PSA: Reville Closeout Sales and Auctions

Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:59 am

In case you weren't aware of it, Reville Guitars is closing up shop for the time being. From my experience (I've got about a half dozen of their guitars), they sell a quality product that is at the high end of the lower priced imports (I'd rate the build quality as being better than SX/Douglas/Hadean). Link below to what they currently have listed on eBay but according to the email i received from them, there will be more in th days to come:

https://www.ebay.com/str/musicbungee?_t ... b42b3be456

toomanycats · Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:06 pm

There's quite a few available for you south paws too.

Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:07 pm

toomanycats wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:06 pm There's quite a few available you south paws too.

There are, one of the blue SGs is sitting in the foyer, haven't gotten around to unboxing it yet...

BatUtilityBelt · Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:14 pm

Problem is I already have 3 Reville guitars. I will add though, that I have one of their offsets with the P90s out all the time.

Jaymo · Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:02 pm

The blue SG is mighty tempting, as is the Q90.
Either yellow or metallic orange Q90 gets me excited.

Trouble is, I'm really wanting a lefty Yamaha Pacifica right now.
Can't find one, but I want one.
You wouldn't have one you want to sell, would you, TJ?

Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:07 pm

Jaymo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:02 pm The blue SG is mighty tempting, as is the Q90.
Either yellow or metallic orange Q90 gets me excited.

Trouble is, I'm really wanting a lefty Yamaha Pacifica right now.
Can't find one, but I want one.
You wouldn't have one you want to sell, would you, TJ?

I have both of those Reville models (Q19 in purple) and both are a great value for the price.

No Pacifica but I do have a Yamaha AES620. An absolutely wonderful instrument but the aesthetics just don't blow my skirt up...

dearlpitts · Sun Aug 09, 2020 3:43 am

Groovy

Jaymo · Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:34 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:07 pm
Jaymo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 08, 2020 10:02 pm The blue SG is mighty tempting, as is the Q90.
Either yellow or metallic orange Q90 gets me excited.

Trouble is, I'm really wanting a lefty Yamaha Pacifica right now.
Can't find one, but I want one.
You wouldn't have one you want to sell, would you, TJ?
I have both of those Reville models (Q19 in purple) and both are a great value for the price.

No Pacifica but I do have a Yamaha AES620. An absolutely wonderful instrument but the aesthetics just don't blow my skirt up...

I just looked up the AES620. I like it.
It doesn't give me the visceral response a Les Paul does, but I like it.

BatUtilityBelt · Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:40 pm

Well I wasn't going to buy any more Revilles, but I have a custom pickup idea I want to try out and need a donor guitar with a bathtub route. The Q90 has one, so I just went and bought yet one more Reville Q90 (TVY) from their site for $10 less than listed on ebay. Probably still saves them a bit of money going direct too.

Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:57 pm

BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:40 pm Well I wasn't going to buy any more Revilles, but I have a custom pickup idea I want to try out and need a donor guitar with a bathtub route. The Q90 has one, so I just went and bought yet one more Reville Q90 (TVY) from their site for $10 less than listed on ebay. Probably still saves them a bit of money going direct too.

What kind of pickup scheme are you contemplating?

I've got a set of Burns Trisonics I think I'd like to use in my Q19 once I've got a little experience cutting my own pickguards (thinking white pearl would look pretty good with the purple metallic and chrome knobs/pickups)...

BatUtilityBelt · Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:21 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:57 pm
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:40 pm Well I wasn't going to buy any more Revilles, but I have a custom pickup idea I want to try out and need a donor guitar with a bathtub route. The Q90 has one, so I just went and bought yet one more Reville Q90 (TVY) from their site for $10 less than listed on ebay. Probably still saves them a bit of money going direct too.
What kind of pickup scheme are you contemplating?

I've got a set of Burns Trisonics I think I'd like to use in my Q19 once I've got a little experience cutting my own pickguards (thinking white pearl would look pretty good with the purple metallic and chrome knobs/pickups)...

I love Trisonic pickups! (have them in a Brian May red special, but I can't sound like him) The donor Q90 will be supporting some R&D. I'm experimenting with a new pickup design, so I will have to hot-swap pickups a lot. The size and shape of the pickups will probably change a bit over time. I won't even be soldering them in, just using spring connectors and a somewhat ugly but functional mounting plate.

Jaymo · Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:44 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 6:57 pm
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:40 pm Well I wasn't going to buy any more Revilles, but I have a custom pickup idea I want to try out and need a donor guitar with a bathtub route. The Q90 has one, so I just went and bought yet one more Reville Q90 (TVY) from their site for $10 less than listed on ebay. Probably still saves them a bit of money going direct too.
What kind of pickup scheme are you contemplating?

I've got a set of Burns Trisonics I think I'd like to use in my Q19 once I've got a little experience cutting my own pickguards (thinking white pearl would look pretty good with the purple metallic and chrome knobs/pickups)...

Experience cutting your own pickguards, eh?
i'll take a clear pickguard for my lefty Callisto.
I thought I wanted a tort guard for my Liquid, but I'm not sure it would look any better than the white one on the "powder blue" Liquid.

Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:59 pm

Jaymo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:44 pm
Experience cutting your own pickguards, eh?
i'll take a clear pickguard for my lefty Callisto.
I thought I wanted a tort guard for my Liquid, but I'm not sure it would look any better than the white one on the "powder blue" Liquid.

Take a number, I'm sure the first several will be disasters and after that, I've got probably close to a dozen more i need to do for other projects

Jaymo · Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:24 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:59 pm
Jaymo wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:44 pm
Experience cutting your own pickguards, eh?
i'll take a clear pickguard for my lefty Callisto.
I thought I wanted a tort guard for my Liquid, but I'm not sure it would look any better than the white one on the "powder blue" Liquid.
Take a number, I'm sure the first several will be disasters and after that, I've got probably close to a dozen more i need to do for other projects

That is the nicest way anyone has ever told me to go fuck myself.

I know what you mean. I'm still trying to get around to installing the Crunchy Pats in my Callisto, and repairing the second one of my mics that doesn't work.

BatUtilityBelt · Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:24 pm

Well damn, I'm going to be sorry to see Reville go. Today I got the TVY Q90 I intend to use as a bench-tester for pickups. After the normal fret filing and setup, this thing is an absolutely great guitar. If it was actually TV Yellow instead of Taxi Yellow, I don't think I could make it live as a bench tester. That's 3 awesome guitars in a row from them.

Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:26 pm

That looks great!

Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:06 pm

BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:24 pm...After the normal fret filing and setup, this thing is an absolutely great guitar. If it was actually TV Yellow instead of Taxi Yellow, I don't think I could make it live as a bench tester.

Well, if you're having second thoughts about using that as a bench tester, how about the trans blue SG? I really liked the shade of blue on the one used for the product listing but what I got is much darker with a goodly amount of green which makes it almost a teal. It's a sharp looking finish, just not the one I envisioned...

Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:11 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:06 pm
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:24 pm...After the normal fret filing and setup, this thing is an absolutely great guitar. If it was actually TV Yellow instead of Taxi Yellow, I don't think I could make it live as a bench tester.
Well, if you're having second thoughts about using that as a bench tester, how about the trans blue SG? I really liked the shade of blue on the one used for the product listing but what I got is much darker with a goodly amount of green which makes it almost a teal. It's a sharp looking finish, just not the one I envisioned...

Would you consider selling it up this way?

Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:17 pm

mickey wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:11 pm
Would you consider selling it up this way?

Hell Mickey, I owe you one. I'll be driving up to visit an old friend near Auburn in a month or so, I can drop it off on my way there...

Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:19 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:17 pm
mickey wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:11 pm
Would you consider selling it up this way?
Hell Mickey, I owe you one. I'll be driving up to visit an old friend near Auburn in a month or so, I can drop it off on my way there...

Feel free! You've got my phone number.

Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:23 pm

mickey wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:19 pm
Feel free! You've got my phone number.

Well that's that then, I'll give it a quick setup and pack it back up. I'll take a few pics in the next day or so and send them to you...

Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:26 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:23 pm
mickey wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:19 pm
Feel free! You've got my phone number.
Well that's that then, I'll give it a quick setup and pack it back up. I'll take a few pics in the next day or so and send them to you...

THANK YOU SIR!

BatUtilityBelt · Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:42 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:06 pm
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 3:24 pm...After the normal fret filing and setup, this thing is an absolutely great guitar. If it was actually TV Yellow instead of Taxi Yellow, I don't think I could make it live as a bench tester.
Well, if you're having second thoughts about using that as a bench tester, how about the trans blue SG? I really liked the shade of blue on the one used for the product listing but what I got is much darker with a goodly amount of green which makes it almost a teal. It's a sharp looking finish, just not the one I envisioned...

Wait, are their SGs bathtub route also? I already have a green one that I don't like as much as the Q90s.

Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:56 pm

BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:42 pm
Wait, are their SGs bathtub route also? I already have a green one that I don't like as much as the Q90s.

Well, it's a moot point now anyway but no, the SGs have the individual routs for the pickups. A bathtub rout would be easy enough to do but then you'd have to fabricate one of those batwing pickguards that certain models came with and that would be a pain....

BatUtilityBelt · Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:59 pm

tobijohn wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:56 pm
BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:42 pm
Wait, are their SGs bathtub route also? I already have a green one that I don't like as much as the Q90s.
Well, it's a moot point now anyway but no, the SGs have the individual routs for the pickups. A bathtub rout would be easy enough to do but then you'd have to fabricate one of those batwing pickguards that certain models came with and that would be a pain....

Ha, yeah, they're not bathtub - I was thinking they had the batwing pickguard when you said that. I just found my Reville SG and immediately saw that it has the tiny PG. Mine also has the old headstock (upside-down open book), which I do like.