REVEREND GUITARS
Pete Anderson Signature
clean—levels, I rolled off just a bit of bass to
maintain good bite. Applying full bass roll-off to the bridge pickup produced a slightly
scooped midrange that didn’t float my boat on
clean settings, but it gave me a great throaty
tone with snap and articulation when I dialed
in higher gain on the Egnater’s lead channel or
with the drive cranked on the Tiny Terror.
When I switched on both pickups, the PA
offered chiming tones with or without the bass
rolled off. The dual-pickup setting blissfully cancelled the standard 60-cycle P- 90 hum as well.
Though the PA excelled at traditional jazz,
blues, country, and rockabilly riffs, it was no
slouch at soaring ES-335-style fusion and all-out distorted rock. The guitar even revealed
its charms through amp-modeling software, a
quality I’ve usually only found in more
expensive instruments.
Playing through the amps in clean mode, I
was able to sit facing the speaker with no
feedback issues, despite relatively high vol-
umes. Even with a fair amount of distortion,
the feedback remained controllable, though
if you want to avoid run-away feedback
onstage, you’d better turn down the guitar
volume before taking your hands off the
strings to clap along with the crowd. Of
course, fans of semi-hollow and hollowbody
guitars know that controllable feedback can
be one of their most gratifying pleasures.
And that was certainly true of the PA—I really
enjoyed adding Bigsby vibrato to its feed-
back-sustained notes.
The Final Mojo
The PA is a well-crafted and finely tuned
machine. Its combination of spruce and
maple keeps potentially muddy P-90s clear
and focused at all volume levels, making the
guitar suitable for a wide range of musical
styles. Its hollow body produces the woodiness associated with this type of instrument,
while the Uni-Brace really mitigates the howl
often associated with cranked archtop guitars. That’s why the Reverend Pete Anderson
is a no-brainer for roots players—but rockers
who aren’t dedicated Floyd-wigglers might
want to give it a shot, too.
Rating:
you need a cool-looking, fantastically versatile hollowbody.
Buy If...
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