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12-01-2009, 09:52 AM
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Reverend Pete Anderson Signature Archtop...Opinions?
This looks like a reall winner to me, but it only comes with a Bigsby.
Reverend has put out some great stuff and is getting rave reviews from Guitar Player. The Pete Anderson Signature is an Editors Pick. What do you guys think? http://www.reverendguitars.com/rever..._anderson.html 
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12-01-2009, 10:04 AM
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The early reviews have been good, but, the few Revs that I have tried (2) Have had necks that are too chunky for me.
YMMV
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#3
12-01-2009, 10:15 AM
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A Pete Anderson sig guitar should be a double bound esquire with a rosewood fretboard and 6 saddle bridge.
I actually played a PA this last weekend and really liked it. I'm more of a tele and like alot more snap on the bottom end but I could definitely find a place to use the PA. The necks are a little chunky but I didn't notice it being too big (I have small hands). I liked the neck pickup tones alot more with it than I did the bridge but the amp I was playing didn't have much sparkle to it so that might have contributed. If I were buying a hollowbody guitar it would probably be one of my top choices especially for the money.
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12-01-2009, 10:35 AM
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cool guitar but GP Mag reviews are meaningless...
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12-01-2009, 11:51 AM
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Agreed. That is why I asked the question. Hopefully other users here will chime in. I'll definitely be checking one of these things out when available for my own test drive.
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12-01-2009, 12:00 PM
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Reverend necks are the perfect neck for me. Bigger than most electric necks, but smaller than, say, the Howard Roberts Fusion.
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12-01-2009, 02:08 PM
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I think it sounds pretty good. It felt very comfortable to me to play but I wish they made a slightly thinner body version like an ES 225.
The usual reverand enhancements. Holds tune very well even with the bigsby. Nice stock pickups and electronics locking machines.
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12-01-2009, 02:20 PM
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I thought I'd expand a little on what I said earlier. I posted on another forum that I didn't really care for the PA but thats not really true. I loved the feel of the guitar, I just didn't care for the sound. I was playing through a Tophat amp of some sort and I couldn't get any snap out of it no matter the guitar I was playing. The Pete would do a fat jazz sound at the neck all day long but everything else came out sort of neutral. I would really like to try the PA with a Fender style amp with reverb and a little top end.
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12-01-2009, 04:08 PM
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im buying the PA model in blonde next month when the money is saved. I have owned many reverends and loved them all. Ive heard nothing buy great things on these guitars from the rev forum. you cant go wrong with reverend. i cant remeber ANY guitar manufacturer win as many awards in guitar mags as them. and for good reason.
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12-01-2009, 06:02 PM
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I actually got to play a Pete model today and i was floored. Setup out of the box was perfect (and it was literally out of the shipping box). The guitar felt light, fit and finish was excellent. The headstock had a sort of matte finish that I wasn't in love with, but could live with. The finish in general also felt light, but in a good way. The neck was very playable, no stickiness. It had a hand written serial # on the back of the headstock. I was surprised by the pickups (and the neck especially), they had the normal p90 sound, but were also light and airy, very touch sensitive. They weren't super hot, but handled gain well through pedals. The guitar had a nice woody sound. Acoustically the guitar just had a very nice resonance, it felt alive. The bigsby felt nice and the guitar stayed in tune quite well during use. I've been looking for hollow or semi-hollow lately that's affordable and this pretty much kills the lower end epi and gretsch stuff. The closest in feel was the godin kingpin, but I think the reverend is better built. At $1100 though, it's not an impulse buy, and you're starting to get into used gibson territory (es-137 or 135) and some vintage stuff as well. I will say (as a semi-gibson snob) that I think the reverend plays smoother than most of the ES types I've played, it's hard to describe, but it was just easy to play. It's a great guitar, and I would have left with it if I had the dough right now (I went there just to buy a pedal). But it's my top choice if i go the new guitar route in the spring when I finally buy.
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12-01-2009, 08:58 PM
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Where did you play it? Tulsa Band, by chance? Great guys there. I've played the one they have several times and love it. Reverend's neck profile seems to have been made for my hand! I'm not after a hollow body at the moment, but when the time comes, the PA will be at the top of the list.
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12-01-2009, 09:07 PM
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12-02-2009, 04:48 AM
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12-02-2009, 06:14 AM
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Where are these made?
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