Mason Music Demo Lab: Reverend Greg Koch Gristlemaster
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We're digging the heck out of this guitar. Love the touch, the feel, and it's not even the fabric of our lives (children of the 80's will get that). Complete with a power up button, what's keeping you from adding to your Reverend collection?
The Greg Koch Gristlemaster is a unique guitar that really stands out among the Reverend line.
Built a little larger than a classic T-style body, with an added raised center ridge, Reverend has placed a chamber under the pickguard to add a ton of sustain and resonance to the guitar. Pin-locking tuners on a bolt-on roasted maple neck offers string-changing ease with extra stability and durability, perfect for the touring musician.
Reverend's signature headstock shape with a triple-tree string retainer and jumbo frets on a compound radius neck, help make a smooth transition to play up high or fretting down low with a slide.
Equipped with Fishman Greg Koch Signature Gristle-Tone pickups, this guitar is hum-free, and the rechargeable active pickups with two distinct voicings are super convenient to use. The Wilkinson Classic 3-Saddle bridge with staggered brass saddles and steel baseplate also keeps the tone vintage-inspired.
“It’s like it has a built in power up button.” What was your favorite video game growing up?
Galaga
YES! I loved me some Halo once I was in high school. That and Super Smash Brothers. But early childhood was definitely NES all the way!
I just got one in pow yellow. Best guitar I've ever owned!!! And I've owned many.
Matthew Schreiber amazing! What a compliment! They are pretty stellar. Best luck to you and your shredding adventure. Let us know if we can ever hook you up with some new gear!
One small correction at 5:25, on a compound radius, there is LESS radius as you travel up the neck towards the body. The 14” radius at the heel is actually flatter than 10” at the nut. Info for the newer players that think a larger radius means more curvature. You may have meant that, but just clarifying so that anyone listening who doesn’t understand how a neck’s radius is determined isn’t confused. Nice playing 👍
John O'Mary I totally misunderstood this! Thank you for the lesson for real- I definitely had it backwards. Shoot me an email at merch@masonmusicstudios.com with your address and we’ll send you a gift!
When you play this guitar you have to say "switching to the middle po-zish..."
HA! It's required. I need to brush up on my Greg-isms
@@MasonMusicRocks :D
I have Gristlemaster and I enjoyed your review and playing more than Greg himself lol. I believe this is the best review for Gristlemaster actually showing how great this guitar is.. Thank you!
S O wow that is high praise. Thank you much! I put a lot into these demos so it’s nice to know that it’s helpful and appreciated! Feel free to share with your friends. And give us a holler the next time you’re in the market for a Reverend! Rock On!
Excellent demo.
Fantastic playing.
I've been kicking around the idea of buying one of these, for a few months now, I think your demo just pushed me over the edge...
Hope it fits under the Xmas tree.
Lol
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Cheers
That’s awesome! Happy to hear it. Always glad to encourage another reverend owner! We have an axis purple one in stock at the moment, but you may be looking for a different color. Just FYI
Absolutely fantastic review, and great playing. I heard that Greg and Ken were both a fan of the Gibson firebird and decided to add the raised centre section as a tribute.
Thank you so much! We appreciate the compliments! That's cool about the firebird tribute - I hadn't heard that but I believe it! Makes sense. Thanks again - hope you have a good day!
I heard that it was because Greg has a firebird shaped bolt on guitar with tele pickups from a customer and he liked the center ridge.
"Blucifer" is a reference to a certain statue outside of Denver International Airport. Love the color though, pastel blues are my favorite.
Thanks for the history! That’s cool to know. I’ve heard some weird things about the Denver airport...
Great review, thanks. I have a Reverend Eastsider T, their T-Style. Seriously considering those pups. Your review has probably pushed the button (see what I did there?). Blucifer is the name locals gave to the blue mustang, with hot red eyes, that rears in majesty in front of the Denver International Airport. Greg Koch spends a lot of time in Louisville, just north of Denver. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. ;)
Dave Sherrill love it! Thanks for the anecdote- might have to adopt that. Are you thinking about modding the eastsider or getting a Greg Koch?
@@MasonMusicRocks - I'm not unsatisfied with the current pickups I just think the Fishmans are more versatile. You know how it goes.
@@blumeenie Totally get it - tinkering is fun - looking for that next 5% is what it's all about.
That was such a great demo.
Dude! Thank you so much!
@@MasonMusicRocks You're very welcome.
Damn, dude. You can play.
Well shucks. Thanks!! Nothing near the skills of the great Greg Koch, but got my own thing going on.
One thing they could of done is put the button where the volume is that was a golden chance to get that silly pickup selector away from the volume knob buy no they still put it in that difficult place to swith whilst playing
Hahaha
Can the battery be replaced when it dies ? When the battery is dead do the pickups still work in " normal" mode ? Nice review by the way.
Thanks! The batteries are rechargeable. I’m not sure if you mean when they die the first time, or when you’ve recharged them a thousand times and they finally die completely. I’m not sure about the second scenario- I can look into that though- just let me know! Also I’m not 100% sure on how the guitar behaves when the battery is depleted. Good questions, now I gotta go find answers!
@@MasonMusicRocks Thanks for your answer. I was referring to the battery being at the end of its life. Greetings from Belgium ( Europe)
Denis Hermans ah- greetings from the US! I’ll have to look into that and get you an answer. Stay tuned (sorry I like puns)
If you didn’t like the neck, could you exchange it with a different after-market neck?
Chris Thompson that’s a great question- let me check, but I believe I’ve seen people in the reverend owners Facebook group doing crazy things like that. I’ll try to get you an answer. What kind of neck are you thinking?
What would posses you to buy a guitar this expensive if you didn't even want half of it?
You forgot the push pull on the tone knob.
Wait for real?!? I’m not sure this model has that feature. There’s a new “Gristle 90” that may- now I’m gonna have to go find this guitar and check!
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It may be the gristle 90.
300 playing hours on a full charge.
Matthew Schreiber thank you! I didn’t have that in front of me during the demo and I wish I had. Rock On!
hmm. Trickshot vs. Gristlemaster vs. Pete Anderson model vs. Buckshot. Which to choose.
Who says you have to choose? Just get one of each! We have almost all of those in stock right now! Come visit us in Birmingham, or just peruse our reverb store and watch all the demos. Careful not to drool on your laptop though...
Dan Favata I have an American tele and honesty have picked a Reverend Pete Anderson model over it for studio use multiple times. To each his own! I do love a good Fender though. Just different animals. Reverend has its own thing going on for sure. Sonically, visually, and feature set. Stock models that come with locking tuners, treble bleed volume pots, bonite nut, roasted maple neck... the list goes on. Hard to beat! But I respect a faithful Fender fan too! Rock on my dude 🤘🏻
Dan Favata My reverends have basically replaced my American fenders. Just my taste. But the Eastsider build quality and features are just.. better. The stock features of the Eastsider would have to be upgrades you do yourself on a US tele, unless you shell out ~2 grand
The vintage style bridges should be standard in all new teles.. it’s a way better sound. It’s night and day. I was shocked when I put a Wilkinson bridge in and the sustain increased, tuning, and overall spank you want from a tele. A lot of times mods can be subtle but not this one
Interesting! I'm such not a modder, but I may think about that for my personal tele - was there a change in the tone as well, or more of the function and responsiveness like you described?
Doesn't sound a bit muffled? Is the tone down in the amp?
TBH - this is not my personal amp, so I may have err'ed on the side of warm over bright. I'm not a bitey gritty in your face tele player myself, so yeah. The guitar certainly puts out plenty of high end sizzle though.
Received one from zzounds in pow red. Neck was unplayable. Sharp fret edges. Edge of the neck was sharp and felt rough. Not rounded off at all. The pickups are ok but you can tell that
they are active and trying to imitate true single coil. Did not bother to try another one as Reverend sends a card with signatures saying they inspected all of this before it leaves their workshop. Overall was highly dissatisfied with the guitar at this price point.
dusty mcmanus wow I’m so surprised to hear this! Honestly that’s the first time we’ve heard anyone complain about QC. Were you able to return it? Reverend is the kind of folks who would want to know so they can make it right.
Funny enough I saw a demo video of an orange amp the other day where a guy was using a fender tele but he had replaced the pickups with the Greg Koch signature pups from fishman (what’s in this guitar too) so I guess everyone’s ears and tastes are different. I hope you can get something that works better for you!
I was totally on board to buy one,
But I don't like the idea of active/having to charge up my guitar.
So thank you for pointing out it is different!
Evan Powers yeah it’s a different thing for sure. Hard to wrap my head around, but from what I’ve heard the battery lasts a long time. I feel ya though. Have you had a chance to play one?
If you’re looking for a Reverend Tele- check out the Trickshot. We have a demo up of that one too. I prefer it to my Fender...
I was able to return to zzounds. Don’t know if they sent it back to Reverend or not. I failed to mention that I own a Double Agent OG and a Pete Anderson Eastsider T so I am a fan of Reverend. It’s just for that price point there are certain things you expect. Still a huge fan of Greg Koch though.
Dude! You are no Greg Koch. OK, I’ll give you that. Who is anyway? But if I came on your show following your invite that could only serve as a lesson in humility, if not humiliation. 😅
Nize!
THANKZ!
Will can play a little bit. Nice demo.
Eh, he's alright! ;) Thanks for watching!
Your wrong!!! Ok just kidding. How would you compare this to a Fender? I’m a huge tele guy and have owned several. Some from fender and some not. How would you say the Reverend T style guitars compare to a standard American tele?
Funny you should ask...
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Enjoy!
I didn't know this was talking demo. The ratio of this guy talking to playing is like 75 talking to 25 playing.
Ha, that's why we have our Shut Up and Play series on our channel!
Greg claimed the pickups sound just like regular single coils. Not to me. These are so plunky for me. The sound active. It’s weird
Interesting - you have a really good ear! I'm not sure I picked up on that.
Just tried that exact guitar at Chicago Music Exchange and I have to say I was disappointed. Wouldn’t stay in tune, tone was very flat I thought, I played through a Supro, a Marshall, and a Milkman
Wow that is surprising to hear! Nice amps to work with for sure- we haven’t had tuning issues with any reverends- I wonder if it was new strings?
I've got a gristle 90 that would not stay in tune due to the bigsby, I want this now ! Only way I got the 90 to stay in tune was to wrap the strings around the middle roller and not use the arm at all!
they make the telecaster larger than life but then have to put in a chamber to make it lighter. this also justify their super ugly pickguard so it makes total sense to me. what the hell is wrong with just a good telecaster?
PLAY MATH ROCK, OLDHEAD!!!
It's really a deal breaker making it bigger..I'm not the only one who feels that way..
Michael Steven what are the things you like about the guitar? I wonder if there’s another reverend out there for regular sized guys like us. But to be honest, the size is barely noticeable. Have you tried one out in person yet?
I can understand why he made it slightly larger...im gregs height and love teles which can feel small from time to time...I don’t own one of these but am seriously thinking of getting one..the deal breaker for me is wether or not the neck is too slim(?) lm a U boat neck kind of guy..
@@edcherry9282 It makes no sense why they would make the body bigger just to accommodate Greg and the owners body size..The guitar is way too fancy..If your a big guy, then great, you win..they can do whatever they want..but I know they lost sales because of it..I too like a chunky neck and ended up getting a Friedman..Reverend missed out on this guitar in my opinion..
and not the only video you've made that comment about
MasonMusicRocks I’d suggest people that are bothered get a Reverend Eastsider T, the Pete Anderson tele. Greg was using one before he did his Gristlemaster, he just put the Fishman pickups in it, which you could also do if you wanted
And now the the winner of the Worst Over Driven Sound Ever Award ...
lmnop I love coming in first! 🏆 😂
Obviously we have differences in taste- I’m curious what kind of tone are you a fan of? Who are some of your favorite players?
The guitar sound great but the color is horrible
P M you’ll have to take that up with Greg Koch! Ha. They do have several different colors of this model- which one do you prefer? www.reverendguitars.com/guitars/greg-koch-gristlemaster
@@MasonMusicRocks the black one.....
P M yeah that one is sick!
actually it's beautiful, the camera/screen can't do it justice.