Reverend’s Billy Corgan Z-One - Demonstration and Review - video Dailymotion

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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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00:00What's up? Paul here from Guitar World, and today we're going to be checking out a

00:06strikingly cool guitar from Reverend Guitars, the Billy Corgan Signature Z1. Let's check it out.

00:23Whether you know it or not, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has been collaborating

00:28with Reverend on his signature models for over six years. This brand new Reverend Billy Corgan

00:34Z1 is the third signature collaboration between Billy Corgan and Reverend, and while the Z1

00:40looks similar to Corgan's original signature, there are some significant differences. The Z1

00:45looks high-tech stunning with the contrast of the brushed aluminum single-piece pickguard,

00:51graphic etched chrome pickup covers, and chrome hardware against the midnight black or metallic

00:57silver-freeze finish. What's cool is the circle-enclosed Z on the headstock replaces the usual Reverend

01:03R logo. You can see the cutaways have a concave sculpt that provides easy access to the upper

01:09frets and complements the angular offset body shape and contours.

01:13The body's made of alder in his chamber to enhance resonance and decrease weight. The roasted maple

01:28neck with maple fingerboard is almost identical to the first Corgan model with a medium oval neck

01:34profile and featuring a 25 and a half inch scale, 22 jumbo frets, 12 inch radius, and dual action truss rod

01:41accessed at the headstock. Controls consist of a master volume with treble bleed circuit,

01:46tone, and a passive bass contour with low profile top hat style chrome knobs,

01:52and the three position blade switch accesses bridge both neck settings.

02:01The heart of this guitar is the pair of specially voiced Railhammer Z1 humbucking pickups.

02:06These pickups feature Railhammer's distinctive combination bar for the low E and AD strings,

02:12and three slug G, B, and high E strings design, as well as a unique etched spiral and star graphics.

02:28Reverend says that the Z1 is inspired by the heavier songs in the Smashing Pumpkins catalog,

02:32and yeah you can say that with these high output Railhammer pickups,

02:36which deliver a distinct mid-range voice along with a mellower treble and a tighter bass for thicker

02:42and heavy rock tones. The bass contour focuses and slightly thins the tone to help the guitar

02:47cut through a dense mix. Listen to how the bass contour knob works here on a clean setting.

03:00The guitar features a string-through-body design with stainless steel

03:25The guitar features a string through body design with stainless steel saddles for a

03:31ringing and percussive attack at maximum sustain.

03:38Finally, a high quality puritone output jack is mounted to the side.

03:53The Reverend Billy Corgan Signature Z1 is a hard rock machine with a futuristic look and

04:00a neck profile that maintains Reverend's reputation for speed and comfort, and thanks

04:05to the versatility of the newly voiced Railhammer pickups, suffice to say, this guitar is smashing.

04:11Definitely check it out.

Reverend’s Billy Corgan Z-One - Demonstration and Review

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