Reverend Musical Instruments - Models

Models

The "Stage King" series of Reverend guitars is manufactured in Korea, with each guitar then being inspected, strung, and tested in Reverend's Michigan headquarters. All Stage King guitars feature Reverend's distinctive and highly lauded Bass Contour Control (BCC), a knob allowing the player to control tone more finely than conventional bass/treble knobs (which Reverend guitars also include). The BCC allows the player to add more bass for a fuller, richer sound, or to subtract it, allowing for twangier tones that approximate those of vintage single-coil pickups. The Stage King line has included:

Bolt-on neck series

• The Buckshot, available since 2008 for left-handed players as well as right-handed ones, features a Telecaster-style single-coil pickup at the bridge and, for added versatility in tone, a Revtron mini-humbucker pickup at the neck. The Buckshot is an extraordinarily versatile guitar noted for its ability to produce not only Telecaster-style twang, but also fuller, warmer tones, making it particularly suitable for country, rock, and punk music.
• The Charger - a retro-styled but distinctive-looking guitar suitable for country, blues, and rock, with either clean or distorted tones. The Charger 290, featuring two Reverend P90 pickups, was a Guitar Player magazine Editors' Pick, noted for its versatility and snappy attack; it is still manufactured. The Charger HB-FM, which had two Reverend humbucker pickups and a maple top with a flame maple veneer, has been discontinued.
• The Club King, a semi-hollow guitar prized particularly for rockabilly and jazz, is available in an RT model with two Reverend "Revtron" mini-humbucker pickups, a 290 model with two Reverend P90s, and an HB model with two Reverend humbuckers.
• The Double Agent and Double Agent-FM Reverends (the latter being available for left-handed as well as right-handed players) have a Reverend humbucker in the bridge position and P90 in the neck position, offering a unique combination of tones.
• The Flatroc (available for both left-handed and right-handed players) has two Revtron mini-humbuckers, making it particularly suitable for rockabilly.
• The Gil Parris Signature model features a Charger-style body with humbuckers in the bridge and neck positions, but adds a Lace sensor burgundy pickup in the middle position, giving it a versatility especially suitable for jazz, rock, and fusion.
• The Jetstream, prized primarily by rock players for its big tone, is available in a 390 model, with three Reverend P90 pickups and has often been described as a "Strat on steroids," and in HB and HB-FM models with two Reverend humbuckers, the latter also having a maple top with flame maple veneer. For Reverend's tenth anniversary in 2007, a special Jetstream model was released in a sparkling silver finish. In 2008, the Jetstream 390 and HB were made available in versions for left-handed players.