SPACERITUAL wrote:I assume these are made in korea?
Japan for the top of the line model, Indonesia for the rest. Seems like it takes most countries 10-20 years to really hit their stride making guitars. Japan was there by '78, Korea got there maybe 10 years ago, and the higher end Squiers speak well of China these days. Not sure how close Indonesia is, maybe this line is the one that'll show they've arrived. In another 10 years, all import guitars will be built deep underground by Morlocks.
The name Revstar just screams "look at me if you're considering a Reverend!" On the one hand, Reverend should take it as a compliment, Yamaha is basically going after their customers. On the other hand, it's got to suck to be a relatively small company going up against a behemoth like Yamaha. I think Gibson was the last company Yamaha copied in both name and form, so Reverend is in pretty good company.
I bought a Sensei recently before these came out. It's an awesome guitar, and after seeing these I'd buy the Sensei again. Now if I'd bought one of the older Sensei's without the forearm carve, I might feel a bit different.
Bottom line: only one of these companies has ever made a Ron Asheton signature model. The other company will never be quite as cool.
I've got an 1986 MIJ Squier with a siiiilllky smooth neck. But you can only adjust the truss rod by taking the neck off - weird
“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”
― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Think he assumed your comment re:MIJ Squiers was in reference to the Yamahas, and was suggesting a retailer?
But in reference to the truss adjust point, should add that some modern Fender stuff still has the vintage adjust, including most of the Classic Players. My '08 or so Jaguar, which also thankfully has no skunk stripe (I hate skunk stripes on rosewood FB guitars, yet I own a half dozen of 'em!):
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My pedalboard costs approximately 191 Metal Zones.
the prices on these are stupid cheap...and i don't really see this being a copy of reverend guitars...since Yamaha superflighter was probably the inspiration for reverend anyway. This is just Yamaha looking for a mid priced range to compete with epiphones and PRS SE's etc, whilst using a traditional shape thats part of their heritage. I just hope they play as well as they look...
