One-shot Review: Reverend Wattplower MKI (Mike Watt signature bass)

[@brandonburroughs7128]

Ayyeee black midi!

[@mccypr]

Thanks! Nice Bass! Happy holidays! 🌞🎅🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@MrBrawl]

thank you happy holidays!

[@reesebastings3423]

Nice bass. I love that classic orange color

[@MrBrawl]

it's great right!

[@treignsinblood]

I was in Hieghts Guitars yesterday and played a Wattplower that looked just like that. played amazing. but i think the green on the mkII is the best option. great videos

[@MrBrawl]

You played the exact bass featured in this review! Get the green while you can - it's getting discontinued. There is a green version of this MKI that has been discontinued for a few years that you can sometimes find used. Thank you!

[@davefreeburg7346]

Cool bass and review. One quick nerd comment … Glory of Man goes up a full step from B to C# in the verse. Though since I’m not always a nit picky dork, I’ll point out that I learned Joe McCarthy’s Ghost from your v.2 review, so thanks for that.

[@MrBrawl]

Haha it's all good! I realized this after listening to the original and looking more into live performances where I could see Mike's hands. The one I was studying at the time of this video had him missing the low C# and hitting C instead (must've been a bad night for his hands dexterity), so I copied that and followed the pattern like how it moved elsewhere in the song. But, after hearing the OG studio and seeing other performances, it is indeed C#. Glad I could help with Joe McCarthy's Ghost!

[@elisaou2940]

Hi Eric, what is the setup of the dirty bass sound? Absolutely love it!

[@MrBrawl]

I just used my Origin BassRig SV and my Empress Bass Compressor. All the drive is from the SV and hitting it hard. Thanks!

[@OneReportersOpinion]

Interested to know your Empress Comp settings for the fingerstyle Wattplower reviews, if you recall them. Are you EQing mostly on your mixer too?

[@MrBrawl]

Not a clue on the settings; nothing drastic (4:1 ratio). Light evening out. No EQ on mixer. All EQ on the Origin SV.

[@creepystalkerperson2171]

tone is in the price tag

[@MrBrawl]

Are you my Sweetwater rep

[@gigilaroux762]

Hi, how would this work for funk or RnB, soul bass? or like Khranugbin or psycherock sound?

[@tplank216]

Throw a set of labella flats on it and you'll have soul and funk for days.

[@MrBrawl]

Do you think a P bass works well for those? If so, then this'll be just fine.

[@tplank216]

@@MrBrawl for fingerstyle funk and soul labellas are the biz. They have a great fundamental and a woody midrange character that really work well with a precision. If you slap I'd say chromes would be decent all arounders, or brighter tapewound strings like white tapes. I just don't really dig rounds unless they're nickels and dead as hell haha

[@markwright-c1o]

They are cool basses but the price is a bit steep.

[@MrBrawl]

I don't think so at all. You're getting a professional level instrument for less than what something similar would cost from anyone else with much superior quality control and support from a small business.

[@markwright-c1o]

@@MrBrawl you are right actually. I forgot they weren't a huge outfit producing tons of guitars a year. I suppose with the quality and inflation they are well worth the price tag.