Sustainiac Shredder with a Refined Pedigree
From Tin Machine to David Bowie to The Cure, guitarist extraordinaire Reeves Gabrels has made eclectic choices throughout his illustrious career — a fact to which this Reverend signature axe certainly attests. The Reverend Reeves Gabrels Signature Sustainiac is an incredibly versatile electric guitar that enhances his previous signature model with the addition of the acclaimed Sustainiac system for organic, controllable feedback and endless sustain. Just think about the implications for your own music: now you can harness feedback and generate massive sustain — without signal loss — to add another whole dimension to your playing! With its solid korina body, roasted maple neck, and premium ebony fingerboard, the Reeves Gabrels Signature Sustainiac plays like a dream. Also equipped with a Railhammer Reeves Gabrels Signature humbucker at the bridge, this instrument is ready for any genre, from high-gain metal to art rock; or jazz fusion to country blues. If you’re looking for a supremely affordable solidbody electric guitar that can do it all, give the Reverend Reeves Gabrels Signature Sustainiac a serious audition.
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Top-shelf tonewoods, top-drawer components
As do all Reverend guitars and basses, the Reeves Gabrels Signature Sustainiac comprises only the finest tonewoods and components — materials you expect to find on boutique, custom-shop instruments costing considerably more. From its ultra-stable roasted maple neck and proprietary pickups to its genuine Wilkinson WVS50 IIK vibrato bridge, this guitar is designed from the ground up for high performance. Even the parts you don’t see are top drawer, such as premium 10% control pots and polyester capacitors and a robust Pure Tone Technologies jack with custom 4-screw jack plate. Reverend uses high-grade korina (white limba) — coveted for its consistency and harmonic richness — for their guitar and bass bodies. Korina is a highly resonant tonewood, a quality that is further enhanced by the instrument’s amazingly versatile electronics package, which features a powerful Railhammer Reeves Gabrels Signature bridge humbucker and a custom Sustainiac system in the neck position.
Custom Sustainiac system onboard
Reeves Gabrels’ signature axe is spec’d by the man himself; so naturally, it features endless, controllable feedback and sustain capabilities, courtesy of a custom Sustainiac system. Reverend’s neck-position implementation of this popular pickup technology functions as a standard humbucker when the Sustainiac function is off. Switch it on, and the system is armed for immediate deployment of shrieking sonic mayhem — all under your full command. How does it work? The Sustainiac generates a magnetic pulse that drives your strings into sustain. It offers three modes: Fundamental Mode lets your note or chord ring out in perpetuity, while Harmonic Mode gradually and dramatically transmutes the sustained note into a higher harmonic. Mix Mode is a thrilling combination of both effects. However you use it, the Sustainiac system will add dimension and drama to your music.
Roasted maple neck for enhanced stability
Reverend Guitars uses a proprietary torrefaction (roasting) procedure on the maple neck of the Reeves Gabrels Signature Sustainiac. Heat treating the neck at over 300°F, the process removes sugars, impurities, and almost all the moisture from the wood and collapses the cell walls, which dramatically increases stability, making your guitar much more impervious to humidity and climatic changes; while optimizing resonance, sustain, and overall tone. If you gig far and wide, you’ll appreciate this the next time you play Phoenix after a week in Miami. As roasting removes moisture, it also removes weight, so you can play marathon sets without next-day visits to your chiropractor. Roasting also imparts a rich caramel color for a warm vintage look. But if you ever do need to perform a neck adjustment, Reverend’s dual-action truss rod makes it fast and painless.
Reverend Guitars: expertly crafted and designed with the player in mind
From humble beginnings working out of a Detroit-area garage to worldwide praise and presence on the globe’s biggest stages, Reverend Guitars has solidified its place as a reliable source of exquisite guitars and basses. The brainchild of designer and luthier Joe Naylor, Reverend instruments are found accompanying many of today’s most influential players, including Billy Corgan, Reeves Gabrels, Meshell Ndegeocello, Matt West, and many others. Now based in Toledo, Ohio, Reverend’s firm commitment to quality and exceptional tone is found in every instrument, each donning custom-shop components to deliver the purest sound possible. Sweetwater is delighted to bring you this formidable lineup of innovative musical instruments.
Reverend Reeves Gabrels Signature Sustainiac Electric Guitar Features:
- Solid korina body; roasted maple neck, Medium “C” profile
- Ebony fingerboard, 12-inch radius
- Bridge pickup: Railhammer Reeves Gabrels Signature humbucker
- Neck pickup: custom humbucking Sustainiac system
- Volume, Tone, Bass Contour controls
- 3-way pickup selector switch, Sustainiac Switching System
- Wilkinson WVS50 IIK Tremolo vibrato bridge
- Reverend Pin-Lock tuners; 43mm Boneite nut
- Dual-action truss rod, headstock access
