Classic REVO Imaginative and prescient | Overview

MSRP: (UK) £449.00 / (US) $549.00

Nick Jennison takes on the Classic REVO Imaginative and prescient—a shocking mix of classic appeal and cutting-edge innovation. This guitar encompasses a maple neck and a certain 22-fret fingerboard with block inlays, together with a 5-way selector change for tonal versatility. Outfitted with Wilkinson machine heads, a GraphTech precision-cut nut, and a Wilkinson 3-saddle hardtail compensating bridge, it presents enhanced tuning stability and maintain. The transonic spring cavity within the rear additional boosts maintain, whereas the Astrosonic pickups, outfitted with 7.5mm Alnico V rod magnets, present low-noise, dynamic tones which are clear and articulate throughout all settings.

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Classic has by no means been shy concerning the inspirations behind their guitars: for many years, their MO has been about taking basic designs and tweaking them to drive prices down and high quality up, all with out sacrificing the essence of what made these guitars nice within the first place. Now, below the watchful eye of Alan Entwistle, their REVO line has introduced numerous long-forgotten British classics again to a brand new lease of life—and one of the vital fascinating ones we have seen to date is the Imaginative and prescient.

After I first performed the Entwistle AstroSonic pickups within the Rapier Saffire 12 (a guitar that also sees common use in my studio), I used to be very impressed with them. Given their hanging similarity to the Burns TriSonics that energy a sure Pink Particular, it solely appears becoming that we might discover a trio of them in a guitar with a really comparable silhouette. That is no straight Pink Particular clone, although, as there are vital variations between the Imaginative and prescient and the guitar that impressed it.

For starters, it is a bolt-on design with a 6-in-a-row peghead, a certain maple neck, and an Okoume physique in clear orange, together with a bridge and management plate taken straight from Classic’s modded T-Model guitars. It is kind of a Pink Particular/Tele hybrid if you wish to consider it that manner. The switching is a simple 5-way Strat-style blade change, however in case you’re anticipating Strat-like tones, you are in for a shock.

The Imaginative and prescient’s tone is beefy, muscular, and mid-forward, however with a great deal of grindy single-coil character within the highs. It is not fairly P90-esque, however it’s shut. Positions 2 and 4 are much less Nile Rodgers quack and extra Black Magnificence clank, however with a very distinctive character that is a ton of enjoyable for each clear and achieve tones.

One other fascinating addition is the inclusion of a “Transonic Spring Cavity” at the back of the guitar. The springs in a tremolo-equipped guitar contribute a refined pure spring reverb to the guitar’s tone, which turns into far more obvious whenever you hit it laborious by a sound with a wholesome stage of achieve. Regardless of the Imaginative and prescient being a hardtail mannequin, the Transonic Spring Cavity brings greater than a touch of this cool character to the Imaginative and prescient’s tone.

When it comes to playability, it is enterprise as regular for Classic. Their guitars are at all times properly arrange immediately from the manufacturing facility, and regardless of having quite a lot of options I do not personally look after (a completed neck and a smaller fret profile), it is a number of enjoyable to play. For quick stuff, it is a breeze, however there’s additionally loads of meat for grabbing the neck in a “baseball bat” grip whenever you wish to wrestle with the factor.

The Classic REVO Imaginative and prescient is a really cool fusion of two basic fashions, with a personality all its personal—visually and sonically. Should you’re after a really distinctive instrument that will not break the financial institution, this could be the one for you.

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