Reverend RUMBLEFISH

buy it! I have three. sounds like a special order if it has the alumuinum finish. Great playing and great sounding bass. try it amplified and you'll dig the sound. they're out of production so they'll stay rare.

 

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Don't let this one be the Fish that got away. I promise, you will not regret it. Best playing and sounding basses I've ever owned.

 

Just keep in mind that Reverends aren't made anymore. Don't sit on it too long or someone else might nab it.

 

I bought one, sold it to a fellower T'Ber and regretted it. I ordered one of the last of the blemished ones Reverend was selling and get it this week. In that very color combination in your picture. I won't let this one go.

 

I just got a PJ fish from a fellow TBer(God Bless You Larch!) and it's the bomb. If you don't reel in that fish, tell me where it is...

 

I got one from their site recently, my first and not last fish. I am impressed...have no camera or sound clips.

 

I will get pics of mine, but I've got a P-J style and it is loaded with this aluminum brush finish....

Mine has some rough belt buckle marks, but she is my main axe. I love her.

 

Reverends are fine, fine basses. I have both a 5L, and a Brad Houser 5. They throw done some fine fine fat tones. I'm not a slapper at all, so I can't speak to that issue. But I think with stainless rounds on there, it'd be a fine slapper...
What I can say is that I can't imagine not having one.
Fine feel, light, responsive, tone for days, and the semi-hollowbody design give the Reverend a nice warm roundness that I really dig.

 

By all means buy the 'fish and get ready to rumble! Everyone throws around the term "piano-like tone" but these basses actually have it. Awesome sustain and tone, fast comfy neck. Don't miss your chance to be a believer...

 

I like mine so much that I just bought this sight unseen. I trust Joe to make a kickass instrument.

 

Ack! That's a Guitar!
Probably a damn fine one too.

 

Well thank god they don't make basses anymore, because I'd probably keep buying them whether I needed them or not. Now a decent guitar, THAT I need.

 

I've never heard a Rev guit, but if they're anything like the basses, they're just plain magic. I like the look of the (P90?) style pups on there. That ought to be a nice piece. I *have* heard some of Rev's amplifiers, and they're really sweet...

 

Here's a shot of Ian (dancehallcrasher) holding his Reverend along with jive1's 4-94 at the DC GTG this summer. I've only played one or two Rumblefishes, but they both played great and sounded fantastic. I'd definitely recommend picking one up. Not sure about slapping, just because I've not tried, but they've got a killer sound overall.

 

Back in '99, when Reverend still had a dealer network, I dragged the guitar player in my band down to a store to try a Reverend guitar. He could not put it down. It had about a million different tones.. Strat, Tele, Les Paul, PRS, you name it. He kept saying "Wow.. wow." In the end, he said it was too light.. he was used to Les Pauls at that point. But, I can tell you, that Reverend guitar sounded amazing.
Dancehallclasher.. that guitar you bought is smokin'!

 

How did he fall asleep like that?

 

Dancehallclasher's all growed up.


My fish with a fretboard repair and a tiny blue speck on the back of the neck gets here today.