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The Reverend Club (part 8)

#1,181
whatacnut said:
I noticed that many people here mainly prefer the P-pickup and I was wondering is the bridge pickup lacking in some way? Any swaps you guys recommend? Also, I noticed that the blend function eats up a lot of volume and some people here have wired the knobs to V/V/T. Are there any samples you guys could share of this setup?
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I'd say I use the neck pickup 80% of the time and the bridge pickup 20% of the time (when I really want the bass to punch through the mix). I always use one or the other pickup full-on; I don't blend the pickups because I find the loss of volume and tone unusable (on both my Thundergun and my Mercalli). For me, a pickup selector switch would work better than the blend knob. One of these days I'm going to try getting them wired VVT and see how that works.

But the two sounds I do get, full bridge pup or full neck pup, are really all I need and both sound tremendous. I also vary which pickup I place my right (plucking) hand over for additional nuance.
 
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Danny O Danny said:
I'd say I use the neck pickup 80% of the time and the bridge pickup 20% of the time (when I really want the bass to punch through the mix). I always use one or the other pickup full-on; I don't blend the pickups because I find the loss of volume and tone unusable (on both my Thundergun and my Mercalli). For me, a pickup selector switch would work better than the blend knob. One of these days I'm going to try getting them wired VVT and see how that works.

But the two sounds I do get, full bridge pup or full neck pup, are really all I need and both sound tremendous. I also vary which pickup I place my right (plucking) hand over for additional nuance.
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I do the same but tend to goose up the bridge PU if I do anything with the B. I modded mine to have a volume for each PU, I like both PUs full on too. Can't find love for the bridge PU solo'd.
 
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Seano76 said:
I do the same but tend to goose up the bridge PU if I do anything with the B. I modded mine to have a volume for each PU, I like both PUs full on too. Can't find love for the bridge PU solo'd.
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Seano76, with your VVT modification, when you run both pups on full do you still get the weak "out-of-phase" scooped tone like what occurs with the blend knob? Or is it better?
 
#1,186
Oh lord ... What have I done?

I've owned almost everything under the sun at one point or another (73 different basses in 38 years of playing/slutting), but never a Reverend. I loved the Rumblefish that I tried when they first came out back in the prior millennium, but for some reason I never bought one.

It's funny: Since I have black tapes on my Gen 1 slab P, and La Bella flats on my Gen 2 ano P, having this strung with rounds actually fills a piece of the puzzle—between the Precisions and my Roscoe LG5. At least, that is how I am justifying the acquisition ...

No more purchases in 2019! Resolution #9!

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BTW: Any ideas how old it is? I am guessing at least a few years (though it literally looks brand new) ...
 
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paddydaddyo said:
Oh lord ... What have I done?

I've owned almost everything under the sun at one point or another (73 different basses in 38 years of playing/slutting), but never a Reverend. I loved the Rumblefish that I tried when they first came out back in the prior millennium, but for some reason I never bought one.

It's funny: Since I have black tapes on my Gen 1 slab P, and La Bella flats on my Gen 2 ano P, having this strung with rounds actually fills a piece of the puzzle—between the Precisions and my Roscoe LG5. At least, that is how I am justifying the acquisition ...

No more purchases in 2019! Resolution #9!

View attachment 3271361 BTW: Any ideas how old it is? I am guessing at least a few years (though it literally looks brand new) ...
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Should be able to tell by the serial number. Congrats, beautiful Bass.
 
#1,188
paddydaddyo said:
Oh lord ... What have I done?

I've owned almost everything under the sun at one point or another (73 different basses in 38 years of playing/slutting), but never a Reverend. I loved the Rumblefish that I tried when they first came out back in the prior millennium, but for some reason I never bought one.

It's funny: Since I have black tapes on my Gen 1 slab P, and La Bella flats on my Gen 2 ano P, having this strung with rounds actually fills a piece of the puzzle—between the Precisions and my Roscoe LG5. At least, that is how I am justifying the acquisition ...

No more purchases in 2019! Resolution #9!

View attachment 3271361 BTW: Any ideas how old it is? I am guessing at least a few years (though it literally looks brand new) ...
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That thing is awesome!!!!

Probably around 2013-2014 would be my guess.

Where did you get it?
 
#1,199
I liked the gold Raymond too and am intrigued by the jazz pickup in the neck position on some of these models. However, I've been told by the retailer that my Mercalli is due in this week, so I'm going to buy it and see. Maybe go off the internet for the next few months and avoid RAS, not GAS!
 

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