NBD: Reverend Triad!

[BOOG]

I might take a ride to Russo Music to see if they have one hanging up. They usually have four or five Reverends.

I just showed OP’s pic to my wife...
Me: “that’s a pretty bass, isn’t it?”
Wife: “oh wow, that is pretty!”
Me: “these are made in Toledo, by a company called Reverend.”
Wife: “you might have to take a field trip.”
Me: “you know, I never thought of that!”
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think I was just given the blessing !

These are just some quick observations, and I'll follow up with more pics and a video in a couple of days.

I just put this thing down, after receiving it 5 hours ago. Can't remember the last time I played for that long when I wasn't getting paid to! First of all, the construction, build quality, and components are top-notch, but anyone who's played a Rev knows that (this is my 4th). Second, this might be the ultimate gigging bass. I play in a few different bands, and also host a weekly pro jam, and this thing could easily cover anything I need to play. The bridge pup does an awesome burpy Stingray-jaco-esque type sound, perfect for funkier stuff. The middle pup is P-bass city. The neck is great for fat, old school tones for oldies and the like. And the two "in-between" positions are smooth, fat and scooped, and work well for country, ballads, and reggae (with the tone rolled off). The tone knob is really well voiced, and allows just enough mids to poke through the mix. The amazing part is how well-balanced the pups are. They're pretty much the same volume in any position, which is pretty rare! Yeah, I just got this today, but I'm pretty sure these observations will hold up over time. More to come!

[Color's off in this pic. In person, it's more of a Tomato Bisque vibe. Don't ask why it's in my bed.]
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[BOOG]

So, question for the owners of Reverend and extraordinaire’s...
Can I safely assume that all of Reverend necks with this amber tint are roasted or are some of them just stained to appear roasted?

 

[B-Mac]

I just showed OP’s pic to my wife...
Me: “that’s a pretty bass, isn’t it?”
Wife: “oh wow, that is pretty!”
Me: “these are made in Toledo, by a company called Reverend.”
Wife: “you might have to take a field trip.”
Me: “you know, I never thought of that!”
Ladies and Gentlemen, I think I was just given the blessing !

You lucky dawg you!
Does your wife have any sisters that are single?

 

[b15fliptop]

So, question for the owners of Reverend and extraordinaire’s...
Can I safely assume that all of Reverend necks with this amber tint are roasted or are some of them just stained to appear roasted?

All of the recent bolt-on’s are roasted. Older ones, no. Not sure why the set necks aren’t.

 

[scuzzy]

Beauty of a bass. I would love one. Congrats!

If it's half as versatile as a Big Al, it can cover anything.

 

[pisces_bass]

The Justice in my avatar pic has a roasted neck with satin finish.

 

[bordinco90]

Very nice bass! It almost has that EBMM Big Al look which I love! Looks great.

 

[BOOG]

All of the recent bolt-on’s are roasted. Older ones, no. Not sure why the set necks aren’t.

Good to know. Thank you. Being that their shop is a fat hour away I think I will do a day trip to ‘just look around’.
I have been eyeing up the new model Raymond in Venetian Gold.

 

[selowitch]

Stupendous!

 

[SgtHulka]

It's a great-looking bass but I think Reverend really fell into the pool here. Why make a three pickup bass if you're not going to be able to use all 3 pickups at once? I'm glad you like the tones you getting out of it but that just sounds ridiculous to me.

 

[b15fliptop]

I’m totally fine with the 5 excellent, useful tones on tap.

 

[SgtHulka]

I’m totally fine with the 5 excellent, useful tones on tap.

No 1st and 3rd pickup setting either. Seems like a no brainer with 3 "jazz bomb" pickups. I'm glad you are ok with it, I just think they could have gone further.

 

[Lesfunk]

There’s one in every crowd

 

[CGremlin]

Don't ask why it's in my bed.

Of course not. What a man and his bass do on their time off is between the man and his bass, and none of my business.

Beautiful instrument. I've never played a Reverend, but I find their quirky looks really appealing, and I'd like to try one sometime.

 

[40Hz]

Congratulations on getting a really nice bass. Play it well.

 

[Magthegrate]

I recently got my first Reverend, a Mercalli 4. The more I play it, the more it's replacing my L2000. They do great work. Congrats on the new bass!

 

[melloncollie]

No 1st and 3rd pickup setting either. Seems like a no brainer with 3 "jazz bomb" pickups. I'm glad you are ok with it, I just think they could have gone further.

I agree they should have done it from the factory. But any decent tech could wire up a push pull pot that adds a pickup to whatever you’ve got selected. A fairly common mod on strats.

 

[SgtHulka]

I agree they should have done it from the factory. But any decent tech could wire up a push pull pot that adds a pickup to whatever you’ve got selected. A fairly common mod on strats.

Good point, in this configuration, you could just add a mini toggle on/off switch to either the bridge or neck pickup and turn it on to activate all three or one of the end single pickup settings.

 

[b15fliptop]

Yes, a common Strat mod is to add a push-pull switch on the tone pot to turn on the neck pickup, no matter what the 5-way switch is set to. That way, you can access all three, or neck and bridge.

 

[jnewmark]

Curious about neck dive with these models. Any problems there ?