Product: Riverhead Unknown
Price Paid: N/A used
Submitted
04/19/2004
at
03:30pm
by
John Paschall
Features
:
7
Small original bodyshape with a set neck. the top horn is longer than the bottom. 2 k&m passive pickups that sound really good,very highoutput but a little noisey. dual rocker tremelo, its not bad but a pain to change strings with. gotoh tuners. 2 volume knobs and 1 tone with 3 way toggle. very nice white pearl finish. a very comfy thinner neck. this guitar is very playable. molder case that says riverhead product of headway on it.
Sound
:
8
I play through a rivera knucklehead 100. it sounds great clean,very big jazz sound. i love the way the guitar sounds with some overdrive,but it tends to get noisey.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
This guitar is suprisingly high quality. the fretwork is perfect. and the finish is thick nice paint. the guitar was out of wack when i got it but now its one of my favorites to play.
Reliability/Durability
:
8
thus far the guitar has held up very well. its like a third backup but more of a part of my collection. everthing is well built and solid on this guitar. iwould have to say its a tank.
Customer Support
:
1
i did contact the headway company trying to find out some info on the guitar like the year it was made and model but there wasn't even a serial # on this thing. they wrote me back in japanese.
Overall Rating
:
8
2 much gear to list
i don't think i could find another 1 if it were stolen. i've never even seen a picture of this guitar on the internet, after searching high and low and checking ebay every so often
Product: Riverhead Unknown
Price Paid: 579 (#)
Submitted
02/16/2004
at
08:38am
by
Doug Bold
Email: dougiebold at yahoo<dot>com
Features
:
6
a 22 fret small bodied guitar with a longer top horn and bottom cutaway.
2 Active K + M pickups and a locking dual rocker trem system which is lie a floyd rose but uses a cantilever system for gripping the strings at the bridge.. Japanese made around turn of the 80's.
There were 2 guitars from riverhead in the shop 'The Exceed' and this one which I think is an RV D2 or RV D6 something like that.
2 vol pots and a bass and treble boost / cut mounted on the front of the body.
Rosewood fretboard one piece neck.
Dont know what wood it is...what am I a lumberjack??lol
Metallic gloss dark grey finish
Sound
:
7
A really great all around sound...well balanced on clean and overdriven...not noisy or prone to feedback...but loads of sustain and tone. Used with various different amps/configs. Neck p/u a little light for really heavy jazz/blues
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
Needed a tiny bit of tweaking when I got it but minimal after that. Replace the battery every year whether it needs it or not.
Reliability/Durability
:
7
has withstood years of live gigs ...falling off stands and roadie misuse and abuse. couple of dents abut still a good looking machine.
Have used it without a backup numerous times...but if a string breaks it can be a pain taking the old one off and feeding thru the new one....only because of time constraints.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
never had any contact
Overall Rating
:
8
playing 28 years tons of gear owned not going to spend all day listing it. Love its durability and wide range of tones. I would love another one but have never even seen one.
Would love it with EMG's fitted which I did when the bridge pickup died as the originals couldn't be sourced. Maybe a Vai whammy the lo pro thing.
