New Les Paul Bass Copy

Basvarken · September 01, 2016, 01:28:11 PM

Well, new to me.

Revelation Guitars seems to have made a fairly faithful copy of the late sixties Les Paul Bass.
Pickups are supposedly made by Alan Entwistle.

Looks pretty damn good!

Dave W · September 01, 2016, 03:17:10 PM

Sure does look good. It will be interesting to hear sound samples.

Basvarken · September 01, 2016, 03:25:02 PM

I'd love to hear it too.
Price is 300 Pound Sterling ($ 400)

Alanko · September 02, 2016, 04:13:49 AM

These have been out a wee while. Revelation make an EB-3 copy as well as the usual P and J basses, and a few interesting guitars as well, including a 12 string Jazzmaster-type thing with a trem(!). I think they also reissued an extinct brand name for a side-run of instruments. Maybe Kent or similar? They had a Strat-like 12 string available for a while that was, ostensibly, a reissue of some obscure '60s brand.

Alan Entwistle's pickups are available quite readily in the UK. Given their low cost there is no way he is winding them himself, so I do wonder if they are Artec or similar. The pickups on the Les Paul bass look pretty authentic, so it would be interesting to see their specs. I think somebody on Basschat had one of these, but I could be mistaken.

Grog · September 03, 2016, 07:56:21 AM

Looks great! What does the fourth knob do? Two volume, two treble maybe? That's how the new Les Paul Recording II is set up.

Basvarken · September 03, 2016, 08:51:55 AM

Yep. VV TT.
I think I read somewhere that the pickups aren't lo-z.

The website is offline.
And they're not responding on Facebook.

uwe · September 15, 2016, 09:21:46 AM

There isssss ssssuch a thing asssss too much glossssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ...

Granny Gremlin · September 15, 2016, 09:32:26 AM

For once I am in aethetic agreement with Uwe. I always liked walnut finishes that have aged a bit and gotten a bit less dang shiny.

Neat that this exists though, for that price (and if it's built decently and the neck is good) it's be worthwile to transplant some real LoZ pups in there. ... on the other hand, even if HiZ, if they are stacked buckers with blade poles like the Gibsons they might be cool enough for me to leave in there.

The Revelation website may be down but their distributors aren't:

Source: http://www.worcesterguitarcentre.co.uk/collections/revelation-guitars . See also : http://www.hotroxuk.com/guitars/revelation-guitars.html (has a cool looking gold top version of the 6 banger LP Rec copy with white pups! but can't hot link to the pic).

Love that Jazzmaster 12 string in white. Also cool how they seem to do lefty versions of just about every model.

Highlander · September 15, 2016, 12:22:26 PM

Quote from: uwe on September 15, 2016, 09:21:46 AM
There isssss ssssuch a thing asssss too much glossssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ...

Since when have "fins" ever been an issue on this site...?

Basvarken · September 15, 2016, 12:54:18 PM

I found a music store in The Netherlands that has this bass on offer.
But I don't have the money at the moment... $:-\$

Highlander · September 15, 2016, 01:00:39 PM

Join the club Bro...

BTL · September 15, 2016, 02:57:18 PM

Those look really cool...

Granny Gremlin · September 15, 2016, 03:53:20 PM

I emailed Entwistle pickups to see if they could tell me anything about the pups.

wellREDman · September 16, 2016, 07:37:03 AM

my local guitar shop is a revelation dealer, their offset 12 string is reallly nice especially for it's price bracket, Ill keep an eye out for one of these

Granny Gremlin · September 16, 2016, 09:07:31 AM

The one thing I don't like about the 12 string is the Strat style trem. Just put a hard tail on it cause it's already a bear to set up properly. ... also it just looks so damn wrong.