The Reverend Club (part 4)

[fishnskiwv]

...and so I continue to wait. I am glad that fishing for trout isn't as hard as fishing for a Reverend....

 

[BartmanPDX]

Greeting from the North,

Thanks Chef, gettin another BH5 is something I gave up on a couple of years back. And getting 1st series was out of the question totally. But to my disbelief it's HAPNIN! Thanks to EBM for being so cool!

Rezdog

Congrats, dude!!!!

My wife asked me today if I would gig with a 4-string Houser since I don't take the BH5 out much but play it a lot at home. Alas, if only such a beast existed . . .

Smart woman, her. She knows what I like. A four-string BH? Yeah, I'd gig with that in a heartbeat.

 

[Rezdog]

Greetings,

Thanks. I now gotta decide on the fate of the new P5 I just got last week....whether to return or keep it. It's funny how basses can get you going like you're deciding about special people in your life. Lust & Needs!!!..... LOL. Oh well.... I also know I should be thankful to have such a decision.

Rezdog

 

[Chef]

New Fender P5?
versus Houser5?

No contest there man.

 

[EBMatt]

New Fender P5?
versus Houser5?

No contest there man.

Been there. Done that. BH5 is the better bass, better low B, more versatile. But the P5 does have that P sound. Ok, I can't talk about this anymore. I'm already starting to miss the BH5 and I haven't even shipped it out yet.

 

[Chef]

If you just gotta have that P sound-and that's a valid concern if you track a lot or whatever (producers...), go get you a cheap used MIM Fender 50's P bass, or CIJ 51P. They're both quite nice.

 

[Dave Siff]

The yellow P/J has arrived here:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=448178

 

[matrok]

Nice score Dave!

 

[Dave Siff]

Nice score Dave!

Haha, I wish! Shoulda phrased that differently. I just meant it's now for sale in the TB classifieds.

 

[barroso]

the cream white body and gold pickguard color combinatio is sooooooooooo nice!

ps i noticed that used 'Fishes are becoming.... "pricey"

 

[matrok]

Oops! I get it now.

 

[Dave Siff]

I'm trying to figure out how I can get it, but I don't think there's a way.

 

[craigb]

Yeah, I wanted it badly and had to back out. Although I ended up not buying it I still give Chris a big thumbs-up as a good guy to deal with.

 

[BartmanPDX]

That yellow PJ is a really nice bass, at a great price since it has the case. Someone should snap that one up. My white PJ is pretty much my go-to bass for gigging these days.

 

[MaddAnthony_59]

Offer sent on Yellow P/J

 

[BartmanPDX]

the cream white body and gold pickguard color combinatio is sooooooooooo nice!

When I first got my first Reverend, I actually hated the color combination, but it's grown on me quite a bit:

ps i noticed that used 'Fishes are becoming.... "pricey"

Used prices went up pretty quick after they stopped making them but seem to have stabilized at around $800 for the more common fish, and a couple hundred more for the REALLY rare ones. They almost never sell for more than $1k.

Even though they are uncommon, unique and out of production, I wouldn't expect prices to rise in the near future. People seem to be willing to pay only so much for a bass with a formica top.

 

[watspan]

When I first got my first Reverend, I actually hated the color combination, but it's grown on me quite a bit:

Used prices went up pretty quick after they stopped making them but seem to have stabilized at around $800 for the more common fish, and a couple hundred more for the REALLY rare ones. They almost never sell for more than $1k.

Even though they are uncommon, unique and out of production, I wouldn't expect prices to rise too much more in the near future. People seem to be willing to pay only so much for a bass with a formica top.

agreed--I think we've seen the top of the market a few months back and prices have retreated slightly, but not much.

for those with fish, I'm issuing a "hold" recomendation, for those w/o, a "buy" recomendation.

 

[Chef]

Me, I don't think it's the market, I think it's the economy.
Everythings down.

 

[MaddAnthony_59]

for those with fish, I'm issuing a "hold" recomendation, for those w/o, a "buy" recomendation.

I have seen the Error of my ways, and agree whole-heartedly.

No More Catch & Release!!!

 

[BartmanPDX]

Me, I don't think it's the market, I think it's the economy.
Everythings down.

Yeah, that ain't helpin'. I still think that fish prices would probably stay where they are right now even if the economy weren't in the dumper though.

People think I'm insane when I say I put my fish in the same league as my Sadowskys. Granted, the Sadowskys do have slightly better construction and attention to detail, but I'm as likely to gig with a fish as I am with my NYC PJ, and the most expensive fish I own cost me less than half as much as either of my Sads. In terms of tone and playability, my Revs are right there. But Reverends don't have the "mystique."

Here's what I think it is: the people who most appreciate Reverends are those who have played and owned them. Since they're not around much any more, most folks don't know what they're missing. There's a lot less demand for things people haven't gotten to try. So the market is somewhat limited to seasoned fishermen, I guess.