The Reverend Club (Part 2)

[deanmc@optonlin]

Now THAT'S a bass face!

Right out of Spinal Tap!

 

[chris4001asat]

Here's my bass face...courtesy of the Hamtramck festival

 

[Chef]

Welcome to the Nino/Justin/CraigB/Chef club

We also had our the hard wood for our floors delivered. When they're installed in a few weeks, I'll go back and shoot some nice pics of the Reverends using the new floors as a backdrop.

 

[deanmc@optonlin]

Here's my bass face...courtesy of the Hamtramck festival

Shoulda wore the V-neck that day LOL!

 

[chris4001asat]

it was 95 degrees, yeah, yeah, and a million percent humidity, yeah, thats the ticket!

 

[Chef]

New bugeye-xl on the bay; not mine

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290194832920&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

BIN $825, freee shipping; roadrunner gig bag: they're very nice.

 

[watspan]

question: what bass do you play when it's not a 'fish?

maybe I'm feeling guilty--had a gig saturday where I took my ds'd lakland DPLE II and a 'fish--never touched the 'fish all night!

How about all y'all?

 

[Chef]

Aside from the 5 Reverends:

1961 King Double Bass
One of several Fender Precision's, Jazz's or Telecaster,
One of many G&L's
Lakland 5501, 5502, HB, Scheff
MM Stingray HH4

I got like 30 basses now. Tough call

 

[watspan]

Aside from the 5 Reverends:

I got like 30 basses now. Tough call

I'll say! So do you say to yourself "haven't played this one in a while" or do you set out w/ specific tone/gig/etc. goals in mind and choose the best fit?

 

[Chef]

Sometimes I'll have a job that calls for a sound; but yeah, sometimes I say "that one ain't been spun around the block for a while," or "that one goes really well with the rig I'm using tonight."

I have the "same problem" with amplification, and there are definately pairing that work really well, and pairings that just really don't...

You can scope my profile for more details.

 

[Dave Siff]

When I'm not playing a Rumblefish, I play my only other bass.. a Fender Precision with a Jazz neck and a Reverend pickup.
Here's my bass face.. playing too far behind the bridge hurts!

 

[matrok]

If I'm not playing the Rev's, I have a defretted 78 Pbass with a Rev p pup and a DiMarzio J. Soon to build p body/jazz neck beast with a Rev pup in it. How do you like yours Dave? I plan on stringing it with flats.

 

[Folmeister]

I have one of my fish set up for Eb tuning, so any gig that does 1/2 step down it's the fish all night long (my last band played in that tuning). In regular tuning, aside from my black fish, it's my Sadowsky P/J or one of my Ritters.

 

[BartmanPDX]

For the old school sounds and classic rock the Reverends are great, though I sometimes also play my Dark Star P bass in that role.

For a more aggressive sound, it's the Sadowskys.

Every once in a while I'll break out the Steinberger or the Ric. The Steinberger has unbelievable tone but the looks are very distracting. The Ric just screams classic rock.

 

[Dave Siff]

Soon to build p body/jazz neck beast with a Rev pup in it. How do you like yours Dave? I plan on stringing it with flats.

I love mine. There's just something about a P-bass, and that pickup has massive output! It's so mean and nasty, I'm keeping roundwounds on it for maximum snarl, but I think I'm gonna put Chromes on one of my 'Fish.

 

[matrok]

Jealous, wish I had another fish to try the chromes on for a side by side comparison. Looking forward to my frankenbass project.

 

[Chef]

hey y'all started it
Fender precision a/e body, all parts "J" neck, Reverend optional 10K ohm P pup.

The only beastlier P pup out there is G&L's MFD split P...

 

[Dave Siff]

Reverend optional 10K ohm P pup.

10K! I can only imagine the sonic destruction. I have the 8.7K version and it's hugely loud.
Here's my Franken-Fender.. on the left, sporting the pickup cover. The P-bass on the right now belongs to Atoz.

 

[matrok]

Very cool indeed.

 

[chris4001asat]

I always bring my Geddy Jazz with a J-retro as a backup. Once in a great while, I'll bring my old 4001 out. My old "main" bass, an ASAT..... I've taken her out maybe 2-3 times in the past 3-4 years....Does absolutely nothing for me anymore. Uncomfortable to play, just doesn't sound right... I should sell her, but she's so pretty!
I probably should change my name since it doesn't fit me anymore!