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Reverend Billy Corgan Signature BC1 Electric Guitar in Satin Pearl White
The perfect guitar for a tone‑obsessed, alt-rock trailblazer! Featuring a chambered Korina body, punchy Railhammer pickups and handy Pin-Lock tuners.
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The store is open 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am - 5pm Sunday and bank holidays.
The stock information shows the quantity of units that are available to purchase at the Guildford store and the quantity of units that are available at our off-site Guildford warehouse. These stock levels are updated in real time.
Our Click and Collect service is available at our Guildford store from 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, and 11am - 5pm on Sunday. You can either choose click and collect as your delivery option online or, during store opening hours, call our sales team at 01483 456777 to place a 10% deposit.
If you have placed your order online, you will receive a confirmation email of your order and a separate follow-up text or email to confirm when your item is ready for collection.
Please do not come to the store before you have received the follow-up message, as your order may not yet be ready at the store.
If the only available stock is in our off-site warehouse it can be brought to the store location for you to try - you just need to contact the store within opening hours. Please note any requests received after 3.30pm will not arrive at the store until the following morning.
Please be aware that, unless you have paid a deposit to reserve the item, it will continue to be free, both online and in-store, for another customer to buy. Therefore we would advise you to place a 10% deposit by either using the on-line click and collect service or calling us 01483 456777.
SKU: BC1-PW
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Product Description
Billy Corgan, frontman and creative force behind The Smashing Pumpkins, is an alt-rock icon and one of the most distinctive guitar voices of the last three decades. From swirling shoegaze textures and fuzz‑laden riffs to crystalline cleans, Corgan’s style covers an enormous sonic landscape. And his Reverend BC1 signature model is designed to cover all the bases.
A design that breaks the mold
This isn’t a rehash of a classic shape. It’s a truly fresh design that blends modern engineering with timeless aesthetics. The raised centre block with thinner wings doesn’t just look cool — it adds a more focused resonance while keeping the overall weight down. Strategic chambering under the aluminium pickguard brings extra liveliness, creating a guitar that feels super responsive the moment you strike a chord.
Sustain for days
The string‑thru‑body bridge is an absolute sustain machine. Notes ring out with a piano‑like authority, giving you that percussive attack Corgan himself relies on for both articulate leads and massive rhythm work.
Railhammer pickups: P90 snap meets humbucker punch
At the heart of the BC1 are the Railhammer Billy Corgan Signature pickups — a masterclass in hybrid design. They blend the bite and clarity of a P90 with the girth and power of a humbucker for snarling mids, tight lows and sparkling highs with zero hum. Whether you're drenched in fuzz or living on the edge of breakup, these pickups stay articulate and musical.
Features
- Chambered Korina body: A tonewood loved for its consistency and harmonic richness, with strategic chambering under the pickguard that boosts resonance and shaves off extra weight.
- Thin finish: Lets the body vibrate more freely, giving you a more open and lively tone.
- Railhammer pickups: Rails under the wound strings keep the lows tight, while poles under the plain strings add punch and fatness up top.
- Treble bleed circuit: Roll your volume down without your tone going muddy.
- Pure Tone jack: Dual contacts (instead of the usual single) mean a stronger connection, better signal and fewer crackles.
- Low‑profile knobs & bass contour: These feel great and stay out of the way. And the Bass Contour control is a secret weapon — tighten the lows, reshape the mids or give your pickups a whole new voice with a simple twist.
- String‑thru‑body bridge: Paired with stainless steel saddles, you get punchy attack, mega sustain and a solid, ringing tone.
- Pin‑Lock tuners: A steel pin locks the string in place with a quick twist of the thumbwheel. Faster string changes, better tuning stability!
Specifications
Body
- Body Material: Chambered Korina
- Body Finish: Satin
Neck
- Neck Material: Roasted Maple
- Neck Profile: Medium Oval
- Neck Joint: Bolt-On (Six-Bolt)
- Fingerboard Material: Roasted Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays: Black Dot
- Number of Frets: 22
- Nut Material: Boneite
- Nut Width: 1.69" (43 mm)
- Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
- Truss Rod: Dual Action (Headstock Access)
Hardware
- Bridge: String-Thru-Body Hardtail
- Tuners: Reverend Pin-Lock
- Control Knobs: Low Profile
- Strings: 10-46
Electronics
- Pickups: Billy Corgan Signature Railhammer Humbuckers
- Controls: Volume, Tone, Bass Contour & 3-Way Pickup Selector Switch
- Output Jack: Pure Tone
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