My first "collector's" piece

[Gasp100]

Well, it's nothing out of this world or super expensive or anything but I think this is a keeper because how great it plays/sounds AND because one in this shape (with killer case) is getting rarer to find.
:banana

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg225/Gasp100/100_0633.jpg

[LocustXReign]

Rare dog of some sort?

J/K

Very cool looking reverend!

-Dave B

[Gasp100]

HAHA, yes the guitar not the dog. Dog might be showing up in the emporium one of these days... any takers?

[5E3]

Very cool looking Reverend! I'll bet it sounds excellent too. Congrats :AOK

[XKnight]

Congrats! Revs rock!

[59Vampire]

enlighten me on the reverend please i like th dog

[Gasp100]

Here's a cool snippet of an old interview with Joe Naylor (founder of Reverend):

GS - What was your inspiration for the design of the Reverend guitar? JN - Right after I got out of Roberto-Venn, I bought an exceptionally great sounding Silvertone 1448 guitar, the single lipstick pickup, amp-in-case model. I originally bought it for the cool case, but was shocked when I plugged in the guitar. I even remember my roomate saying, "If you build me a custom guitar, it has to sound is good as that one", and he was a keyboard player! It just sounded great, even after I routed it for a humbucker and added a tremolo!

The masonite and pine Silvertone defied conventional logic, and I wanted to crack the code. I began building bodies out of non-conventional materials such as aluminum, formica (phenolic laminate), Masonite (hardboard), and various plastics and rigid foams. I once built a semi-hollow body with a center block of rigid foam and balsa wood, with a thin aluminum top and back... it had so much resonance and treble harmonics, it sounded like a 12-string! It's amazing what you can do to the tone with alternative materials and modifed internal body structures.
After about 10 years of experimentation, I ended up with the Reverend High Resonance Body Design, which was granted a U.S. Patent in 2000. The design allows us to manufacture a body that consistently produces the resonance of a semi-hollow, but with the attack and sustain of a solid-body. It also eliminates conventional body painting procedures, which lowers my labor costs, and in turn allows me to sell a pro-quality, USA made guitar for under a $1000. It's hard to verbally explain the construction, but there's a good cutaway view (http://www.reverendguitars.com/reverend/guitars/about_guitars.html) at our website.
MGS - For those not familiar with Reverend tell us what makes the guitars different than what's been on the market for 50 plus years.
JN - Mostly the patented body construction, the combination of materials and the internal structure are unique. It's unusual to have this much resonance in a semi-hollow body this small. It's also unusual to have so much resonance, with great sustain and attack.

Otherwise, the rest of the guitar is fairly traditional, with aesthetic and functional elements borrowed from classic designs, and then tweaked to my liking. You gotta keep in mind, by 1958, the Strat, Tele, Les Paul, ES335, Flying V, Explorer, and all the essential Gretsch guitars already existed! Much of the heavy lifting had already been done.

[Pa'ani]

Congratulations on your "first Collectors" piece!

[teleman65]

I bet that's really got some bite. Can you make it growl? :D
Nice Guitar.

[Dustin17]

Nice SS my friend! Congrats, one of my favorite color combos.