Reverend Triad - Thunderous Triple Pickup Powerhouse - LowEndLobster Review
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2022
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Hey everyone! Today we are reviewing the Reverend Triad, one of the coolest models to come out of Reverend's shop! Featuring not one... not two... but THREE Jazz Bomb rail style pickups, this tonal titan is here to flex. But with all triple pickup basses, we have to ask the question - how well does it utilize the three pickups? Let's find out!
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I love how Mexican Fenders have become the standard for comparing value amongst instruments on this channel. Many of your reviews follow this standard. "For Mexican Fender prices...." And I agree, Mex Fenders are the most run of the mill, semi decent, ubiquitous instruments out there, so it is a good comparison. I'm glad you are showing the world what awesome instruments are out there beyond Fender.
Thank you! I think that comparison is more important now than it's ever been considering how much the MIM prices have gone up almost an entire 'tier'. 5-800 USD Fenders are now 9-1400 USD. Great comment!
@@LowEndLobster I am probably not adjusting for inflation enough, but I feel that MIM instruments are too overpriced now to the point that I personally would go with a Squier and mod it, which I would do to a MIM anyway, making it most definitely overpriced in my mind. I have two US Fenders that I wouldn't touch other than cosmetically and those are just a touch more than a modded MIM.
Bro if you call a Mexican Fender 'semi-decent' then what is your definition of *'decent'* ?!? :'P
A simple wiring mod via a push/pull pot to keep the neck pickup permanently on would make your wishes come true. With the switch engaged, bridge pickup selection will include neck giving the jazz option. Selecting bridge plus middle gives you all three at once.
Sorted 😊
Super easy mod to do if you are at all handy with a soldering iron
Doesn't sound like anything else, but also loaded with usable tones. This is really great value.
*Neck Pickup* 5:17 full tone 6:10 half tone 6:43 off tone 12:42 pick 14:45 over drums
*Mid&Neck* 7:16 ful tone 7:48 half tone 8:22 off tone 15:08 over drums
*Middle Pickup* 9:01 full tone 9:39 half tone 10:05 off tone 13:11 pick 13:42 slap 15:34 over drums
*Mid&Bridge* 10:27 full tone 10:54 half tone 11:09 off tone N/A 😢 14:09 slap 15:58 over drums
*Bridge Pickup* 11:40 full tone 12:04 half tone 12:20 off tone 16:22 over drums
Ones I like the most :
Neck half tone (also sounds remarkably good with tone off!),
Neck&Mid half tone
Mid full tone !!! whether with fingers, pick , or slap, this thing ROCKS !!!
Mid&Bridge full tone would sound great with a pick ! half tone with fingers
Bridge half tone (also sounds pretty good with tone off!)
Picked up one of these when Sweetwater began carrying Reverend. I couldn’t be more pleased.
$1099 bass with Hipshot hardware. That's honestly pretty impressive.
Great reviews as always. Been around since the beginning and i always am glad to see you around.
Yes! I really wanted to know about these. Thank you.
Love your vids lobster 🦞!! You're an awesome dude !! I'm liking the way this bass sounds , definitely going to try one of their 5 strings , great demonstration as always 👍
Hey Lobster, Thank you. Reverend makes interesting guitars both aesthetically and sonically. Nice to hear one.
That's the kind of bass I would buy. Great sound, seemingly well built, nice style. Thanks for the review!
Sounds great! Love that articulation + growl. Hard to nail both, never mind at the same time. Killer sounding and looking bass!
Great looking bass with a unique tone. Good job 🦞
Lord geeezzus that middle pick up is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love Reverend Basses. I would probably choose the Thundergun bass instead though because I prefer the music man and split coil pick ups on that instead of single coil pick ups.
Wish they would do 1.5” nut width
Love my Raymond
But love my jazz more…
Gonna load a new j in the neck
Also looking for a new neck if I can find one at the right price
Interesting bass,Reverend makes some cool basses,this is one of them.
Puts me in mind of the Gibson G-3 bass. It screams to be picked! Thanks for the video, Lobster.
I accredit all of my wanting of basses to this channel. Lmao i have been HOUNDING these triad basses since this review. I love that middle pickup sound 😍😍😍
Another great review lobster! Could you please give us a review of the Reverend Sentinal?
I almost always listen to your and watch your videos on my phone. Admittedly sometimes excellent basses sound so so that way but this bass sounds killer and that could be one of my favorite slap tones
What a great bass. Would love to hear it modded with all three pickups as an option. Also it would sound great with flats I think as it would really warm up for some old school tones.
I put some Dunlop flats on a reverend decision P (their PJ), and can confirm that it sounds amazing. The Reverend pickups have more high-end than your standard Fender, but the high quality electronics let you adjust that without hurting your tone. Their pots are 500k instead of 250k, so half way back on the tone knob is about perfect for that fender vibe
I really like the way Reverend basses look, but I've never had the chance to play one. Thanks for doing the review. I've been wanting to try out the Thundergun and the Mike Watt signature.
Good sounding bass!
This bass sounds great. I love the middle pickup soloed the most. It for sure needs a j bass setting. I would add an on/off switch to the bridge setting to add in the neck pickup.
Great sounds coming out of that baby. Random thought popped into my head as I watched you play: that bass would look very cool with a reversed headstock. I know Reverend has made some models like that in the past. They should consider it here. Gee... I really wasn't wanting to have to consider buying another bass right now. See what you've done?
Also, I've modded Strats in the past to get those other pickup combinations with just one extra switch. That would be a great mod here.
I love the look and sound.Reverend is killing it.I'd have a hard time choosing this or the Wattplower.
I am hoping for a Wattplower review someday!!!
I want a sentinel review myself!
I like this bass a lot, one of the rare really original designs in the mainstream, lots of character and style. I think that its look, sound and concept go really well together. It has some Gibson G3 vibes with its symmetrical 3-pickup config, and while it sounds very different from the G3, it will play very nicely in a similar setting. If I had one, I'd do the mod you mentioned for sure: Just a push-pull pot to add the bridge pickup in all settings.
Torn between this and a Sire M7……tough choice. Great review as always.
Really cool bass Lobster. That middle pickup is "Ric-esque". One of the cool things in position 3 with 50% tone. It seems that an "Octaver" with that, might sound pretty cool. One mod suggestion. Wire in the neck pickup into position 5 maybe to get that "jazzy" tone. Or put in a 6 position switch to create that option. I love the blade pickups. They're so gnarly sounding. Keep rockin it bro✌️😎👍🎸❤️🤟
i know you said you don't own this bass but modding this would be so much fun. My imagination is running wild.
Nice clear sounds. No slouch of a Bass in that price segment.
This thing is crying out for one of those Free-Way 5-Way/10-Position switches!!
Sounds and looks great. I wonder if you could get more pickup options by changing the switch for three individual volume pots.
This is awesome!! Are you thinking about adding the two extra pickups configurations of all three and jazz positions?? If so could you make is a video? 🙏 do they offer these as a 5
Thanks Jeremy! No 5'er yet, though I'd love to see one as well
Nice review and a great sounding/looking bass. I don't know why more companies don't offer 3 PUP basses. The only ones that immediately come to mind are the old Gibson G3 (which was even more limited in pickup choices than this bass), the Godin Shifter, the Burns Bison, and the Spear Flextool (You should get your hands on one of those for a review. Interesting combo of pickups). Regarding the pickup options on this bass, could you simply install a 7-way Strat pickup selector? I also wish the control plate/controls on this was a bit lower. I can see how close your hand is coming to hitting the knobs when you're picking. And maybe a humbucker/single coil option too?
Sweet dude
I’m interested in the Reverend Mercalli 5 FM but I don’t have access to try one out. Would love to see you review that bass!
These south korean basses are going to be classics in 20yrs. They'll be like the old Japanese basses are today. The craftsmanship is fantastic
A lot of them already are. Anything Korean-made (especially World Music) from about 2005 onwards are incredible instruments. This applies to both guitars and basses.
Last week I got to try out the Gretsch Junior Jet II bass, probably my new favorite bass (am a stinky guitar player lol) and my first short scale that really worked for me. Would love to see you do a review of one, especially with the recent new finishes.
I just filmed that review this past weekend actually... It's an OK bass, however I have a LARGE issue with it. They advertise the pickups on the Junior Jet II as "Gretsch dual coil mini humbuckers"... except they're single coil.
@@LowEndLobster ohh!! Can’t wait for the review, would love to see a mod for some beefier or just more unique electronics.
A simple mod is to replace the 5 way selector with 2 seperate toggle switches -1 switch for neck & bridge,2nd switch for middle -on alone,on with the other 2 pickups and off completely
If I was going to own this I’d mod it with a push/pull to add the neck pickup to any combination
so diferent , cool bass
Alright... that's cool
This bass has a nice range of tones, more than just a "jazz bass" sound.
I hope we get a Reverend re-stock over here in the UK soon. Finding one here is harding than trying to find unicorn poo at this point lol. Speaking of MIM Fenders what do you think about the new Meteora?
Hey Lobster, I didn’t expect this bass to sound this good. Thanks for reviewing this one. Would you consider modifying it to do what you suggested? Jazz configuration and the 3 pickups?
The 2nd and 4th pickup selector positions have some qualities in common with the same on a strat
Nice review. I can see a lot of use if I am playing in rock mode, including Christian rock at church.
I'd love to hear what would happen if you'd add a Free-Way 10-position switch, like others already suggested! With the stock pickups, this might become a little bit too hot, since the pickups seem to be pretty hot already, and the switch would add several serial combinations. So more vintage-voiced pickups might be worth it. I think the DiMarzio Area J or Sixties J would fit the bill, and they would look killer on this bass!
LeL… Hey, that bass sounds real nice. I went to the website and looked at the five string reasonable price beautiful instruments do a review on the five string please and the way you play it sounds nice I like your channel. Thanks.
Thanks Tom! Yes, hoping to review some more reverends including the Mercalli 5 in the future!
@@LowEndLobster
Yeah, I really enjoy your channel. I’ve been out of the music for about five years now, but I have two G&L
L 2000 1980 that I’ve had since I bought it in 81 and a 2009 2500 both have issues with the active electronics buzzing really bad. I replace the electronics in the old one with EMG passives. Still a great sound it’s in the wood.
When I’m able, I’m gonna replace the electronics in the 2500 and the neck. It was warped when I bought it. I got a great deal on it at guitar center for 500 bucks but I never could get the next straight enough. I spoke to G and L tailor. Going to send me a new neck one day and I’m gonna give it to our esteemed guitar Luther here in Fort Lauderdale
Last video, funny sort of
Only kidding it was funny I wish you a speedy recovery go back to your channel and look to see what you say about the GL.. I also have a music man sub bought in a pawn shop for 100 bucks great deal, maple fb Classic stingray sound less than a fraction of the price years ago I had the original stingray fretless, 1979 I ruined the neck with Round wound rotor sound it was 18 and just discovering Roto sounds anyway I traded that off. Still wish I had it but I got the old T and L then I got a fender Squier deluxe 5 foot 2012 300 bucks pawn shop great deal have never heard it in an amplifier. Well I guess that’s a long enough. Just wanted to get familiar with you. Glad you responded to my comment. just wanted to let you know where I was coming from. I’ll be coming back to your channel and corresponding with you. Peace.
Tom
Not in love with how it looks but Ive been checking it out as a g3 alternative but no buck ands half tone option. You need to do mod video showing what it would sound like wired with the g3 buck and half option.
Here's a mod idea for you, a push/pull pot to run the neck and bridge pickups. I haven't worked the wiring details, but I thinks it's totally doable.
Definite impressive growl! What strings are stock?
No idea. This has the SIT Foundations on them that I use for my reviews now
I miss the old Rumblefish basses. They were very light and had fantastic tone. Played one at Ludlow. Should have nabbed it.
If you want even more p.u./coil combos (cuz clearly, this bass lacks options...:^/ ), install a Freeway 10-way blade switch: bit.ly/3u2dlNp
I ❤Reverend
I generally miss the not quite 50/50 pickup combinations when a bass has a pickup selector rather than a blend (or multiple volume controls). This one seems fine as-is (although I'd put a push/pull pot in the tone slot to be able to use all three or neck and bridge pickups together).
Strats have those 5 way choices because the middle pickup is reverse wound, which makes positions 2 and 4 hum cancelling. This bass's PUs are dual coil, so that wouldn't be a consideration. Maybe the middle position sounds a lot like the neck/ bridge combo.
sounds like a great bass! I had an 80s Guild with 3 single coils and phase switch! Do you have any bass lines that don't have muted notes? Each muted note is like saying "um" and nobody does that! Kidding. you do you...
I like it! I've got so many basses already, though. I can't own all the basses, can I? ... Can I?
Question for you Lobster, what's your recording set up? Just curious what else is in the signal chain when you record the basses. Kinda guess it's a DI into an interface and a DAW of some kind. Curious as to what you use and if you add a touch of compression or anything
Hey Mojoe! I have a FAQ linked in the video description that goes over my setup. I am running an Orange Crush 50 BXT combo amp (which has some built in compression, non adjustable) with the line out going direct into my focusrite. Nothing else.
personally a 3 way pickup set should be done more on basses, or they have the pickups of the Ibanez Roadstar II pickups and wiring done for tonal variety!
Stock Hipshots is key. They are expensive but worth it. The heads that came on my jackson x spectra were crap I would have gladly paid more.
How is the upper-fret access on this bass? With the block neck heel and how far the upper horn extends out, it looks like it wouldn’t be great. That aside, this bass sounds absolutely amazing. So many usable tones but the neck and bridge pickups isolated have their own thing going on, and don’t sound like they’re trying to copy J-bass pickups
Imagine this bass with a Freeway 10 position pickup switch 😳
I wonder what this thing would sound like with all 3 pickups on? Maybe you could get a push/ pull knob like guitarists put on a strat to turn it into a 7 tone? That would be interesting
Great bass, and love the idea, but from the five possible pickup combinations, I'd only find three of them useful. i.e. neck, middle and bridge. The tones provided by the neck & middle (in particular) and the middle & bridge combinations are too nasal for my liking (due to proximity of the pickups). Agree with Lobster: A neck & bridge combination would result in a great scooped sound ala jazz bass, but I'm not so sure all three pickups in combination would sound all that good. Nice idea on paper, but in reality, it might just result in a doubling-down of the 'nasal' tone I'm hearing when neck & middle, or middle & bridge are run together, especially since all three pickups would be running simultaneously. I predict the tone in this scenario would be nasal in the extreme, probably verging on 'mud'
I wonder if you "chain" blend knobs off these three pickups... So have Blend1 control the Neck and Mid, then have Blend2 mix Blend1 with the bridge pickup. This way you could blend all three together in any configuration you want... or would there be load issues since you would be potentially blending Neck + Middle vs Bridge? Hmmmm
You could probably do a push-push switch in the circuit and get all 3 pickups, like some strats.
Yes, surf the web for "David Gillmour 7 positions strat mod", it allows to add the neck pickup to any position of the 5 way switch. Very common mod for strats, would do perfect here, just need a switch or a push-pull pot
Would like to hear it with a set of flats..
As someone who likes Sire headstocks, I'm surprised you didn't complain about this one because it's quite similar 😅
Doesn't look like a sire headstock at all to me
TBH the Sire headstock has grown on me with the roasted maple models. I think I'm just so used to the Reverend design as being their staple, even on the 'last gen' models from the mid-2000's (Rumblefish I believe). I think Reverend's design language is very cohesive overall. The body and headstock shapes work well together. IMO Sire's seems a bit more out of place because our brains see a Jazz and expect to see a Fender-ish headstock.
@@LowEndLobster vanity is in the...
@@Facu_Roldan it's narrow and squashed, not identical
Hmmm. I feel like a good pair of flats would make this a better all arounder and tame a little of the agressiveness, as it obviously has lots of tonal options already. I'm definititely gonna keep my eyes open for Reverend basses going forward.
I've always said the middle pickup sounded exactly like an Precision to my ears, especially the Stratocaster's middle PU while popping the bass strings. In fact, this is what a Strat would sound like in a bass form similar to this amazing sounding bass! You forgot to play through the bridge pickup.
I think this bass - and other Reverends - are so very cool, but I can't use them onstage: exposed poles/blades create harsh spikes when my very down-tuned strings hit them; I have a very heavy plucking hand, and after 30+yrs of playing I can't really help it. (If the poles/blades are made flush with the housing, I can use them, but my main instruments have covered Barts... Reverend: please make a flush-blade pup? ...... oh also - make a FRETLESS!!!)
I’m torn on this one…it sounds amazing, the finish is gorgeous, heard nothing but good things about it. Only thing is in some photos, this bass looks kind of bulky and wide, and then in other pics it looks super sleek and slim (which is what I prefer). What do you think, lobster? How’s it look in-person?
The shape is really comfy and not big and wide. I'd say it's similar to an EBMM Sterling in terms of size
@@LowEndLobster that’s music to my ears as the EBMM sterling is my favorite bass that EBMM makes, considering I own 4 of them lol. Thank you for your reply and for what you do!
@@LowEndLobster well, that does it. Lobster you single-handedly convinced me to buy one of these and it is the NICEST passive bass I own and probably the nicest I’ve ever played. This thing absolutely slays 90% of the AMERICAN fenders I’ve played. It almost seems unreal.
Congrats!!
Mod project to get the J and all pickup configuration????
Super simple mod. One can use an SPST switch to put the neck and bridge pickups in parallel.
Nice! Everybody should have a reverend bass in their arsenal. There was a little bit of humming or noise throughout the whole recording maybe it wasn’t the bass.
It's my furnace behind the wall haha. It may look like I'm in a music store, but it's a basement ;P
Man I bet if you could use all three pickups at once you would get a close Gibson G3 Grabber tone 🤤
The G3 pickups are wired in series with the middle pickup always on. The middle is reverse wound reverse magnetic pole pieces making this comfiguration a genuinely humbucking design.
This kinda reminds me of a Gibson G3!
Seems like it meeds a 7-way switch mod.
I just want basses and guitars with 3 single-coil-sized humbuckers and 3 volume knobs. Let me sort out the rest!
When are you selling this one lobster ? 😁
Here in Australia the price difference with Mexican Fenders is 2 1/2 times that of the USA so not that great a deal.
You could have a Gibson G3 tone from that unit, wouldn't be hard at all to pull off.
This almost looks like if a fender jazzmaster had a plastic surgery and I absolutely love it!
5 Not 4 buddy it deserve it 🙂
Discount version of Big Al
Definitely! I have a Big Al 5 SSS and Big Al SSS, this is a reduced level of that design. Still, this bass sounds very good.
Position 4 is more like it. 😁
So this is a Gilmour bass had he been born to play bass.
To be honest I wouldn’t buy one. Too many other options on the market at this price point. But cool bass nonetheless. Not sure why they didn’t implement the triple pickup option given there are three there.
To each their own. Not my style. Sounds real good. But the look? Not my cup of tea.
that thing has some serious noise issues. fading in music to hide that during the dead spots in your vid only serves to confirm and highlight that fact. hard cringe. state it like it is or lose all credibility or usefulness as a players resource.
Not really impressed at all.
man the body shape is fat and awful. otherwise its fine.