Wanting to Modify a Peavey

Josh Pelican · #1 10-05-2008, 07:18 PM

I've got a Peavey Millenium BXP (four-string) that I bought new for dirt cheap a few years back. I've decided it's time for some new pickups. I really want to turn this bass into a piece of art before I start customizing basses (Spector, MTD, Roscoe, Stambaugh, whatever).

I've never changed pickups on a bass before so this will be a fun and exciting experience for me.

I was thinking about some Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups, or possibly some jazz pickups from DiMarzio.

It's a passive bass, but I wouldn't mind trying to make it active. I know it's possible, I just don't have the experience to do so.

What are some good pickups I can buy to turn this bass into a real beauty?

-Josh

fenderhutz · #2 10-05-2008, 07:19 PM

Basslines Vintage in the neck, Basslines Hot in the bridge.

nikopapp · #3 10-06-2008, 12:03 PM

Well, to go active is very easy.
It just entails changing out the volume, tone (if there is one), and the output jack.
All of that is included with EMG pickups.

BlackLake · #4 10-06-2008, 12:09 PM

Bill Lawrence J45's

You won't be sorry!

whitcomb-basses · #5 10-08-2008, 04:13 PM

I upgraded my 5 string peavey grind with EMGs a few years back. I had never upgraded anything ever and it went very well. I even sprung for the 18v wiring and it sounds great. No regrets. I use EMG in all my work now. Easy and simple IMO.

|Bass Obsessed| · #6 08-01-2009, 12:27 PM

I was considering doing exactly the same thing. I own a Peavey Millenium 4 string aswell, and I really don't like the tone I get out of it. I was considering going for the EMG HZ's but I'm not sure whether I should go for these passive ones or whether it'd be worthwhile converting the bass into an active? I also get a horrible hissing when I turn the tone up to anything above 1. I'm assuming it's the shielding of the pick-ups, and I was wondering whether just replacing the pick-ups would solve the problem AND solve my tone problems at the same time?

Thanks,

L.

Kitsapbass · #7 08-01-2009, 05:53 PM

I have a Foundation 5 which came with non-functioning pickups from the pawn shop. i put in an EMG 35P wired straight to the jack (well, pickup to battery to jack anyways) and I get a good mellow compressed sound.

eligos36 · #8 08-01-2009, 06:44 PM

I put an Audere 3ZB in my Peavey Grind 5-string. Sounded incredible even before I replaced the neck pickup with a Lace Alumitone. You should consider getting a preamp instead. More control.