REVEREND
PETE ANDERSON
EASTSIDER S
BY DIMITRI SIDERIADIS
Pete Anderson is a guitar giant in country music and beyond. His years
producing records and delivering sizzling
licks for Dwight Yoakam, his pioneering
work in roots-rock and Americana, his
label ownership, and several high-profile
gigs as bandleader on television attest to
his drive and breadth of vision. But at
the root of it all, Anderson is one dangerous Tele-master who for years honed his
spanky chops in Detroit bars.
Destiny has since found him meeting
up with Reverend’s Joe Naylor—another
Detroit success story—to collaborate on
what has now become a series of signature
instruments. The most recent is the heavily hot-rodded and Tele-inspired Eastsider
(named for the Motor City’s Eastside
neighborhood where Anderson grew up
and Reverend was founded). It’s available
in a classic two-pickup format or, like our
review specimen, in a more Strat-style
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three-pickup/tremolo configuration that
gives you enough versatility to cover a
musical range as wide as Anderson’s.
Hot Rod, Refined
Sporting a rosewood fretboard, our Eastsider
S came dressed in a satin tobacco-burst
Wilkinson tremolo unit
Custom alnico V
pickups
Push-pull tone knob for switching
to bridge/neck pickup combination
