Stunning Looks and Tons of Tones - Rivolta Mondata VIII

[@pieve5516]

Beautiful guitars but the mini humbucker tone is dark and muddy. Played the P90s and much better.

[@yourstruly5687]

Got mine I'm burgundy mist with black pickguards. Beast of guitar! Love it!

[@aaandersonmn]

I just got this exact guitar. Pickups are dark. Middle on its own is the best tone - all in series is pretty good too. Tried with bad cat cub and sv20. Chimier and better in my opinion in my drri. I alao have the epi jb firebird and that single pickup is waaaaay brighter and clearer. Im going to fiddle with height adjustment. Maybe check what the pots are. Also not sure if these are traditonal fb pus or minis (just so i know).

[@adamkrauss303]

Is it a “neck through” design Ala the Firebird? Also, you didn’t comment on the neck feel and fit n finish? I’ve heard it described as a C+ neck.

[@TSFAHTPS]

@@adamkrauss303 yep

[@adamkrauss303]

@@TSFAHTPSThanks - is that a “yep” as to both my inquiries or, as I suspect, only the neck profile question?

[@robertmenzies6939]

Have seen you use this guitar in many reviews and always interested me with the 3 mini humbuckers now understanding the pick up combination really is quite clever. Looks and sounds really great.

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

The guitar sounds killer. What I would like to know are the PU's mini humbuckers with the standard single magnet across the base or are they Firebird PU's with 2 blade magnets, one each tucked inside the bobbins. The Firebirds sound very Strat like and chimey. Thanx for the demo :-)

[@TSFAHTPS]

Good question…I will check next time I restring the guitar!

[@BrandonOutside]

These are awesome, and remind me quite a bit of the Schecter Ultra III, which I played in a shop once and still regret not buying! It's one of those "someday I'm going to track one down again and get it." And this Rivolta is on the list as well!

[@TSFAHTPS]

I’ve been after a Schecter Ultra III for a while…and absolutely this reminds me a lot of the Schecter!!

[@dadmadforgot4050]

Great review, thanks. Interesting guitar, hate top mount input jacks though.

[@ChrisLoNgShAnK1990]

love the look, hate the mini humbuckers :'( I wish they were clearer, more articulate single coils

[@TSFAHTPS]

They are a little bit dark…

[@musicmanxii]

This video sold me, I think this will be my next purchase lol. Was gonna be the Fender American Vintage II, but you can't beat the looks and sounds of the mondata.

[@bluessumlin...7067]

Rivolta my favourite guitars.. cosmetically beautiful and sounds so sweet!🎸🙂

[@TSFAHTPS]

Absolutely!!

[@ldfox11]

Cool guitar

[@AlbusBand]

Oh hey, I got one of these, but mines an XVIII (it’s black w/gold guards and a bigsby). Love these guitars!!! Great video as always and hope everyone is doing well!!!

[@TSFAHTPS]

Man…I wish I would have gotten the Bigsby version…

[@AlbusBand]

@@TSFAHTPS well lucky for you can always add one!!!

[@kiezersosay49]

Hey dude hows the neck thickness? Lol on the scale of ibanez wizard to gibson baseball bat?

[@AlbusBand]

@@kiezersosay49 it’s a pretty medium C; really comfortable IMO

[@Samana009]

Every position sounded muddy, dark and with not much articulation. What is the value of these pots?

[@ronnierobinson5421]

Sounds like they are using a dark amp. Lots of reasons they could be producing a muddy, dark sound. Not just the PUs or the POTs

[@robertdonosobuchner3129]

Now another guitar that I have on my list. I really like the sounds of this guitar! It is very versatile. I think this guitar is also made for rock and metal! So don't play this guitar too softly, just rock your studio! 🤘

[@TSFAHTPS]

Yeah absolutely…that’s why I ended up buying it. It has a lot of different sounds on it yet it sounds like no other guitar I have! I’ll try to rock the studio with it a bit more in the future!!

[@kiezersosay49]

@@TSFAHTPS can this guitar legit chug? I play a lot of metal, but rarely out of standard tuning and only go to drop-D if I do downtune. I like old school thrash and punk. Could this cover that? Im debating getting one of these in a trade and possibly replacing the bridge PU with one of the lace models for high gain stuff.

[@CJCJCJCJ]

@@kiezersosay49dude it’s humbuckers. Of course it can