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The Reverend Club (part 8)

#61
tombowlus said:
Thought I'd post a pic of my two Reverends. The XL's were my favorites of the old Reverends, and the Decision is my favorite among the new ones (so far).

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I've been trying my hardest not to but an Oceanside Green Reverend Decision. You're not helping Tom. :crying:

Played the Decision for awhile at a music store up north and really liked it but couldn't really hear the bass because they had music cranked up and playing throughout the store, plus nobody cared that I was there... :hmm:

Been looking for a unique four string and am struggling with my decision. Pun intended. I know I'll need to replace the tuners, other than that the bass seems pretty sweet.
 
#63
millsbass5 said:
Wow, nice!! The logical thought would be to go with silver flake. But, that hint of gold flake sets it off better, for sure! Beautiful.
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I once used a basecoat of gold under a transparent CAR instead of the recommended silver on a motorcycle tank. It came out as a glorious Candy Apple Burgundy. I was blown away by that color. The gold flakes add a very nice touch to the color on that Rev!

Mike in Texas
 
#65
It was nicely balanced and easy to play.
No builder "builds basses that all weigh exactly the same," so weight, and how it sits on a strap will vary by unit.
 
#66
Chef said:
It was nicely balanced and easy to play.
No builder "builds basses that all weigh exactly the same," so weight, and how it sits on a strap will vary by unit.
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I understand, was mainly looking for ergonomics. I know Korina seems to be pretty consistent weight wise.

Thanks for the input Chef.
 
#67
Ergonomically, the new Rev's are much better than the old one:
the top horn is longer, pushing the bass back to a more traditional position on your body.

I believe consistent weight is one if the reasons Reverend use Korina; but, they also like it as a tonewood.
 
#68
I went from an Fbass bn6 to my current brad houser 5 a few years back. The F is well known for having a long horn and sitting farther to the right, whereas the BH5 has a short horn and is reported to sit farther to your left.

IME... It's more about weight and resulting balance on the strap button. Both those basses are on opposite ends of the 'horn length' scale, yet I hardly noticed a difference in the way they sat on a strap in relation to my body or playing style (same with other basses). I believe this is because they were both well balanced basses and as a result, swag right where you want them when you play. YMMV, but that seems to be the most important factor when in comes to 'where a bass sits' in relation to horn length etc etc.
 
#70
I'd call it more of a 'stretch'... and due to nut width only. Certainly doesn't feel like a 4 st fender P, but doesn't feel any different to say the Rocoe Beck V played the other day.

I dunno, fender bodies are so much bigger too... So, lot of different things goin on there. Mabye I just got long arms :)
 
#72
tombowlus said:
Thought I'd post a pic of my two Reverends. The XL's were my favorites of the old Reverends, and the Decision is my favorite among the new ones (so far).
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WOW! Nice pair of basses!

I crave for a Decision since I first laid eyes on one.
My prefered pu configuration, passive tone control and looks to die for (imho).
Only thing is, over here in the Netherlands one does not come across the brand, let alone the specific model... :bawl:
 
#74
The whole reach thing is something that I learned the hard way with a Spector and Warwick. Seems to be 12 fret position relative to the upper horn. Didn't bother me with my Rumblefish. Though I grew tired of my fretting arm hair getting grabbed by the metal arm plate thingee. It did sound killer, as have pretty much all the Reverend basses I've played.

The weight thing is funny. For me it's a more about balance but I do seem more comfortable with a range. If it's balanced I'm good between about 8 to 10 lbs. if it's unbalanced it just doesn't matter, I'll never be comfortable with it.
 
#77
Hnz said:
WOW! Nice pair of basses!

I crave for a Decision since I first laid eyes on one.
My prefered pu configuration, passive tone control and looks to die for (imho).
Only thing is, over here in the Netherlands one does not come across the brand, let alone the specific model... :bawl:
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Hey Hnz,

Taranaki guitars in Ostfildern Germany is a dealer, as well as Groove Street in Brussels. We ship to both of them quite often. I'm not sure how the border situation is over there, or how far away you are.
 
#78
aproud1 said:
The weight thing is funny. For me it's a more about balance but I do seem more comfortable with a range. If it's balanced I'm good between about 8 to 10 lbs. if it's unbalanced it just doesn't matter, I'll never be comfortable with it.
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+1

BTW Andrew, I still have those villex pup's you sold me in my BH5! I have since swapped them out with nordy big singles, fat stacks and aguilar big singles (all with ntmb3 pre) and I always go back to those villex soaps. They are just amazing sounding pups for my hands and work really well in the BH5. :bassist:

I recently sold the nordy pre. I really liked it on it's own, but I never used the tone controls and just always preferred my bass in passive mode on the gig. The nordy has a really nice active tone, but by the time my signal gets through my pedal board and to the amp, it sounded a bit 'dead' to me. My BH5 is now setup: villex pups with parallel/series switch, redeemer circuit with active/passive switch, volume, volume, tonestyler duo ten. The redeemer circuit is pretty cool IMO, because now I actually have a boat load of pure 'passive' tone on tap... mix that with a tonestyler and Parallel/series switch and you get a flexible passive sounding bass very much akin to the original BH5.

Sorry for the rambling derail regarding my butchered BH5 ;) More on the REVEREND topic tho... If anyone ever needs a set of original BH5 split J's (ken armstrong?) or a custom pickguard for their BH5 (I made a template) feel free to PM me. :)
 
#80
speyer said:
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BTW Andrew, I still have those villex pup's you sold me in my BH5! I have since swapped them out with nordy big singles, fat stacks and aguilar big singles (all with ntmb3 pre) and I always go back to those villex soaps. They are just amazing sounding pups for my hands and work really well in the BH5. :bassist:





I recently sold the nordy pre. I really liked it on it's own, but I never used the tone controls and just always preferred my bass in passive mode on the gig. The nordy has a really nice active tone, but by the time my signal gets through my pedal board and to the amp, it sounded a bit 'dead' to me. My BH5 is now setup: villex pups with parallel/series switch, redeemer circuit with active/passive switch, volume, volume, tonestyler duo ten. The redeemer circuit is pretty cool IMO, because now I actually have a boat load of pure 'passive' tone on tap... mix that with a tonestyler and Parallel/series switch and you get a flexible passive sounding bass very much akin to the original BH5.





Sorry for the rambling derail regarding my butchered BH5 ;) More on the REVEREND topic tho... If anyone ever needs a set of original BH5 split J's (ken armstrong?) or a custom pickguard for their BH5 (I made a template) feel free to PM me. :)
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no way! Glad they worked out for you... Eventually. Thought about getting some villex for a P/J.
 

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