows- absolutely does toan wood matter!

Construction is great, clean binding, solid fretwork, the FB is so polished it reflects your fingers, it's not perfect as there is slight flaws around a couple side dots and a neck pocket that is only as tight as a typical Fender.

The neck is pretty chunky monkey, Like a Warwick or a P-bass, but it's still plenty fast thanks to the 11" radius.

The actual tone is something else, the neck sounds like a P but with a Rick snarl, center is an odd duck, sounds like a Rick but with more midrange, bridge sounds like a bridge, but not overly bright. Bridge Middle is hot, scooped and somehow almost Hi-Fi, Neck middle is wooly and grindy, bridge neck is the money- sounds a bit like a jazz, but with more midrange and hair, almost sounds like my G&L L2500 in parallel, all 3 is very midrangy- and sounds very much like a dual coil humbucker.

This is definitely a unique instrument, doesn't sound like anything I've ever played, very articulate and lends itself to quickly muted notes.
Balance in lap is ok, but it's very comfortable on a strap.

I look forward to Reverend's future, and has me eyeballing the Danish Equivalent Nidhogg (who doesn't want a Drake inlay?)
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This is actually my second Triad, the first was army green and had a ding in the FB so it went back, thankfully too, because the Rosewood FB calmed down the treble and fattened up the lows- absolutely does toan wood matter!
Reverends are awesome! I briefly had a Decision P in what I'd call a "pink burst" finish with a rosewood fingerboard. I traded it up for a 5-string, but if I didn't need that 5er, I'd still have that Rev.

And agreed with the fingerboard wood. When I tried out that Decision P, the store also had a factory-second Decision P in black with the maple fingerboard. That maple one definitely sounded snappier. Really good "bedroom" tone, but the rosewood fingerboard gave the bass a little more warmth/heft to be thicker in the mix.

Reverends are easily some of the coolest passive basses on the market, and I love their in-house pickups. P-Blade and Jazz Bomb are a chef's kiss PJ combo. The Jazz Bomb on its own is loud 'n proud.

Nice necks, too. At least on the 4, it's comfortably girthy without feeling like a baseball bat. I prefer it over, say, a pencil-thin Soundgear neck.
 
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Absolutely beautiful. I'm trying to sell 3-4 basses now so I can buy a Triad 5, likely in baked orange like yours.

I have a Mercalli 5 now and it's one of my primary gigging basses for our rock cover band. It splits time with an L-2500 just like the one in your picture. I figure the Triad 5 can be used for that band as well.
 
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Absolutely beautiful. I'm trying to sell 3-4 basses now so I can buy a Triad 5, likely in baked orange like yours.

I have a Mercalli 5 now and it's one of my primary gigging basses for our rock cover band. It splits time with an L-2500 just like the one in your picture. I figure the Triad 5 can be used for that band as well.
G&L makes a good pairing with the Triad, the G&L has a big bark, and the Triad is very snarly, played hard you'd think you have overdrive on- but confirmed on the BOSS GT1000, output is right as it should be.

I discovered Reverend by playing a used Mercalli a few months ago and knew I needed to get one.

Sweetwater gave me a good deal on it, so I had to jump- even though I don't like supporting SW.
Good luck with your sales.
 
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Awesome! Love the color, and these are extremely cool basses. A few years ago I came close to buying a Reverend Mercalli five, but that "chunky monkey" neck, while manageable for sure, is fatter than I like. I was too accustomed to the narrower, slimmer neck on my G&L M-2500.
 
Awesome! Love the color, and these are extremely cool basses. A few years ago I came close to buying a Reverend Mercalli five, but that "chunky monkey" neck, while manageable for sure, is fatter than I like. I was too accustomed to the narrower, slimmer neck on my G&L M-2500.
Yeah, my L2500 is the series 750 and has a wider neck than the other G&L's so I'm used to it.

The only wide neck I can't get used to is the BTB- the combo of wide and flat feels like playing a fence plank.
 
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