BillyBass Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 My Christmas present arrived, a Reverend Mercalli fiver in wine red flamed maple, with a roasted maple fretboard and neck. The neck is wide but shallow (47mm at the nut and the string spacing is 19mm at the bridge, apparently). It needed a little tweak of the truss rod and the usual new bass set up stuff but after doing all that, I've had about 30 minutes on it. I am impressed. It weighs under 4kg, there is no neck dive, the neck feels lovely, though the width threw me off at first (my only other fiver has a narrower neck). The B string is much better than my other fiver (a Charvel Pro Mod JJ) and the weight and absence of neck dive means I think this will be my go to fiver. I'm guessing the 6 bolts connecting the neck to the body and the string through option are the reason for the improved B string, I'm not sure but the B string it came with is a 125, and it doesn't feel loose or sound flubby. I love Reverends! This is my third. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBiscuit Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 That profile shot looks nice... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassApprentice Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 Love Reverends - going to be mighty tempted by the flamed maple version with gold hardware that was released the other week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBass Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 1 hour ago, BassApprentice said: Love Reverends - going to be mighty tempted by the flamed maple version with gold hardware that was released the other week. I'm not a fan of brown basses but the 'Coffee burst' with gold hardware does look good doesn't it. Merchant City Music will pre order this for you for £1149, so the price has gone up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBass Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 Another pic, showing off the scarlet 'wine red' flamed maple top. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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