Reverend Airwave 12-String Electric Guitar - Metallic Bordeaux
The Reverend Airwave 12 soars to new heights. This model has a mahogany body and a solid spruce top, with Shooting Star f-holes. Glide through your set with featherweight pearloid tuner buttons that keep the neck balanced, while an aluminum string block delivers sustain and sparkling overtones. The hum-cancelling Steelhead P90 pickups keep your sound pure and powerful. Each string can be intonated on its own for flawless tuning, the wide nut invites your fingers to stretch out comfortably, and the 24-3/4” scale makes every chord a breeze. If you want that larger-than-life 12-string tone, without the larger-than-life problems, it’s time to ride the Reverend Airwave 12.
We design our own proprietary custom pickups, to achieve the best tonal match with our instruments. Reverend pickups are also specifically designed for each position, for balanced volume and tone when switching.
All Reverend set-neck guitars are fitted with a three-piece neck, which is stronger and stiffer than a one-piece neck. Three-piece construction increases sustain, seasonal stability, and overall durability.
Mahogany is a medium weight wood, prized for it's beauty, stability, and tonal qualities. All Reverend semi-hollow guitars use a Mahogany back and center block, where it's midrange forward tone perfectly complements the semi-hollow construction.
This passive bass roll-off is great for tightening up the low end, or re-voicing the pickups. It can make a humbucker sound like a single-coil, or give a P-90 that classic twang. Variable pickup voicing at your fingertips!
All Reverends with a string-thru-body bridge now employ a solid aluminum string block. This provides a stable and solid anchor for the strings, improving sustain, clarity, and tuning stability.
All Reverend set-neck guitars are now upgraded with an Ebony fingerboard. Ebony is harder than maple or rosewood, giving it a fast and slick feel. The hardness also contributes to sustain, tight tone, and long fingerboard life.
A thumbwheel under the tuner pushes a steel pin up through the post, locking the string in place for exceptional tuning stability and super-fast string changes.
The paint on a Reverend is thinner than most production guitars, allowing the body to vibrate more freely, for a more resonant and lively tone. Thick finishes might look a little 'slicker', but at Reverend, tone is a top priority. Our finish is also UV cured, which means it's 100% dry from day one, unlike vintage-style nitrocellulose finishes, which can take years to fully dry.
Every Reverend is hand initialed and serial numbered on the back of the headstock by one of our highly skilled technicians who sets up, inspects, and tests every instrument.
Chords stay in tune and sound sweeter because this bridge allows independent intonation for each of the 12 strings.
We use "Boneite," a synthetic bone nut, that is more consistent than natural bone, on all Reverend instruments. It reduces friction, allowing the strings to slide through the nut slots smoothly, improving tuning stability.
Our proprietary knobs feature a lower profile which is less likely to be accidentally hit by the player's hand, and the white dot lets you easily see where your knob rotation is set.
Our dual action rod adjusts in both directions, allowing back bow or forward bow. This assures correct adjustment range is possible regardless of string tension, extreme climate conditions, or the effects of long term aging. It’s also located at the headstock for easy access.
Our proprietary jack plate features four mounting screws, instead of two. The extra screws prevent the plate from tearing out of the body. Made of steel for durability, the laser etched logo adds an extra touch of class!
All Reverends use an upgraded jack by Pure Tone Technologies. A standard jack has single contacts, but the Pure Tone jack has dual contacts for improved grip, audio signal and reliability. The most dependable guitar jack available.
All Reverend guitars have a treble bleed circuit, preserving the treble when you roll back the volume control. When you roll back a standard volume control, the tone loses treble and becomes dull sounding. Now you can turn down and still sound great!
We use Alpha control pots with a +-10% rating. While a typical pot is +-20%, our pots are built to tighter specifications, making them more consistent. Typically used in expensive boutique guitars, but standard issue in all Reverends.
We use caps with a +-5% rating, while a typical cap is +-20%. Our caps are made to tighter specifications, so they’re more consistent. Made of polyester, they’re also longer lasting, and less affected by temperature than cheaper ceramic caps. Typically used in expensive boutique guitars.