WestCreek Revenge Solid Body Electric Guitar, Heavy Metal Guitar, Right Handed, Heavy Metal Pickups, Rounded End Jumbo Frets,

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars | 339 ratings

Price: 239.99

Last update: 08-18-2024


About this item

WestCreek Revenge Introduction: This WestCreek Revenge electric guitar is easy to the upper frets.
Musical Style: Revenge model electric guitar is heavy metal guitar.
Heavy Metal Pickups: Sound good on clean, overdrive and distortion.
Bone Nut: Bone nut much denser and tough than other types of guitar nuts. It will transfer the sound vibrations with great efficiency, without absorbing them.
Rounded End Medium Jumbo Frets: comfortable playability.

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Justin T.
5.0 out of 5 stars Punches way above it’s weight!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024
This guitar should not be this good. It beats guitars I have that cost way more and does it easily. I am not saying it’s better than a Gibson or Fender or any other high end guitar. But honestly it’s not far behind. I’ll start with the neck., it’s perfectly straight and the fret job is one of the best I have seen on a guitar under $800. Every fret is level, crowned and highly polished. They are all also even with the sides of the neck. The nut has been nicely cut and the action was perfect out of the box. The finish on the guitar is extremely good, it is very slick and very shiny. I spent a good bit of time looking for flaws and found none. The pickups are clear and bright when played on a clean channel and get nice and dirty with some drive. When you add heavy distortion they really scream. They will probably not get replaced. The tuners are not ultra high quality but they are not bad either. Once I tuned it to E standard I did not have to retune the guitar. The pots are all smooth and all have a great feel. The selector switch does not pop when changing position. The bridge and tail piece are both of good quality and do not rock and wiggle at all. The only negative I have found is the strings are not that great, not horrible but not great. They will be replaced this weekend with NYXL’s. The packaging was very nice, the guitar is incased in high quality foam, it is however only a single box and not double boxed. I would recommend this guitar completely to anyone looking for a superb guitar and doesn’t want to spend a ton.
BG
5.0 out of 5 stars Looks and sounds fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2023
As an owner of several other "cheap" guitars (e.g., Xaviere, Glarry, Firefly) I took a chance on the WestCreek Revenge (red), fully expecting it to require a complete set-up and to have some minor fit & finish issues, maybe even require some downstream mods/upgrades to get it to punch above its weight.

So I was very pleasantly surprised when the Revenge arrived this afternoon in (nearly) flawless condition, was playable right out of the box, and sounded absolutely fantastic.

Appearance - positives:

+ The red is deeper and more nuanced than the Amazon photos; in some lighting it is very vibrant and in other lighting it is almost maroon. Really comes alive, especially with the flame top.
+ The sides, back, and neck are not black as they appear on screen, but more of a deep burgundy. A nice surprise!
+ The stain, lacquer and binding are flawless all-around. The flame top is subtle but adds plenty of color depth.
+ The glued neck joint is perfectly blended with the body as if the entire thing were carved out of one solid block of wood.
+ The stainless frets are already polished with smooth, rounded ends - just as described. Extremely comfortable without any filing needed.
+ The mother-of-pearl fret marker inlays are vibrant with plenty of 3-dimensional depth.
+ The fretboard itself appears to be high quality wood; the coloration is consistent and there is no wood filler.
+ The headstock logo appears to be mother-of-pearl inlay. Higher-end than what I expected; based on the Amazon photos I thought it would be a white decal. So another nice surprise.

Appearance - negatives:

- The highest fret marker inlay is *ever* so slightly crooked. You can only see it because the strings make vertical reference lines; most would probably not even notice. I’m picky about such things but even I can live with it.
- The humbucker pickups in the Amazon photos have chrome covers. The one I received came with uncovered black pickups. Which I’m actually happy about because I would’ve preferred that look anyway. But it's in the negative list because it's still an assembly discrepancy; if someone is ordering this guitar hoping for the chrome pickups that are pictured, they would likely be disappointed.
- All 3 of the control knobs are marked "volume" when in fact there should be 2 volume (top and middle) and 1 marked "tone" (bottom). The knob functions properly as a tone knob so the pots are correct; it's just the wrong tophat. I submitted a customer service request this afternoon to the seller to either send me a replacement tophat OR send me a partial refund that would cover buying new tophats myself. Again, it works right, so not a big deal.

Functional - positives:

+ As mentioned above, the guitar required minimal setup. I watched a YouTube review (apparently from a prior run of Revenge models in late '22) which said the nut needed cut way down, the truss rod needed big adjustments, the bridge was too high, and the intonation was way off. Well in my case, at least, none of that turned out to be a problem. The nut is cut perfectly; strings are low with no buzz. Neck relief is right where I like it (flat with no relief), and bridge height was also perfect. Just needs *slight* intonation adjustments on 2 strings. Honestly, I've never bought or worked on a guitar that was this close to being dialed in right out of the box.
+ Pots seem to ramp up as they should. Saw a prior Amazon reviewer who had bad luck with a volume knob jumping straight up to full volume but this wasn’t an issue for me.
+ The factory tuners are tight and don't seem to have a lot of slop in the mechanism. We'll see how well they hold tune but so far, so good.
+ This guitar sounds amazing! The sound of these (black, uncovered) pickups matches the appearance of this guitar, i.e., full-bodied & aggressive. Crisp & vintage clean tones, monster crunch at high gain, with sustain for *days.*

EDIT: Another + The pickup specs aren't listed, however, according to my multimeter they measure just shy of 10k at the neck and slightly below 14k at the bridge. So they're fairly hot and provide plenty of crunch, as you might want/expect with this style of guitar.

Functional - negatives:

- The strings suck. But factory strings always do, so I'm not sure this really counts as a minus. Just replace them with your favorite strings at your earliest opportunity.
- The fretboard looks pretty dried out, so it's in bad need of oil at the first string change. But that's pretty much standard operating procedure unless you have a maple fretboard.
- The high-E tuner knob is really hard to turn. So much that I was worried about breaking it when I initially tuned up the guitar. It seemed to loosen up a tiny bit after that, but still pretty stiff. Not a big deal, but might be a reason to upgrade the tuners at a later date.

Overall, I am extremely pleased with this guitar. Especially at a sub-$250 price point! I realize that other user experiences seem to be mixed, so quality control may still be luck of the draw. But I'm pleasantly surprised and impressed with the one I received. Even if it had come needing a setup it would be a steal. This guitar looks and sounds as good - and perhaps better - than other "Explorer" and "Snakebite" type guitars costing >10x as much that I've played around with. If you're in the market for this style of guitar - and maybe tired of waiting for other more popular "cheap" guitar brands to release their next batch (as I did) - the Revenge is an excellent value.

EDIT: I contacted WestCreek via Amazon customer service link about the volume/tone knob and they issued me a $10 credit within 12 hrs. Enough to cover the cost of a set of 4 identical replacement tophats, which I can easily change out myself.

Bumping my review from 4 stars to 5, as this was really the only “negative” above that bothered me.
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BG
5.0 out of 5 stars Looks and sounds fantastic!
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2023
As an owner of several other "cheap" guitars (e.g., Xaviere, Glarry, Firefly) I took a chance on the WestCreek Revenge (red), fully expecting it to require a complete set-up and to have some minor fit & finish issues, maybe even require some downstream mods/upgrades to get it to punch above its weight.

So I was very pleasantly surprised when the Revenge arrived this afternoon in (nearly) flawless condition, was playable right out of the box, and sounded absolutely fantastic.

Appearance - positives:

+ The red is deeper and more nuanced than the Amazon photos; in some lighting it is very vibrant and in other lighting it is almost maroon. Really comes alive, especially with the flame top.
+ The sides, back, and neck are not black as they appear on screen, but more of a deep burgundy. A nice surprise!
+ The stain, lacquer and binding are flawless all-around. The flame top is subtle but adds plenty of color depth.
+ The glued neck joint is perfectly blended with the body as if the entire thing were carved out of one solid block of wood.
+ The stainless frets are already polished with smooth, rounded ends - just as described. Extremely comfortable without any filing needed.
+ The mother-of-pearl fret marker inlays are vibrant with plenty of 3-dimensional depth.
+ The fretboard itself appears to be high quality wood; the coloration is consistent and there is no wood filler.
+ The headstock logo appears to be mother-of-pearl inlay. Higher-end than what I expected; based on the Amazon photos I thought it would be a white decal. So another nice surprise.

Appearance - negatives:

- The highest fret marker inlay is *ever* so slightly crooked. You can only see it because the strings make vertical reference lines; most would probably not even notice. I’m picky about such things but even I can live with it.
- The humbucker pickups in the Amazon photos have chrome covers. The one I received came with uncovered black pickups. Which I’m actually happy about because I would’ve preferred that look anyway. But it's in the negative list because it's still an assembly discrepancy; if someone is ordering this guitar hoping for the chrome pickups that are pictured, they would likely be disappointed.
- All 3 of the control knobs are marked "volume" when in fact there should be 2 volume (top and middle) and 1 marked "tone" (bottom). The knob functions properly as a tone knob so the pots are correct; it's just the wrong tophat. I submitted a customer service request this afternoon to the seller to either send me a replacement tophat OR send me a partial refund that would cover buying new tophats myself. Again, it works right, so not a big deal.

Functional - positives:

+ As mentioned above, the guitar required minimal setup. I watched a YouTube review (apparently from a prior run of Revenge models in late '22) which said the nut needed cut way down, the truss rod needed big adjustments, the bridge was too high, and the intonation was way off. Well in my case, at least, none of that turned out to be a problem. The nut is cut perfectly; strings are low with no buzz. Neck relief is right where I like it (flat with no relief), and bridge height was also perfect. Just needs *slight* intonation adjustments on 2 strings. Honestly, I've never bought or worked on a guitar that was this close to being dialed in right out of the box.
+ Pots seem to ramp up as they should. Saw a prior Amazon reviewer who had bad luck with a volume knob jumping straight up to full volume but this wasn’t an issue for me.
+ The factory tuners are tight and don't seem to have a lot of slop in the mechanism. We'll see how well they hold tune but so far, so good.
+ This guitar sounds amazing! The sound of these (black, uncovered) pickups matches the appearance of this guitar, i.e., full-bodied & aggressive. Crisp & vintage clean tones, monster crunch at high gain, with sustain for *days.*

EDIT: Another + The pickup specs aren't listed, however, according to my multimeter they measure just shy of 10k at the neck and slightly below 14k at the bridge. So they're fairly hot and provide plenty of crunch, as you might want/expect with this style of guitar.

Functional - negatives:

- The strings suck. But factory strings always do, so I'm not sure this really counts as a minus. Just replace them with your favorite strings at your earliest opportunity.
- The fretboard looks pretty dried out, so it's in bad need of oil at the first string change. But that's pretty much standard operating procedure unless you have a maple fretboard.
- The high-E tuner knob is really hard to turn. So much that I was worried about breaking it when I initially tuned up the guitar. It seemed to loosen up a tiny bit after that, but still pretty stiff. Not a big deal, but might be a reason to upgrade the tuners at a later date.

Overall, I am extremely pleased with this guitar. Especially at a sub-$250 price point! I realize that other user experiences seem to be mixed, so quality control may still be luck of the draw. But I'm pleasantly surprised and impressed with the one I received. Even if it had come needing a setup it would be a steal. This guitar looks and sounds as good - and perhaps better - than other "Explorer" and "Snakebite" type guitars costing >10x as much that I've played around with. If you're in the market for this style of guitar - and maybe tired of waiting for other more popular "cheap" guitar brands to release their next batch (as I did) - the Revenge is an excellent value.

EDIT: I contacted WestCreek via Amazon customer service link about the volume/tone knob and they issued me a $10 credit within 12 hrs. Enough to cover the cost of a set of 4 identical replacement tophats, which I can easily change out myself.

Bumping my review from 4 stars to 5, as this was really the only “negative” above that bothered me.
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Jeff M. Catlin
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Value for the Money, Especially if you have some Guitar Experience
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023
Out of the box, all I had to do was change strings, tune up and the guitar played great, it really did. The strings it comes with were terrible and dirty. Once I took them off, I wiped down the fretboard, cleaned the neck a little bit etc. Put the new set of strings on and was good to go.

I was expecting to have to do a little home-guitar-set up or if it was really rough, a pro set up. But I did not have some of the experiences others buying this guitar have had. YMMV. Maybe I got lucky, maybe the company is doing a better job recently. I did not have to adjust the bridge/action. I did not have to adjust pickups. There were no intonation problems. Volume and tone pots were clean and worked well. Frets are great. No issues with the nut. I even went up a gauge in strings (9-46) and the channels in the nut were still just fine.

I really put this guitar through its paces the first weekend I had it with a long jam session. In my rig, at volume and compared to my other primary guitars; this guitar is going to need a new pickup (s) So that's what I did. I already ordered a new bridge pickup for 100 bucks. Even after installation, I am only going to be into this guitar for about $300 bucks. CAN"T BEAT IT IMO. I could have bought a p/u set for 200 but since that would double the cost of the guitar and I hardly ever use the neck p/u anyways, I went bridge only.

I had my eye on this guitar because it looks sick! and the Price was an eye opener and an eye-brow raiser at the same time. I read all of the reviews here; did some further research and kept watching it. Finally pulled the trigger on Amazon Prime day when there was a coupon available. That made the price under 200.

I would say this is a great beginner guitar; or a great secondary guitar if you are an intermediate player. Especially vs paying several hundred dollars to over 1000 dollars for even an Epiphone Explorer. And you can't find Ibanez Destroyers hardly at all.
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Jeff M. Catlin
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Value for the Money, Especially if you have some Guitar Experience
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2023
Out of the box, all I had to do was change strings, tune up and the guitar played great, it really did. The strings it comes with were terrible and dirty. Once I took them off, I wiped down the fretboard, cleaned the neck a little bit etc. Put the new set of strings on and was good to go.

I was expecting to have to do a little home-guitar-set up or if it was really rough, a pro set up. But I did not have some of the experiences others buying this guitar have had. YMMV. Maybe I got lucky, maybe the company is doing a better job recently. I did not have to adjust the bridge/action. I did not have to adjust pickups. There were no intonation problems. Volume and tone pots were clean and worked well. Frets are great. No issues with the nut. I even went up a gauge in strings (9-46) and the channels in the nut were still just fine.

I really put this guitar through its paces the first weekend I had it with a long jam session. In my rig, at volume and compared to my other primary guitars; this guitar is going to need a new pickup (s) So that's what I did. I already ordered a new bridge pickup for 100 bucks. Even after installation, I am only going to be into this guitar for about $300 bucks. CAN"T BEAT IT IMO. I could have bought a p/u set for 200 but since that would double the cost of the guitar and I hardly ever use the neck p/u anyways, I went bridge only.

I had my eye on this guitar because it looks sick! and the Price was an eye opener and an eye-brow raiser at the same time. I read all of the reviews here; did some further research and kept watching it. Finally pulled the trigger on Amazon Prime day when there was a coupon available. That made the price under 200.

I would say this is a great beginner guitar; or a great secondary guitar if you are an intermediate player. Especially vs paying several hundred dollars to over 1000 dollars for even an Epiphone Explorer. And you can't find Ibanez Destroyers hardly at all.
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