Billy Corgan on His Reverend BC1 Signature Guitar | Reverb Video Demo
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- The new Reverend BC1 Billy Corgan signature guitar captures the wide array of tones the Smashing Pumpkins mastermind has crafted and traded on for years. Corgan and Joe Naylor of Reverend sit down to discuss the challenges of sonic diversity, guitar design and nailing that signature wide gain tone.
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This is now my main guitar. It sounds amazing for every genre, from grunge to indie to even deathcore. I'm so in love
Same. Love my Z-One too! It's also a ripper!
The guys at Reverend have really got their shit together!!
I love Corgan, don't understand why people hate him :/
He's pretentious as all hell, has the ego of a mountain and he's usually a jerk.
Gavin Carper i.e. he's a human being
People who hate on Billy are just jealous. He wrote and performed most all of those classic SP records(minus Chamberlain's Drums - seriously who's gonna play better than Jimmy?) and IMO is one of the few geniuses in music working today. Adore is a hair away from a masterpiece, yet most people have never even heard it. Also, Billy has donated more money to charity than most of us will make in a lifetime.
Cuz ppl r dumb
Hes the last true great rock musician
People don't hate him, he's just a little smarter than they are and they don't like that.
That is a Sexy guitar. Damn! It's like a futuristic jaguar.
This guitar looks like a smashing avocado
We look forward to checking these out! Great video.
That is so fucking awesome. Man I been talking about this builder for a long time. When I found his shit a long time ago I knew he was onto something and for Billy to be working with him like that is testament to that. Love his pickups and he makes fantastic guitars as well. That's why we'll be going to that NAMM party. Maybe we'll get lucky and Billy will drop in. Good stuff.
3:35 Starla
sounds and looks soooo good
Just got a chance to try this model. I'm completely sold. Great instrument. Possibly overall the best guitar I've ever played.
Then you’ve never played a good PRS
@@JJ-ze6vb not my cup of tea, frankly
@@JJ-ze6vbProbably cause they aren't a boomer
I got one and I love it. This guitar is a keeper. Everything feels right about it and the sound is great. Also when it arrived the case tag was torn and Reverend sent me a new one for free. Great customer service!
just imagine what it feels like to have somebody make you a guitar that feels and sounds like a great in between of what you've been playing for years
Joe Naylor is a great guy, very creative and easy to work with
Sick looking guitar!!
This will be mine!
I've always wanted a reverend guitar! now I know which one I'll get
Great looking guitar offering a gorgeous sound 👌👏
I just love how these guitars look. They're beautiful.
That amp sounds amazing.
Awesome guitar
Sound awesome..
Huge fan! This Super-under-rated, not always appreciated, guitar shredder, songwriter, & lyricist. Total package; but I’ve ONLY seen him use a Fender Strat since he hit the seen. Never a Reverend guitar do I remember?#SmashingPumpkins#✨🎸🔥🤘🏻
Billy is one of the most well spoken people out there.
Railhammer Hum-cutters?! :D Can't wait to check them out-I'm loving my Gnarly 90s!
Yeah but which color sounds the best?
I don't know but red plays faster
:D that was a good one!!!
I don’t love signature guitars But damn, I played one of these and it was one of the best sounding, feeling, and looking guitar I’ve ever played.
Billy really knows his stuff.
Nostalgia SP's riff, make me remember the old time.
I do like the look and sound of this guitar!#theRev#🎸🔥🤘🏻
I just found out about these a year ago and then i see billy with one haha im like damn.
Man, Billy sure knows his stuff and can make guitars sounds like heaven!! I would love to know his full sound setup to acquire this lovely sound.
Big muff
@@vibecheck4581 Well, not these days. He has a preamp build for all eras of this band. He no longer uses the big muff. You’re wrong.
best - guitar manufacturer - out there. end of discussion. gibson & fender are being blown out of the water
Will own. Also will rip it through my Diezel Herbert. Can't wait.
was gonna splurge on the Herbert but this video has me thinking Einstein.
@@andrewface Yeah it's a Einstein
All hail Billy.
tbh i think billy and reverend should be designing more guitars for modern hard rock and those kind of genres. The shape is hit or miss for some but i think the sound and design of this guitar is amazing. It's new but not like most new brands that release something new and everyone just wants to go back to the vintage alternative, this one actually seems to work.
Idk why but I have this strong feeling that those pickups would be perfect for hendrix type playing/songs.
Y'know what I'd love? A bc-7 with multi-scale fan frets
Killer tone !! Marshall too...
Actually, it's a Diezel.
Damn. I don’t know what amp and speakers he’s playing through, but that’s one of the meatiest tones I’ve ever heard. Nice full growl with clean articulation. Just sweet. The guitar is cool too. 😂
they look like very nice guitars. you can tell the owner knows his stuff.
GRUNGE OF THE FUTURE! #grungeofthefuture
whitemysteryband oh yeah, I'll see you there, then?
Like him or not, he’s one of the best guitar players.
Starla yeah
I never comment on youtube but made an exception this time to say: notice how he finally let go and said "whether you ... grunge of the future" -- he finally gave in to the massive demand that 'grunge' tones aren't solely for the "90s". What an uptight bastard, it only took fatherhood to get him to say it!
+quietrune I took it to mean, "The next big thing (whatever that sounds like)."
+Ninja Egg yeah, either or. I just mean, every time someone would mention grunge to him, his reaction is to play the avant garde and be a punk or make a dismissive comment. He always does this when he concedes to "society" -- he casually drops it into some random interview that only fans that follow him *everywhere* can ever know that he's actually holistic/thoughtful even when he's stuck in his 'asshole' or 'ego' mode...it's just what happens when you're a progressive in your field. Everyone pisses on you for being a progressive thinker because they don't get you or agree with you at the time, but when society catches up, you have to be humble about letting go...which is always this twisted thing. Anyhow, as someone who creates the "future grunge" sound ...(ie. modern expectations of clarity along with what is 'classic' sounds that we still love).. it's nice to hear him say so. I wish he'd support young bands to create the tonal qualities they are after rather than pursue his limping legacy... I think he'd find more success in mentoring the right young bands who are parallel to his type of sounds rather than weird crappy bands that make him seem diverse and eclectic about "young modern sounds". Anyhow, this rant just came out, sorry.
I mean, they were barely a grunge band. Mellon Collie is not grunge at all.
Yes, of course. But grunge in a lot of cases is referred to interchangeably as an era and pretty much any 'dirty' sounding guitar got the grunge label. I just think you can't compete with nostalgia and when people want to hear a grunge tone, bands of that era (especially) have to give people a bit of it before they'll accept 'new' sounds (his prog version of the band).
What is he playing at 4:20? Killer riff
Great guitar, but he is playing through a $4200 Diezel VH4 head....that thing is going to make any guitar sounds incredible! I do think the bass roll off knob is a great addition though....they should add a model with a kill switch as well!
I guess Billy got tired
of the Signature Strat-
+Wall OfNoise Fender never did a Corgan signature strat. But Billy Corgan does have signature Dimarzio pickups in a preload strat pickguard, which is about only Billy had close to his old 1970s strat that was stolen when his first album came out.
+DALE Yes they did.
+DALE
Yes they did. watch
youtu.beXSh7Ei0Gv70
and Billy himself will explain.
Cool. But man that price geez. From what I know it's a basic hard tail with his signature pickups but cool rails and hot rails is next best thing which they based on. .
+Matthew Paluch doesn't work :(
Every one should ship with Big Muff OpAmp fuzz pedal
that tone is amazing was that straight into the amp or was he using his big muff
+Daniel Deery Straight into the amp.
+Daniel Deery I agree that tone is fucking delicious!
That's the Diezel tone. Billy usually plays the Diezel Herbert or his emulated VH4 mod from Salvation Mods. I have a Diezel D-Moll. I'm absolutely in love with the tone of that beast.
+ffxiiangel He's been running a Diezel Einstein lately as well. That's what he brought in for the shoot. Amazing amps.
+Reverb.com my god.........
I bought one of these in the Satin Pearl White in this video last December and it is a fantastic guitar probably the best one I own even up against and 82 Strat and a ‘71 Les Paul Gold top. What is distinctly less cool is that the Pearl White has turned a strange nicotine yellow in less than a year. ☹️
Really man, I actually like how the white guitars age yellow. Remember Billy Corgan’s first Strat was that 70’s yellow Strat that he painted purple and used on “Gish” was originally a white Strat that aged yellow in the 20+ years before Billy acquired it. Do you still have this guitar? I’m currently trying to figure out what guitar to get in the $1,000 range and found a used one of these but have no way to play one. Would love to know what you think of it?
@@jacobsamano9761 i’m quite open to guitars going yellow especially old Srats but this just looked crap… After a bit of a battle they replaced it and I much prefer it.
Anyone knows what kind of neck profile this has ?
What gear was used in the video to get Billy's massive sound in this vid?
Looks like a Diezel Einstein and a Shure Sm57
I've only held this guitar once. Very light and well balanced. Great pickups. It'd be great if they came out with some new colors for this guitar, but I don't think this model is in production anymore. That sucks!
Lmfao ur a clown
On his own, he's such an intelligent, thoughtful, meticulous artist and there's so much to be gleaned from his process and observations. When it comes to his relationships, it all falls apart. Like when I heard that the original line-up was trying to re-form recently, I immediately had two conditions for my interest to be stoked: 1) Either D'arcy or Melissa was included, 2) NO DRAMA. The very next article I read about it violated both.
Billy Corgan says stuff that sounds like the most synthetic statement, written like a school paper on some very serious subject, but he makes it sound like he's spitballing.
My overall opinion one Corgan changed once I listened to his interview with the Joe Rogan Experience & the one he did with Alex Jones / INFO WARS .......
He is a very intelligent & informed guy , to say the least
is there a lefty version anyone know?
the more the material is flexible the more it resonates....whats next? rubber guitars with infinite sustain?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omfg. That comment really made my day
You’re questioning the guy who makes the guitars, makes sense…
Billy Corgan explains like this guy I know who describes all the specs of a video game character
I've got serious GAS!
Just got one of these. Check my channel for clips of it through Billy's old Diezel VH4 that he sold on reverb.
Reverends are really well made, great playing, great sounding guitars - I just hate the headstock. Stupid, I know.
youre not the only one.
to me the headstock looks a lot like a warped Fender headstock. when i was first introduced to Reverend guitars, i actually thought it was a new Fender model; it appeared as though they reinvented the strat for modern aesthetics.
Wtf... it feels like corgan is making a corporate presentation
i don’t think people understand billy, he takes his music very seriously and it makes him a perfectionist. his band mates that left him were prollly the “wow cherub rock is a hit dude let’s take a 5 year break to milk the song then let’s write more music, for now let’s party dude!!” instead billy went back to the studio to record a 28 song album (mellon collie) which was meant to be a 50 something song album. an example if billy one day passes away there won’t be any shortage of music for us to hear, he has countless hours of music, from demos, to live sessions etc. he literally made music for us fans to keep rotating and not just listen to the same 2 albums for years to come. he has countless amazing songs, i can go on. for people who hate on billy, f off lad. i appreciate the man for making as much music as possible instead of sitting down for his hit song to get milked , this mans a real musician
Well, he didn’t really break through with any of his songs in the last 25 years…
Sounds more interesting than his signature Strat.
How come I've never once seen one of these in his hand during a concert?
Dartheomus depends on when you went. On the current (Shiny and oh so bright) tour, he’s playing these (he may use one of his old strats for a couple of the old Siamese tunes but I don’t remember)
Can confirm. He actually played two of these at the show in Toronto - a white one and a grey one. Sounded amazing.
but it does sound good...
fuck me i need that headstock on my strat
Not a fan of all the “pickguards”
I love Billy and Reverend guitars…but, I’ve always thought those “pasted” on pick guards made these guitars look like the First Act brand. You can’t unsee it
Yeah, that’s the way I feel about it. It’s way too “busy” with all that shit.
I wish they would have just made it a little more Classic and tasteful looking.
His playing style is almost black sabbath like but watching him play he looks like he could be one of Ace Frehley’s brothers.
I can't pick a color, halp.
The tone at the beginning sounded less like billy and more like Lusk; specifically, the beginning of "Kill the King"
Im glad Billy went with a smaller Midwest company, BUT BRING YOUR MANUFACTURING BACK TO EAST DETROIT! Joe needs some good local made guitars to sell me! When that happens, I'll buy another Reverend and start taking my 1999 models out again. And yes, just like Kid Rock said in 1996, it's still EAST DETROIT to me! Hahahaa
“Surely no one is looking to innovate”
Every company is trying to do this man
i think the shape of the guitar body resembles a Jagstang body, especially the horns. Anybody else?
I miss Gish era Billy shredding.
looks like Ibanez RC320 to me, anyone?
+Florjan Metelko yes
8 bolt neck, strange!
+minglemonkey It's a 6 bolt neck join. The 2 smaller screws just hold the neck plate to the body. Pretty handy if you ever have to take the neck off!
that guy needs a 5150
these guitars look incredible, but i gotta disagree with billy about music becoming more homogeneous. quite the opposite, in my opinion. just because a lot of diverse, interesting music isn't found on top 40 radio doesn't mean it doesn't exist
I figured he was talking about just guitar music. I kind of agree with him honestly. Sure there are plenty of bands coming out that are doing new things and a lot of my favorite bands are from the last decade or so, but its just inevitable that the longer one general style of music is around the less new ideas there are going to be.
At :55, he complains that "nobody is looking to innovate" on guitars today ... then, at 4:40, he says you cannot reinvent the wheel because "at some point, the guitar is only going to go so far." Um, perhaps we have reached that "some point" where it is becoming increasingly difficult to "innovate" on guitars?
+TJKarlson I took it to mean, "At some point, you need to get out of the workshop and just play it."
As they try and sell us an amazing ugly guitar
I'm torn. Love Siamese Dream, hate Corgan. Very cool guitar, love it in the purple
Steven Chabot 1. Why hate Corgan 2. Ya the purple is the most badass
Anthef Billy's weird
Anthef hes said some pretty hateful stuff about transfolk in the past, and has a tendency to be nasty. That being said, mental health shit is no joke. He seems a lot more chill now which is great. He always seemed troubled before.
Genius often comes at a compromise. Long time Pumpkins fan, but holy cow Billy is a trainwreck outside his music.
Love Pumpkins but I think Corgan has said some questionable stuff. At the same time though he's had to go through a lot in his life, so that would sort of explain stuff.
I love Billy as a guitar rocker. It's what he's best at. Yet since Adore he's been avoiding his own strength in the name of "innovation".
Ethan Cheng Oceania was excellent, and Monuments was pretty good. Only terrible pumpkins albums is Zeitgeist in my book.
@@mdogg094 Yee, My Love Is Winter is one of my favourite songs.
2:57 "diversity" word comes up ...
That guitar sounds great it just looks really goofy IMO. Way too busy with all the pickguards.
I
I love Billy, but saying that the chambers give the guitar a cocked wah sound... that's absolute BS.
It doesnt look great. But it sounds amazing.
Can someone explain to me how this dude is a douché? I was not born during the era of the smashing pumpkins
People are jealous.
utilitarian
Too bad the neck profile seems kinda bad
I love Reverend guitars, but their shapeds.....well.....I suppose they'll grow on me sooner or....maybe later.
Its just because fender disrespect him.
Aaaaah! Billy! You're so full of shit, I love you! I remember those WWE days though! Still dress like it too!!! Aaaah! Guitar color!!!
I wish billy didnt feed into the tone wood bs
Sounds great, but it's ugly as hell. Guess that's perfect for Billy.
Looks cool to me
well, ugliness is in the eye of the beholder
I love the way they look honestly
Billy is superhot
Joe seems like a boring serious guy in all his interviews
Awesome sounding guitar but... damn it looks silly. :(
Corgan is a good songwriter, but man I find him a boring guitarist.
That is a horrible distortion tone. That's something you'd expect from a beginner who's 12 years old. Not a great advertisement for a guitar.
Listen with good earbuds or speakers. The Diezel Einstein is a beast of an amp.
As far as being a guitarist
Why would you want a signature series guitar that was built for someone else?
Don’t you want your own sound and style
It’s good to have influence
But find out what you can make work for you
I hate signature guitars
Their set up for that person who plays them
Not you!!!
John Doe the gibson les paul is a signature model
Most folks get into buying and playing guitar maybe because of one particular guitar player, who influences them enough to want to emulate their sound and look, what's the harm, at least they are playin'. If some young kid loves Slash and wants a Les Paul like his, who cares, maybe that kid finds his own style eventually anyways.
As long as folks are picking up guitars who gives a shit whether it's a signature guitar or not, it doesn't necessarily mean they are gonna be an instant clone of that particular guitarist does it. Lighten up will ya!
Taylor Venema its a brand until it is set up by the individual
In which that case it becomes suited for the player
If this is what you want I’m not trying to tell you what or how to spend your money
I guess their good for bedroom playing
What I’m saying is
It’s your life and if it’s what you want then do so
Guitar Slinger again, if that’s what you want
We all have people in which we look to.
I’m not being uptight
I’m just saying
It’s not the guitar
It’s the tone
Just like billy said in this video
Dude there's nothing wrong with buying a signature guitar at the end of the day its a guitar like any else. I myself own frank iero's signature epiphone wilshire. I didnt buy it because i madly adore my chemical romance, I bought it because its one of the most versatile guitars ive ever played you can go from sounding like a tele to sounding like a les paul at the twist of a knob. Its got a great neck, weighs as little as laptop, and to top it all of it looks rad as hell