Reville RPT199 Series Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar with F Hole - Sonic Blue

I've collected quite a few budget guitars and I've been looking for a tele thinline for a while. I even very recently tried out a "real" Fender Modern Player thinline, and though it is about as cheap as you can get for a Fender ($500), I expected more and I like this thing considerably better. I had the cash in my pocket, but had to walk out on it. I think mainly it was the over lacquered neck on the Fender, but it otherwise felt rather cheap and didn't even sound that great (had the dual p-90s, usually I love p-90s).Anyway, while this Reville certainly isn't building perfection, but it is great build for the price. I have owned probably a dozen sub $200 guitars, and this . The neck in particular is really beefy and great feeling, which is something I have found is very rare on budget guitars. Seriously, this neck is bad-ass and probably my favorite part/ biggest surprise with this thing.I even dig the design of the headstock, which I know can mean a lawsuit if the manufacturer tries to copy the Fender/Squire tele headstock too closely. Too many budget teles have hideous super-strat looking things or something else atrocious. This has a nice blend of traditional tele shape tweaked in what I feel is a slightly more modern/edgy look, kind of Reverend-esque. And I even like the pick guard - again nice mix of the traditional, but rocked out a little.I will, and do need to have a bit of a set-up done. It is a bit fret buzzy here and there and I prefer a bit heavier strings. But it really isn't too bad out of the box. The action was low and the intonation was actually spot-on—I never get that with anything I have bought under $300. I will have to readdress all that with some of the adjustments regardless, but I was relatively impressed with that.It sounds nice too. I generally figure I am going to want to swap out pickups and electronics on something at this price range, but so far I am really liking the tones to the point where I am not going to rush into replacing anything yet.And it just looks great. Obviously the light blue and maple might not be for everybody, but if it was I probably wouldn't want it, right? I think it is sexy. And like the other guy said, even my wife commented on how great it looked. Which is nice as I bring home too many guitars I am sure she'd rather not have in the house.Besides a few minor rough edges and obviously not top-of-the-line hardware (which you can't remotely expect on a guitar at this price), I am really happy with this purchase. It would be a fantastic project guitar, but is pretty great as is.

When this guitar arrived it was even prettier in person. My wife loves the way it looks and I love the way it feels. Requires some adjustments upon opening, but what doesn't. My goal was to land a guitar that was something more than a starter kit that I enjoyed playing, while being nice to look at, like she wants me to pick her up and play. Mission accomplished!

I pretty much love everything about this guitar... the color, raw tone, weight, feel of the fretboard & neck. When it arrived it had a note from the Revv company saying it needs to be professionally set-up. I've still not done that, but it still sounds and feels great.