细节
描述Semi-hollowbody bass. Made in Korea
Price£691.99
接触复古和现代吉他 - 01844 261 447 -www.reverendguitars.co.uk
在过去的12个月中，我们遇到了一些有趣的半空体低音，首先是Peerless Retromatic B2而且，最近，杜森伯格的Motown贝斯。Both were handsome instruments with a single cutaway, and a single f-hole, with the Duesenberg proving itself to be just a little more versatile, albeit at almost twice the price. This month it’s the turn of the Reverend Dub King.
牧师吉他was established in 1997 in East Detroit, USA, by Joe Naylor, a guitarist who used his background experience in industrial design and lutherie to create distinctive-looking instruments, using many non-traditional materials, with inspiration taken from semi-hollowbody Silvertone models and Gibson’s classic ES-335. Early models had a mahogany core with phenolic laminate back and sides framed by a strip of moulded plastic, and were identical in body shape. Plenty of more traditionally-constructed guitars followed, split into bolt-on or neck-through models.
最初，吉他以时间悠久的方式分发给了商店，但Naylor最终决定直接出售，使公司更具成本效益，并于2006年将产量从美国转移到韩国，吉他是由Mirr Music制造的。CO，从而进一步降低成本。
在牧师贝斯目录中，首先是隆隆鱼，这是一种备受关注且非常英俊的四弦，很快就停产了。没关系，因为贝斯牧师现在拥有八种型号，包括为美国贝斯手/歌手/作曲家Meshell Ndegeochello制作的签名模型。
Reverend’s Dub King is certainly an extremely fine looking bass and follows the basic template established by our previous victims: semi-hollowbody construction, with solid lower bout and chambered upper denoted by the tell-tale f-hole, and a single cutaway – although the solid chunk that effectively forms the front bout curves subtly back towards the body, almost in the style of a Telecaster, rather simply completing the naturally suggested curve. The lower cutaway is nicely recessed for excellent access to the highest fret.
人体本身具有科琳娜（或白色的林巴），来自热带西非的木材具有出色的共鸣，其核心，相同的木材形成背部和侧面，构造通过涂上坚固的云杉上衣完成，其微妙的谷物图案完成almost swamped by the cheery ‘rock orange’ finish. Further nostalgic credentials are established by the cream binding strip that separates top and sides, and the way the lower edge of the three-ply black/white/black pickguard tracks the body’s curves is a nice detail.
Reverend differentiate their basses by the method used to secure the neck, and the DK comes from the Set-Neck Series (as opposed to Bolt-On). The neck to be secured to the body via mortise and tenon or dovetail joint and a good adhesive. It comprises a five-piece laminate of three chunks of korina separated by walnut stringers, also with cream binding; Reverend describe the neck as having a ‘medium oval’ profile but it’s slimmer and more playable than the name suggests and it feels really easy under the hand, especially with the 30″ scale.
与Peerless和Duesenberg一样，床头柜的外观类似：这是一个挤压的长方形，顶部有半月隆起，以吉布森风格背面，并配有一套镀铬式式式调谐器。Rosewood曾在指板上使用，它装有21个中型镍丝，没有刺斑点，还有一组老式的珍珠块标记。沿顶部边缘的结合中，一组黑色的圆点嵌入。
牧师适合自己的桥梁，这是一个厚实的镀铬单元，具有可选的顶部负载或通过设施的半弦，在那里每个鞍座都可以锁定到桥梁的基础板上，牧师说这可以增强清晰度和攻击。调整需要小的菲利普斯螺丝刀和艾伦钥匙。
No active electronics here – the Reverend is passive and comes a pair of the company’s own pickups, a Thick Brick Bridge model for ‘warmth’, ‘thickness’ and ‘strong mids’, ‘punchy like an active but more organic-sounding’, and a Split Brick Neck pickup butted right up to the neck, offering ‘strong lows and highs’ plus ‘open mids’. These are hooked up to a line of three potentiometers: two Tele-style knurled chrome knobs for master volume and master tone, plus a black plastic knob which serves as a pickup pan. Visually, it would probably be better with three chrome knobs, as the plastic control cheapens the otherwise classy look.
听起来
配音国王在皮带上很好地平衡了。在所有半空心的低音中，额外的腰围和缺乏舒适的倒角特有特有的需要习惯，但这并不是一个严重的问题。
Plugging in uncovers a warm, thudding tone with lots of harmonic life – not as much zing as a Danelectro, but we’re heading in that direction. The E string has a righteous growl to it and the middle strings have plenty of punch and a raspy clarity, with just about the right amount of high-mid zing for brightness without excessive honk. Responsiveness is pleasingly even across the fretboard, and though the G string sounds just a touch bright to our ears, you could use that to make sure upper-register work comes over clearly.
确实，这里有很多证据表明这里展出了热闹的高潮 - 如果您真的攻击配音，他们会有些帅气，但是如果您放下一点，那么他们会说甜蜜。Backing off the tone control reduces the crunchy attack slowly and almost imperceptibly, until just before the dubby morass that is full cut, you’ll find a softer, more rubbery sound with more focus on the fundamentals – great for old-school funk riffs or solid grooving.
The choice of a pan control over a conventional three-way switch proves interesting, because you actually do get audible degrees of mix between each pickup. Nudge it towards the soloed neck pickup and you start to get a hint of raspy acousticisms, shifting more obvious air, with a tightening midrange and amplified snarl.
输出水平也比双挑剔模式大得多，而且额外的尺寸将其直接放在您的脸上 - 其中一种声音吸引您进入激进的蓝调即兴即兴。如果将音调拨号向后切碎，则柔软的音符边缘和较重的底端重击将声音朝着更加宽松的方向移动，而步行鲈鱼的样式听起来特别甜。
独奏桥梁拾音器和弹奏手指般的声音露出嗓音，起泡的声音，敏锐而活泼，恰到好处的高中gurgle。实际上，这有点过高，但是将锅控制返回双拾音器模式逐渐降低了攻击的清晰度，同时切碎音调控制也右后背也有帮助，脂肪，紧密的最终结果非常值得。
Verdict
Reverend’s Dub King is a very good little bass, and though you can’t really attack it with contemporary techniques expecting to get the appropriate sound, what’s on offer is fundamentally good. There’s plenty of air in the tone, and this – as well as the stand-out looks – helps push it in a jangly guitar band, old school soul or bluesy direction. It’s well put-together, and though it’s at the higher end of ‘affordable’, if you fancy a lively semi-hollowbody as a main, second or even third instrument, you’ll do yourself a disservice if you don’t check one of these out.