Bob Balch began playing guitar for Fu Manchu, Southern California’s most fuzzilicious band, in 1996. Of course, he needed a hot-rodded rock machine for the adventure. The understated elegance of the Bob Balch Signature model is based on our acclaimed Sensei platform. Unique features include beveled body edges, glossy finish, and a strategic chamber under the pickguard for increased resonance. Railhammer Bob Balch Signature pickups complete the package, for a thick tone with enhanced midrange clarity that can handle everything you could throw at it.
Reverend Bob Balch Signature Electric Guitar Features:
- Epitome of understated elegance
- Beveled body edges for comfort
- Strategic chamber under the pickguard increases resonance
- Medium lightweight & highly resonant body
- Korina body with 3-piece Korina Set-Neck
- Rosewood fretboard
- 12” fretboard radius & 24.75 scale length
- Railhammer Bob Balch Signature pickups
- Reverend pin-locking tuners
- Equipped with treble bleed circuit & passive bass contour
Railhammer Pickups
Rails under the wound strings for tight lows. Poles under the plain strings for fat highs. This revolutionary design from Reverend founder Joe Naylor delivers exceptional clarity and punch, that will get you heard loud and clear!
Korina Body
Korina (aka White Limba) is a medium-light weight wood, highly prized for consistency and tonal qualities. Often found in boutique and vintage instruments, all Reverends feature Korina bodies. A highly resonant wood, Korina is a key factor to producing our lively, responsive instruments that are rich in harmonics.
Bass Contour
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!
Treble Bleed Circuit
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!
Pin-Lock Tuners
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.
