|  | 
04-17-2007, 10:26 AM
| | | | Cirrus Modifications?
Sign in to disble this ad
I was thinking about buying a Peavey Cirrus for a project bass and was wondering if anyone here has done mods on a Cirrus? Pre-amp (Audere) and possibly changing out the pickups, but they look to be rather large. Anyone? |
04-17-2007, 10:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | IMO the pickups needn't be changed. The preamp could stand to be changed. Highly recommend that.
Peavey makes a higher end preamp for its Cirrus basses that can be had for only $62 if I recall.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM  it's like saying that if fish live in water and you find an old boot in the water, an old boot is a fish. | |
04-17-2007, 01:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: VA. | | | What does the higher end preamp do for the Cirrus?
__________________
"is this thing on?"
Virginia Bass Club Member #3
|
04-17-2007, 04:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rochester, NY | | | Sweepable mids.
__________________
"The greatness of a nation and its moral
progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"
Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948)
|
04-17-2007, 04:41 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: southeast pa | | | cirrus mods
I just pimped out one of my cirri with an aguilar obp-3 nordstrand dual coil pickups and custom pickup covers. IMHO it opened up the sound quite a bit. I would highly recommend the mods.
__________________
If the bottom don,t groove the song won,t move
|
04-17-2007, 06:31 PM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by da drive first I just pimped out one of my cirri with an aguilar obp-3 nordstrand dual coil pickups and custom pickup covers. IMHO it opened up the sound quite a bit. I would highly recommend the mods. | Did the Nordstrand DCs drop right in or did you have gaps? |
04-17-2007, 06:32 PM
| | | | Mind showing us what that pimped out Cirrus looks like? |
04-18-2007, 09:19 AM
| | | | ^ |
04-19-2007, 06:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: southeast pa | | | cirrus mods
Give me a couple of days and I will post some pics of it.
__________________
If the bottom don,t groove the song won,t move
|
04-19-2007, 09:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Thanks Millard. I'm really interested too.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM it's like saying that if fish live in water and you find an old boot in the water, an old boot is a fish. | |
04-19-2007, 11:33 AM
| | | Quote:
Originally Posted by da drive first Give me a couple of days and I will post some pics of it. | Sweeet! I await the photos with baited breath.  |
04-26-2007, 01:41 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Syracuse, NY | | | I am going to put a set of Lane Poor 5 string soapbars in my Cirrus 4... I will have to have wooden pickup rings built for the sides of the pickup. |
05-01-2007, 11:34 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Even though my Cirrus 5 has only just arrived, it's hard not to contemplate putting the Alembic MXY56 pickups in it that just arrived a few days before.... 
EG |
05-02-2007, 06:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | Still waiting, Mllard 
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM it's like saying that if fish live in water and you find an old boot in the water, an old boot is a fish. | |
05-08-2007, 06:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | After setting up my (new) Cirrus a bit better, I'm not sure it would be worth changing the pickups, they sound pretty damn good already. (Punchier than Barts, not quite as nice as Alembics.) Wouldn't mind trying a better pre-amp though, the existing one has strange boost frequencies and could be a tad dull for my liking. Or maybe walnut/mahogany body Cirri just have a tight, slightly muted tone and I just need to get used to it? Certainly very practical for laying down the groove, not quite enough zing for solos.
Don't suppose anyone knows what the stock boost freqs are?
Cheers,
EG |
05-09-2007, 09:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | Quote:
Originally Posted by evilgus After setting up my (new) Cirrus a bit better, I'm not sure it would be worth changing the pickups, they sound pretty damn good already. (Punchier than Barts, not quite as nice as Alembics.) Wouldn't mind trying a better pre-amp though, the existing one has strange boost frequencies and could be a tad dull for my liking. Or maybe walnut/mahogany body Cirri just have a tight, slightly muted tone and I just need to get used to it? Certainly very practical for laying down the groove, not quite enough zing for solos.
Don't suppose anyone knows what the stock boost freqs are?
Cheers,
EG | EG, You have it right. I HAD a Cirrus 6 string, walnut/bubinga. The key here is walnut. Huge sound in my opinion. Nice and compressed and a lot of bottom end. Though I will say that the bass was very "high-end" sounding. I love that wood combination. I currently use an alder/flame maple top and it's nice for soloing.
If you like the pickups, just get a new preamp, like an OBP-3. That will probably give you the tonal characteristics you want.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM it's like saying that if fish live in water and you find an old boot in the water, an old boot is a fish. |
Last edited by Lorenzini : 05-09-2007 at 10:18 AM.
|
05-10-2007, 12:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Looks like I'll be putting a Seymour Duncan 3-band EQ in it, just got one cheap on evil-bay. I was actually trying to get the pre-amp and some Basslines pickups for my Tobias, but missed out on the pickups, so in the Cirrus it goes!
EG | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
