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Cusack scoops Reverend amp rights

Blake — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:43:41 +0000

Jon Cusack of Cusack Effects has obtained the rights to the currently OOP Reverend amplifier line from Joe Naylor and plans to re-release the popular tone machines. The line will include the Kingsnake, Hellhound and Goblin models, but now under the Cusack banner. Based on what we know, the new amps will be built in the US, but it remains unclear if these will be straight re-issues. Something tells us that Jon will want to sprinkle a bit of his Cusack magic dust on them. Time will tell. For now, revile in the fact that the Reverend amps you know and love are being resurrected. We know our Hellhound is happy! Stay tuned!

New GarageTone pedal is a Reverend Drivetrain II!

Blake — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:27:32 +0000

Here’s a happy discovery… and I should have been tipped off by the name! Turns out one of the new Visual Sound GarageTone pedals – to officially debut at NAMM next month – is actually an updated Reverend Drivetrain II. Originally designed by Visual Sound chief Bob Weil in cooperation with Joe Naylor for Reverend back in 2000, the Reverend Drivetrain is a bit of a legend. Now, Visual Sound has repackaged and updated the Drivetrain II as part of the GarageTone line. At $50, the GarageTone Drivetrain is a no-brainer. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on one to do a comparison with the old Reverend stomp!

NAMM News: Stomp whispers from the floor

Blake — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:25:35 +0000

The Summer NAMM show is much, much more than just a guitar event. Nearly every instrument imaginable is represented on the exhibit floor – from bass banjos to french horns, violins to crystal flutes. The show is both a place for buyers to get the drop on new offerings coming from their favorite manufacturers and a place for education on how to survive in the music biz.

The volume of activity on the show floor often results in treasure hunt-style journey into the various booths searching for elusive pedal scoops. The WTDP? crew combed the carpet to come up with little stomp tidbits… and here is what we found!

Joe says no to a Drivetrain III - The WTDP? crew caught up with Joe Naylor, founder of Reverend Guitars, at the Michigan-based luthiers’ booth showcasing the company’s latest Korean-built six strings. After buying a couple of shirts (I’m a Rev-Head… own a US Avenger and Hellhound combo w/cab), we talked with Joe about the possibility of updating his popular Drivetrain overdrive stomp from a few years back. Sadly for Rev-Heads, Naylor does not have plans for a Drivetrain III. Anyone looking for the signature Drivetrain tone will have to turn to ebay or craigslist, where prices for the US-built Drivetrain I and II range from $100 to $200 on average.

Naylor did share his stomp shopping list with us… a confessed pedal junkie, he planned on picking up an Eden Analog Detroit distortion pedal and Retro-Sonic’s new Distortion stomp as well!

Trillium Amps shelves pedal plans, for now - Jason Beatty with Trillium Amps showed off a quartet of stomp pedal prototypes at the Dallas International Guitar Show earlier this year. When we happened by their stand and saw no sign of the pedals, we had to ask… what happened? It turns out that the stomps have been delayed indefinitely due at least in part to a difference in opinion about the project. Beatty assured WTDP? that Trillium still wants to produce a pedal line, but it may take just a bit longer than initially planned.

New offerings from New York - Boutique pedal shop The Syle let us know that they have several new pedals in the works. Both the latest editons of the Faygun fuzz and Particle distortion stomps made a brief appearance at the NAMM show, but we’re told there are bigger things on the horizon. We hope to corner the man in charge for an interview about some of the new offerings in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!