Reverend BOB BALCH FR Electric Guitar (High Tide Blue)

Reverend BOB BALCH FR Electric Guitar (High Tide Blue)Bob Balch is an ambassador of fuzz who churns out sludgy, psychedelic riffage with desert rockers Fu Manchu. Fittingly, Bob partnered with Reverend to create the ultimate fuzz friendly doom machine: the Reverend Bob Balch Signature guitar. Based on Reverends Sensei platform, the Bob Balch Signature guitar is a wicked double cutaway with slick beveled edges, an eye catching gloss finish, a 3 piece korina set neck, and a pair of custom Railhammer

Bob Balch is an ambassador of fuzz who churns out sludgy, psychedelic riffage with desert rockers Fu Manchu. Fittingly, Bob partnered with Reverend to create the ultimate fuzz-friendly doom machine: the Reverend Bob Balch Signature guitar. Based on Reverend’s Sensei platform, the Bob Balch Signature guitar is a wicked double cutaway with slick beveled edges, an eye-catching gloss finish, a 3-piece korina set neck, and a pair of custom Railhammer pickups voiced to play nice with fuzzy, buzzy dirt boxes. In true Reverend fashion, the Bob Balch Signature guitar sports a host of hot-rodded features, including a korina body with a strategically placed resonance chamber, Pin-lock tuners, a dual-action truss rod, custom dome knobs, and a rock-solid synthetic bone nut. This iteration, however, also includes a Floyd Rose 1000 Series Pro, equipping you to engage the utmost reaches of sonic expression. Fuel your fuzz passions with this supercharged guitar from Reverend and Bob Balch!

Built for Bob Balch — and you

Based on Reverend’s Sensei platform with the slick contour of a Reverend Daredevil, the Bob Balch Signature guitar features double cutaways, slick beveled edges, a gloss finish, a 3-piece korina set neck, a korina body, and two custom Railhammer pickups voiced to play nice with dirt and fuzz. Like all Reverend signature models, the unique features were added in keeping with Bob’s specs and include a subterranean pickguard chamber for resonance, Pin-lock tuners, a dual-action truss rod, low-profile dome knobs, and a rock-solid synthetic bone nut.

Railhammer pickups optimized for fuzz

Combining tonal tenacity with versatile playability, the Reverend Bob Balch Signature electric guitar begs to be turned up. Two innovative Railhammer pickups are primed for explosive rock tone, with blade magnets under your wound strings for tighter lows and poles under your plain strings for fatter highs. Our fuzz aficionados find these Bob Balch Railhammers perfectly optimized for incredible amounts of gain with resonant articulation for both power chords and single-note fills.

Fine-tune your tone with the Bass Contour control

Guitarists here often wonder why more guitars don't offer a bass roll-off control like the Bob Balch Signature's Bass Contour knob. Dial it back just a bit to tighten up your rhythm tones, or roll it back further to emphasize attack and presence. Or use it in conjunction with the Tone control for mid-focused tones you normally couldn't achieve without an EQ or filter pedal.

Pure Tone jack: gig with confidence

Most guitar output jacks have just one single contact point for your cable's plug, resulting in a common point of signal failure over years of use. That's not the case with the Bob Balch Signature's innovative jack by Pure Tone Technologies, which features dual contact points that firmly grip your guitar cable's plug. The last thing you need when you hit the stage is an intermittent signal caused by a worn-out jack, and that's one less thing you'll need to worry about, thanks to the Pure Tone jack.

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, Bob Balch, 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.

Features

• Classic double-cutaway model based on Reverend’s Sensei platform
• Resonant korina wood body with 3-piece korina neck
• Dual cutaways and beveled body for total fret access
• Strategic chamber under the pickguard reduces weight and improves sonic character
• Rosewood fingerboard with 22 nickel alloy frets
• Custom Railhammer humbuckers voiced for fuzz and gain; rail magnets beneath wound strings and poles beneath plain strings for tighter lows and fatter highs
• Bass Contour knob control expands tone control by tightening or widening bass response
• Pin-lock tuners allow for super-fast string changes
• Reverend jack plate features 4 screws for long-term reliability
• Pure Tone jack features 2 contact points for a better, more reliable connection
• Built-in treble bleed circuit prevents muddy tone when rolling back your volume control
• Floyd Rose 1000 Series Pro double-locking tremolo system grants access to unparalleled planes of evocative expression and tuning stability

Specifications

• Neck Finish:Gloss Polyurethane
• Fret Type:0.11" x 0.05"
• Fret Material:Nickel
• Number of Strings:6
• Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
• Body Type:Solidbody
• Body Shape:Signature Offset
• Body Material:Solid Korina
• Body Finish:Gloss Polyurethane
• Color:High Tide Blue
• Neck Material:3-piece Korina
• Neck Shape:Medium Oval
• Neck Joint:Set Neck
• Radius:12"
• Fingerboard Material:Rosewood
• Fingerboard Inlay:Blocks
• Number of Frets:22
• Scale Length:24.75"
• Nut Width:1.692"
• Nut Material:Locking
• Bridge/Tailpiece:Floyd Rose 1000 Series Pro Locking Tremolo
• Tuners:Pin-Lock, 20:1
• Neck Pickup:Reverend Railhammer Bob Balch Signature Humbucker
• Bridge Pickup:Reverend Railhammer Bob Balch Signature Humbucker
• Controls:1 x volume, 1 x tone, 1 x bass contour
• Switching:3-way toggle pickup switch
• Strings:D'Addario, .010-.046
• Case/Gig Bag:Sold Separately
• Manufacturer Part Number:BBFR-G-htbl-RW-RARA-BK-FR