Reverend Charger 290 Electric Guitar Review. Is this Offset P90 Guitar Worth It?
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
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The bass countour is subtle, but helps you move from a fuller sound to a more strat style sound. It's not a super flashy thing but gives you that extra variety.
I also found all Reverend Guitars I tried had excellent fretwork so I know that's not a "UA-camr special" guitar.
Looking fwd to the charger 290 on my birthday (self present 😂)
one of the best guitars ive ever played. so damn solid, fun to play, you can really play rough, and it responds in the best way possible. it demands to be spanked. and the p90's with the bass contour sound so damn unique.
I had a girlfriend like that once 😂
@@officialWWM ahahahah, I don’t think I saw it that way until now 😂😂
@@MrJimmypickles 😂😂
Totally agree!!
Best bang for the buck today. Locking tuners, bass contour, great necks, tone bleed circuits. Good quality. Built in South Korea. Our friends, that also pay a living wage. Not like Indonesia and China.
Well said
I've been playing for about 40 years now, guitar and bass. When I would go into a music store and check out a guitar, the Reverend always beat out anything else in that store. Gibson, Fender, PRS; made no difference. The Reverend is a serious guitar for serious players. Their neck is so frigging comfortable. They play like a dream. Maybe I can talk the old lady into letting buy one. Or maybe I could redecorate the man cave.
i love the periwinkle color way of this guitar. i just wish it had a maple neck! i just discovered reverend today and all there guitars are great! i just wish periwinkle with a maple neck was an option for all of their guitars 😂
I just got one last week, phenomenal guitar. One of the most versatile I've ever owned in many ways, highly recommend. Excellent video as well, watched before I purchased but wanted to follow up and respond to the question, yes it was DEFINITELY a great purchase in the price range. Build quality on mine at least is well above the price range, fit and finish was perfect.
I just bought one over an american strat and I'm not disappointed at all. Not a single flaw on mine anywhere. The p90s sound phenomenal through my blue voodoo120 and the roasted neck just set a new standard for me. I highly recommend tryin one.
Reverend are by far the best manufacturer going today.
I bought one of these guitars and absolutely love it, it is definitely a player’s guitar. Love the P-90’s when you add distortion that bass roll off comes in handy.
I was disappointed when I unboxed my Reverend Jetstream 390 because of a couple of very minor finish flaws around the neck pocket. I got over it real quick after playing it. The US quality control really shows up in the attention to detail of the frets, hardware, nut filing, action, etc. The electronics and build quality are far superior to a $900 MIJ Fender Mustang I previously owned.
Thanks for chiming in. Interesting you had the finish issues, as I mention in the video I had finish issues also. Maybe just par for the course with them? Playability is great and you are right the attention to frets, etc. is there. Good for people who are looking to buy one to know.
That thing is now $2144.00 here in Australia 😳
I don’t get why people hate on the Pao Ferro fretboards. It’s a great material and used to be reserved for custom shop guitars! I have 2 guitars with it and I really like it.
I don't get it why there is no attention for the used electronics. The whole guitar is build out of quality materials that on other brands you will not find for the money you pay. And as a matter of fact the bass-contour is very usefull when you know how to use it.
It’s also much more apparent on a humbucker guitar. I think it works as well as a prs coil split to give single coil sounds.
On the Jet Stream they've the Wilkinson trem, but on the Charger no trem (apart from a small run Bigsby version). I guess they figure they can replicate some hint of the Strat sound in p90s for the Jet Stream, yet for those of us who really would only need 2 p90s as an alternate option to the Strat you'd have to have a luthier install their own trem on a Charger, take a pickup out of the Jet Stream, OR re-fit a P90 at the bridge in a Double Agent model. I like the shape of the Charger but would prefer a Wilkinson trem with it... don't know if I'd pay extra for a luthier to fit the trem tho.
I love how they look, the specs and all but in every good demo I've heard they sounds almost muted, not very good at dirt sounds, not enough definision between notes for chords, no air, no p90s old school mids and no brightness, missing the p90's spanky attack too, no resonance. A very flat and generic sounding guitar overall
Sounds great! Just bought one in green from Sweetwater!
Their Jetstream 390 is great also.
What i wanna know is can it be played in the punk genre ive talked with reverend guitar lover and many say if you want that early punk sound go with a double agent for the p90 and the humbucker
Love mine in Superior Blue!
Did you do a comparison between the Charger 290 and the Gibson Les Paul Special?
How is the balance? Any neck dive?
Looks cool ,sounds cool. I also like the og & charger with humbucker. Haven't played any tho.
The bass contour works much better on the other Humbucker, Revtron, and Neuvo 90 pickups, - not so much on the true single coils, - which makes sense.Just less to roll off, period.
Good point here. I’ll have to get my hands on another Reverend with humbuckers and try it out.
Hmmm I’d have to respectfully disagree. I have a Club King 290 and a Club King RT. The Reverend P90’s are very thick sounding with lots of raw mids more like a humbucker at times with Bass Contour up full and with the Bass Contour off helps it sound like a Strat with very overwound pickups on the bridge or neck and very like a Tele in the middle position. It actually feels a little more pronounced on that guitar than on the RevTron loaded RT. I love em both!!
Tones at 3:35.
how would people describe this neck. i currently play an ibanez azes, and i’m looking to move to a different sound, but really love the way the neck feels on my ibanez and looking for something with similar playability. any input would be super appreciated
I’m a p90 guy now, so as bassist, p90 is der superior pickup xD
The p90 is truly an awesome pickup!
Any idea if these are the same p90's as in the Greg Koch 90? I prefer this version with the arm contour and no Bigsby but love how gritty his version sounds. ;)
Great review!
I believe the Greg Koch has its signature P’90’s from fish man, not 100% on that but I believe I hear that on the video from the Reverend Chanel
The Koch 90 has Fishman pickups that were designed to sound (in at least one of their voices) like the Joe Naylor designed Reverend P90's.
p90 rocks!
Yes they do!
Hey, nice review! Do you still have the guitar?
Roasted maple sure is purty!
I have this guitar. It's ok. I think I want to get something else. Something with twang.
Hey guys are the P-90s real deal kickass in Reverends?
I have the Charger and the P90’s are superb. My band mate has a Gibson Les Paul with P90’s and these are easily as good. I have a bigsby trem on mine which adds more ring and I love that.
No finish flaws on mine, I love it and rate it… it’s a keeper and is often my go to guitar when live due to the rawness of the P90’s and the flexibility of tone you can get out of it.
The pickups aren’t overly wax dipped or anything so they are quite alive, but not microphonic-ally so…
I use that bass contour pot a lot!!!
@@TheBluesBox Thank you - Im buying!
@@pdbordelon go for it :) hope they work out for you, I love ‘em…
This or the revstar p90?
I have not had my hands on the revstar for a while, but I think I would go Revstar unless you like the roasted neck and roll off feature of the Reverend.
Revstar is built in Indonesia for less than $1/hr.
Reverend is made in South Korea where World Music pays a living wage of $9-11/hr. You pick what you support.
Why do you not like the Pau Ferro?
This one should be Rosewood.
Don’t try and put 9’s on it or you’ll be going to see your tech to deal with the buzz.
Any guitar needs a new set-up when switching gauges. This is nothing unique to a Reverend guitar.
Sorry brother, your not doing this guitar any justice. The Amp and pedals are not cutting it. This guitar has great tones and your demonstration does not show them.
P90's are shizziola!
A $1000 Fender has quality issues a Reverend does not have.
I know P90s are supposed to be da sh*t, but I wasn’t real impressed with the sounds you were getting in this video, for whatever reason.
Made in South Korea
lol like I need someone to tell me a guitar is "cool to buy"
Good point 😂
All Reverends are “worth it.” And I hate your hat.
Maybe and 🤷♂️… 😂
I can't beleive how similar the neck and bridge position are, that is definitely a deal breaker
I was thinking the same
What were you listening through? They’re very different.
@@JonWickensMusic Listening through AKG earbuds. I'm a tele and 335 player, I expect significant differences in neck/bridge tonality.
I think Reverend put two of the exact same pickup in both positions, and their excuse for chicken-shitting the buyer is the bass roll off circuit.
@@aaronmajchen982 putting the same pickup in both positions is something a lot of manufacturers do actually. Going all the way back to the 50s too. It’s not uncommon. I guess it’s just one of those subjective things huh.
$1000, yikes.
Yeah, I think they are down to $899 but still a bunch of cash. Still on the fence with this one.
Reverends are VERY high quality and are loaded with appointments that are upgrades over most guitars in this price range. Worth every penny of $900 -$1000.
Built at World Music in South Korea where they pay their workers a living wage of $9-11/hour.
Indonesian built guitars are cheaper because it takes advantage of the low wages they get paid, typically less than $1/hour. Which do we want for people?
Yes