First impressions ...
Fit & finish 8/10 - a few tiny rough bits/imperfections but nothing worth bothering about. It’s not a Collings but it’s 1/3 of the price. Most importantly, it’s not over finished which is what I was most worried about. Finish is thin and the whole thing feels alive in the hands. Weight is 7.2lbs.
Playability - insert hackneyed superlative here. It’s very easy to play with 10s. Huge bends are easy and no choking. Action is about as low as I could deal with.
Sound - need much more time to play with it (only played it at low-ish volume straight into my Princeton so far) but it sounds exactly as I was hoping and expecting it would with the two different voicings of the Fluence pups. I’ve been playing around switching between the “blackguard” and “whiteguard” selection, and using the volume knob to equalise the volume of the two and they definitely are two difference voices rather than just one being a boosted version of the other. The other thing is the volume and tone controls seem way more responsive for things like swells than any other guitar I’ve played.
All in all, happy!
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I think Reverend have done a great job there. I'd be interested to know how the body feels compared to a Tele, wether the stepped and slightly wider body make any noticeable difference.
Much as it is essentially a telecaster copy there are a number of nicely done changes that does seem to make it it’s own thing.
Presumably your next purchase is a Greg style skull cap, we await pictures...
EDIT: Well, not so much a 'fan' as I just prefer them
Someone mentioned Greg liking a treble bleed? If you look on Reverend's website i think the TBS is standard on all of their guitars anyway.
I just this last week traded my MIM Tele for a Reverend Charger HB. My new best friend. Its great. Especially the bass contour pot which is incredibly useful and just makes it such a versatile guitar.
Its weird on my new Rev that even though the treble bleed on the volume is noticeable i find i am using the bass contour instead as it effectively does the job in a 'more useful' way - ie reduces gain without reducing volume and dynamics/treble etc.
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Would love to see the routing under the pickguard.