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Reverend’s Billy Corgan Z-One - Demonstration and Review
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The “strikingly cool guitar,” as Guitar World Tech Editor Paul Riario calls it in this demo, was designed to handle the “heavier songs in the Pumpkins catalog” and boasts an alder body paired with a roasted maple neck and fingerboard.
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What's up? Paul here from Guitar World, and today we're going to be checking out a
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strikingly cool guitar from Reverend Guitars, the Billy Corgan Signature Z1. Let's check it out.
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Whether you know it or not, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has been collaborating
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with Reverend on his signature models for over six years. This brand new Reverend Billy Corgan
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Z1 is the third signature collaboration between Billy Corgan and Reverend, and while the Z1
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looks similar to Corgan's original signature, there are some significant differences. The Z1
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looks high-tech stunning with the contrast of the brushed aluminum single-piece pickguard,
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graphic etched chrome pickup covers, and chrome hardware against the midnight black or metallic
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silver-freeze finish. What's cool is the circle-enclosed Z on the headstock replaces the usual Reverend
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R logo. You can see the cutaways have a concave sculpt that provides easy access to the upper
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frets and complements the angular offset body shape and contours.
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The body's made of alder in his chamber to enhance resonance and decrease weight. The roasted maple
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neck with maple fingerboard is almost identical to the first Corgan model with a medium oval neck
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profile and featuring a 25 and a half inch scale, 22 jumbo frets, 12 inch radius, and dual action truss rod
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accessed at the headstock. Controls consist of a master volume with treble bleed circuit,
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tone, and a passive bass contour with low profile top hat style chrome knobs,
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and the three position blade switch accesses bridge both neck settings.
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The heart of this guitar is the pair of specially voiced Railhammer Z1 humbucking pickups.
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These pickups feature Railhammer's distinctive combination bar for the low E and AD strings,
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and three slug G, B, and high E strings design, as well as a unique etched spiral and star graphics.
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Reverend says that the Z1 is inspired by the heavier songs in the Smashing Pumpkins catalog,
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and yeah you can say that with these high output Railhammer pickups,
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which deliver a distinct mid-range voice along with a mellower treble and a tighter bass for thicker
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and heavy rock tones. The bass contour focuses and slightly thins the tone to help the guitar
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cut through a dense mix. Listen to how the bass contour knob works here on a clean setting.
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The guitar is a string through body design with stainless steel drum and foam.
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The guitar features a string through body design with stainless steel drum and
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The guitar features a string through body design with stainless steel saddles for a
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ringing and percussive attack at maximum sustain.
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Finally, a high-quality puritone output jack is mounted to the side.
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The Reverend Billy Corgan Signature Z1 is a hard rock machine with a futuristic look and
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a neck profile that maintains Reverend's reputation for speed and comfort, and thanks
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to the versatility of the newly voiced Railhammer pickups, suffice to say, this guitar is smashing.
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Definitely check it out.
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Hello, t hat.
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I'm Michael GawmISS
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tree or the next photo has sent you a request to say please.
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Once a minute, or maybe it's such a reflection of a trick inter iceberg you know exactly about
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help
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Just make sure what the sound in our hearts are allowed to follow to suffer from the
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