Reverend Buckshot

Very good tone, versatile, practicly good for every thing, maybe not metal....
the bass contour is a very nice feature.

setupwas good, action to low for my taste, buzz was noticed with minimal change in climate.

poor electronics, crackles and sound disappearing upon switching between pickups.
pickguard is lifting from the body.

within 3 months from purchase answer of the guys in Reverend to the problems was deal with it yourself!

I realy like the sound but the craftman shift is not very good.

Body is a white Korina wood with a maple neck. I have the cream color which fits the instrument nicely. Body style reminds me somewhat of the Peavey Wolfgang guitars. Pickup are a single coil in the bridge and Revtron mini-HB in the neck. I beleive these are Reverends own pickups. Guitar has a unique base control knob that rolls added base when needed. Tune-o-matic bridge with locking tuners made by Wilkinson. Three toggle control knob.

The guitar is versatile. The bridge position is your classic tele-type sound that has some bite to it with a little distortion. The middle position is blues heaven. Has a glassy, hollow sould that is spot on for some classic blues. The neck position is really unique. I've heard it described as Gretsch sounding. The Revtron pick-up is in a class of its own. Gives this guitar three distinct sounds unlike most of other tele-type guitars. Other tele-types seeminly mute the mids and treble as you switch pick-ups toward the neck position.

This guitar is the finest musical instrument I have ever owned. The guitar was in absolutely flawless condition upon receipt. Setup of the guitar was accurately set at factory specs and the intonation was spot on. I compared the Buckshot to several Fender Strats and Tele's and it is comparable to Fenders American series guitars in terms of build quality. If anything to complain about is the strings. They are horrible. I always change the strings on a new instruments, but these were particularly bad strings making the guitar sound dead. The tuners are Wilkinson EZ lock tuners. These have been a A+++ for keeping the guitar in tune. Maybe the best I've owned in that regard. However, Changing the strings is another issue. Its a royal pain to change the strings. You need tweezers and allot of patience to remove the strings from the tuning post.

The guitar is a tank. I've only had it for a couple of months but its built to be played. Everything is tight as a drum and no indications that this guitar will give me any problems down the road.

Reverend Customer support is fantastic. No email or inqury goes unanswered. In many cases your talking to the owner of the company Joe Naylor. They are tops in the industry in my opinion.

I'm buying two more Reverend as I write this review. I think that speaks volumes. If I had a complaint it would be that Reverend dealer network is sparse and does not carry many guitars in stock. Maybe the dealers are selling them faster than they can get them, but it is a challenge to find them and unlikely that you'll find one in the store to tryout before you buy. Everyone hates to buy sight unseen, but for $500 I took a chance and it paid off - big time.

Chambered Mahogany body, solid spruce top. Cream finish. Same features as listed previously. Bass Roll off!
Maple neck is simply the best, most comfortable neck I've ever had. I have been playing 25+ years, owned everything at one time or another; high praise indeed!

I play rock, blues, country- really anything but jazz. I normally play a telecaster, so this just fits right into my stable. Simliar in sound to a twangy tele in the bridge position, the front RevTron allows more of a mini humbucker sound. I love both pickups individually and the middle setting even quacks a little, so it's quite vesatile.
The bass roll off allows you to revoice the pickups, adding brightness without being brittle- a really neat feature. I play thround a Palomino V16, usually straight, or a little gain. Very nice guitar and amp combination, makes for a sweet package. Acoustically, this guitar also has a richness not usually found in an unplugged electric.

The action and intonation was perfect from the factory. The pickups solidly wired and set at perfect heights. The guitars finish is flawless. Fret ends are perfect, neck pocket tight.

Looks like a durable guitar- nothing loose, so I know I can count on it at gigs- no problems yet anyhow. Doesn't matter, I'll always bring a backup anyhow, so that's really a silly question.

No contact yet- so nothing here.

If stolen, I would replace this guitar in a minute. I really believe these are destined to be classic guitars and valuable in the future- I can't see the quality ever being better, so there's nowhere to go but down.

Finish: Creme with ebony sides and back--very well done.
Body Style: Similar to Fender Telecaster
Bridge style: Tune-o-matic style, well set up from Reverend
Tuners: Wilkinson-double-holed, stay right on the money
Neck: Maple with amber/classic finish
Made: 2007/Korea
Top: Spruce over chambered mohagany
Controls: 1 volume, 1 tone, 3-way switch, 1 bass-contour knob
Pickups: Tele-style Reverend bridge; A Gretch-style Reverend "Revtron" in the neck

The Buckshot covers a wide, diverse set list. It can twang like a tele with the bass contour knob rolled back. It can get a great overdriven lead sound on the bridge. Both pick-ups on gets almost acoustic tones. The neck pickup is great for a touch of jangle on clean tones. Classic Bruce Springsteen, U2, Coldplay, Albert Collins, Dwight Yoakam and anywhere in between--the Buckshot can get you in territory.

I play with classic Fender amps.

I have no dislikes with the sound of the guitar. I think it is far beyond what you would expect for the price.

The finish on this guitar is near perfect. The Korean workmanship is similar to what was once common on Japanese Fenders in the 80s.

The guitar was set up in the US by Reverend and signed by the guitar tech. He did well. The only complaint is that there was some clear finish left on the frets that wasn't scraped off.

This guitar has good hardware. It stays in tune better than my strat or les paul.

It is solid and dependable.

This company is known for its customer service. They have an active web-forum that will get you quick answers from the company. You can also call and get a human, sometimes the owner, in a snap.

Reverend guitars are the best deal out there in my opinion. I stumbled on them by reading a guitar magazine while my car was being worked on. It was the the best outcome I've ever had from a broken-down car!

My Reverend Buckshot is my main instrument. I play it live every week--since June 2007. I have played many of their other new instruments. I could recommend them all at one level or another.

BODY
tone chambered solidbody with 5.5 mm solid spruce top on chambered mahogany. Black back and sides with cream binding. 16-1/2" x 13" x 1-3/4"
PICKUPS
Reverend T-style single-coil (bridge), Reverend Revtron mini-humbucker (neck).
NECK
bolt-on, maple, amber tinted satin finish.
TRUSS ROD
dual-action, access at headstock.
SCALE
25-1/2".
FINGERBOARD
rosewood, maple (cream), 12" radius.
FRETS
22 medium jumbo.
NECK PROFILE
medium oval.
NUT
1-21/32" (42 mm) width, graphite.
TUNERS
Wilkinson EZ-Lock tuners with staggered heights.
BRIDGE
stop tail.
CONTROLS
custom volume & tone, Bass Contour, 3-way. (250K tone pots in case you're wondering)

Includes a nice gig bag

Unplugged--wow, very resonant. This translates quite well when plugged in too. (Sort of reminds me of a Danelectro in terms of how that acoustic quality adds zip to the sound. But we're talking WAY nicer than a Dano!)

Since it's inspired by a telecaster--it's best suited to the kinds of music you'd play with a tele (likely not high-gain, saturated stuff). The small neck retrotron pickup is fantastic--full and articulate, but warmer, and with more low-mids, than a tele neck pickup (just as you'd expect with a humbucker). But it's a lot more responsive than most neck humbuckers I've tried. With the low-end roll-off, it starts to sound closer to a single coil (without the hum). Most of the low-mid roll-off is bunched within the first 1/4 turn of the knob--does little after that. I prefer this feature to a coil-tap. Why didn't someone think of this before? The pickup retains it's nice top end, and healthy amount of body (instead of an anemic split humbucker)

The bridge pickup is pretty much as the website describes it. A straight-up tele bridge pickup with some bottom. A nice balance of that tele brightness along with the midrange. Lot's of snap and sparkle. The low-mid roll-off knob works just as effectively on the bridge pickup too. It offsets the neck pickup very nicely.

Personally, as much as I like single coil tele bridge pickups, I've never been able to stick with any of them for very long. The hum drives me batty, and I'm always wanting a bit more kick in the bridge. So, in goes the barden-type (vintage wind)--and it still sounds great! The low-mid roll-off works quite well with it too.

Easily one of the best values I've ever come across. Absolutely flawless in terms of setup and finish. (The store did do a little tweaking before putting it on the floor--most likely a truss rod adjustment) The neck is satiny smooth, and the tobacco sunburst finish on the spruce top looks as nice as any acoustic guitar you'll ever encounter.

My preference would be for an ever-so-slightly wider neck, but I guess that would detract from the tele vibe somewhat.

Whoever wired this up really knew what they were doing. Spotless soldering and neatly arranged wiring.

I've always liked the wilkinson tuners. I find they do the job. Nice string trees!

The routing inside the cavities etc. is also super clean.

I really could have just walked onstage after purchasing this.

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They seem really nice according to their website though.

I see why people like these so much. Just a down-to-earth, rock solid instrument for jazz, blues, funk, roots rock, whatever. Sounds bad-ass through my old-school Traynor.

Oddly enough, at first glance it reminds me of a Fender Jazzmaster, and it does make me look (more)like an emo nerd. Oh well. Maybe chicks dig it...