Abstract. By a basis in R n we mean a collection of open and bounded sets B. In this paper we show that, if the general maximal operator M B is bounded on L p (R n ) for p > 1 and the weight w belongs to the reverse Hölder RH ∞,B class, then the weighted maximal operator M B,w is bounded on L p (R n , w) for p > 1. When the general basis B has dyadic substructure with the Stein property, we investigate the equivalence between the Muckenhoupt class A ∞,B and the reverse Hölder class RH 1,B . We also discuss equivalent ways of defining the reverse Hölder class RH 1,B .