Reverend Jetstream 390

[Crash]

If you're looking for a Strat on steroids this is the axe for you. I just bought mine used on ebay and this is my second Reverend guitar, I also own a Club King RT.

The Jetstream 390 comes with 3 p90 pups hence the 390 designation. It has three controls, volume, tone and the proprietary bass contour control. It also has a 5 way selector switch. This allows you to dial in a strat quack or a beefy Les Paul tone using the pup combination and the bass contour knob which enhances the low end response. I'll compare this to a strat more than a LP due to body configuration and neck style. The neck is a medium oval, 25 1/2 scale with a 12" radius that is much more like a strat than an LP. The body has LP heft and weight to it but well balanced. Mine has the Wilkinson floating trem on it, the new models have a hardtail design. Playability is nice. Low action, no buzz, stays in tune If I don't dive bomb it, a roller nut will solve this problem.
I've seen a TON of "what guitar should I get" questions on here and I have to say if you are torn between an LP or Strat or if you like the LP but you don't like the necks, this guitar will not be a dissapointment. Made in Korea but the quality of the materials and build suggest a much more expensive guitar. They retail around $599.00, I bought mine used for $400.00 Reverends have a cult like following and are not at every corner music store. I would suggest going to their site and doing a dealer search if you are interested. They also have sound clips on the site to listen to which go through all the pups clean and with gain.

http://www.reverendguitars.com/rever...390.html#specs

[dhstaab]

I realize I'm bumping a fairly old thread, but I have to second Crash's recommendation to consider Reverend guitars. I saw the review of the Reverend Club King with P90s on Next Level Guitar and became interested. After some research I bought a used Warhawk on eBay and immediately was 'hooked'. Quality, playability and tone are fantastic. The Warhawk has a shorter scale set neck than the bolt-on neck Jetstream that Crash reviewed. For someone who prefers the shorter Gibson style neck Reverend has a line of guitars that compete but are not knock offs. They are honestly better.

I have a Fender Am Strat, Gibson ES-359 semi-hollowbody, Gibson LP Standard and a few other guitars as well as the Warhawk, but would absolutely buy another Reverend rather than ever spending the money for another Fender or Gibson.

One caution - it is hard not to get caught up buying more Reverends once you play one. The set neck, bolt on and hollow body models cover almost every variation you might want. However they constantly introduce new models and colors and retire older versions.

A second caution - before introducing the current import line Reverend made a very unique line of made-in-the-USA guitars that are becoming hard to find but still show up on eBay once in a while. The old Reverend USA guitars are very different from the current line. They also made a few very high quality amps. As Crash mentioned you can learn more at the Reverend website and forum.

Be careful - its easy to get hooked on Reverends.

[Crash]

See, I told you they were addictive lol. The best bang for the buck you can get. My next Reverend will be the Buckshot which also won Guitar Players Editors Pick award. Check it out...
http://www.reverendguitars.com/rever....pdf?folio=126

[dhstaab]

Yeah Crash, I blamed this new addiction on you and others at the Reverend forum. If you get a call from some woman babbling incoherently about a room full of guitars you know she has tracked you down LOL.

Actually I'm really interested in the Flatroc or possibly the Buckshot. Love the Revtron pickups. Can you compare the two?

Then of course there's the Unknown Hinson signature which ships in December. Semi hollowbody, rumored to be a short scale bolt on neck, bat inlays. I really need one of those. Probably would not need the ES-359 with the sticky neck if I got the Hinson.