Pete Anderson

"Pete’s main acoustics have been a Martin HD-28 or a Larrivee, but recently he’s been working with Robbie Brown, of Legend, designing “…the ultimate Pete Anderson acoustic guitar,” which is going to be called the Delta Bomber."

The PA-1 is another signature model done with Reverend Guitars.

Guitar.com, 2015

My main guitar is made by Reverend. It’s called the PA-1. It’s a laminated, arch-top, f-hole, Bigsby, P-90s. Because Seymour [Duncan] is a pal of mine, it comes with P-90s. And I’ve done different things, and because my music has gotten a little bit more sophisticated, and I wanted a cleaner sound, I went to humbuckers. But what Seymour made for me was a humbucker in a P-90 frame with rails instead of pole pieces, so I didn’t have an issue with string spacing. I really love the pickups, they’re great, great, great pickups. I have a real Bigsby on it.

Anderson has several signature models with Reverend Guitars called Eastsider.

Guitar.com, 2015

And the I did a Tele-body with them called the Eastsider, which we’ve been selling. And I’ve just been concentrating on being a guitar player, getting my endorsement stuff together, getting my signature guitars together, working on a signature acoustic guitar line, working with a guy to start designing an amplifier. Just stuff like that that I would have been doing if I’d just been doing this all along. And I’m just having the time of my life. (...) And that guitar I play for the majority of the show. I’m playing a little bit of slide, and I’ve got what looks exactly like a Telecaster, but it’s called an Eastsider, made by Reverend. It’s got a multi-radius fingerboard, it’s got some cavities up in the front of the guitar. It’s got a shaved heel, kind of like an Anderson.

New signature model guitar for Pete from Reverend

I had a vintage 335 that I replaced with a 335 that I got from Gibson that was just a better guitar. And I said, ‘Well, I’m about playing better guitars.’ And I sold that old one. I downsized a lot of that stuff because you had to have two of everything when I toured with Dwight [Yoakam].

In this Rig Rundown with Premier Guitar, Pete Anderson discusses his signature Reverend PA-1 and the design philosophy behind the instrument.