Explore New Sonic Frontiers with the Spacehawk
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 Gabrels’ second signature Reverend will attest. The Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk takes semi-hollowbody guitar design to the next level with its highly resonant, chambered korina construction and solid maple top. Spec’d with a dynamic duo of Railhammer humbuckers — a proprietary design by Reverend founder Joe Naylor — the Spacehawk covers a wide tonal range, from clean to mean and everything in between. With its unique forearm contour and Medium Oval neck profile, playability — a hallmark of Reverend Guitars — is flawless; while its sealed body provides feedback resistance and responsiveness you won’t find in typical semi-hollowbodies. Other unique features include a kill switch, a custom soft-touch vibrato spring, and a push-pull polarity switch (in the tone control) to transport your music to new sonic frontiers.
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Top-shelf tonewoods, top-drawer components
As do all Reverend guitars and basses, the Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk comprises only the finest tonewoods and components — materials you expect to find on boutique, custom-shop instruments costing considerably more. From its ultra-stable 3-piece korina neck and signature Railhammer pickups to its genuine Bigsby roller bridge and vibrato tailpiece, the Spacehawk 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. For the Spacehawk, a slab of korina is chambered; routed out from the top to create the back and sides (leaving a “center block” to anchor the bridge) before being capped with a solid maple top. The korina/maple combination is highly resonant, a quality that is further enhanced by the Spacehawk’s semi-hollowbody construction.
Semi-hollow resonance, solidbody sustain
The Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk delivers the best of both worlds — the warmth and woody vibrancy of a semi-hollowbody, along with the sustain, punch, and pronounced attack of a solidbody. Although it handles like a solidbody, its ventless semi-hollow body imparts a liveliness to its tone that solidbody guitars typically lack. Although “ventless” may seem like an odd word choice more suited to household appliances, here we’re referring to a sealed body cavity without an F-hole or any other means of allowing the natural acoustic sound generated inside to escape. This, combined with the instrument’s korina/maple body construction, gives the Spacehawk a very unique tone — one that’s eminently sculptable, thanks to the instrument’s powerful and flexible electronics, which include unique Railhammer humbucking pickups that utilize rails under the wound strings and poles under the plain strings. This setup delivers tight lows and fat highs, optimizing punch and clarity throughout the frequency range to make your chord work sparkle and your solos plow through the thickest arrangements.
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 Guitars Reeves Gabrels Spacehawk Electric Guitar Features:
- Semi-hollow korina body with solid maple top
- 3-piece korina neck, Medium Oval profile
- Ebony fingerboard, 12-inch radius
- Railhammer Reeves Gabrels Signature bridge and neck humbuckers
- Controls: Volume, Tone, Bass Contour, Kill Toggle, Phase (polarity), 3-way pickup switch
- Bigsby B-50 vibrato tailpiece with roller bridge
- 43mm Boneite nut; Reverend Pin-Lock tuning machines
- Dual-action truss rod, headstock access
