For the USA Peavey Owners - Your favorite & why?

[Ken R]

Yep, The Palaedium.
I like all of the Peaveys I have, but the Palaedium Is my favorite.


Ken R

[Blues Bass 2]

Millennium 5 for me .

I"ve also had a Cirrus 4 , a TL-5 with the VFL pickups and a Foundation 5 . All were great but the TL-5 is my favorite next to the Millennium 5s , almost a dead heat . I've had four Millennium 5's and they've been the most consistantly good sounding basses live I've had the past twenty years besides playing great .

[StuartV]

I also had a 2nd Gen TL-Five. It was awesome. Great tone! What I didn't like was the weight and the glossy finish on the neck.

I think I would rank my G-V after my Mill 5 and Cirrus, and the TL after that. I really liked the G-V neck and it was lighter than the TL.

The jury's still out on the B Quad 5 playability. But, of all my Peavey 4s, the B Quad 4 was absolutely my favorite! The neck was awesome. The action super-duper low. The tone - well, the tone was great with the magnetics, but when you added in the sound from the piezos, it was just supreme.

[oldrookie]

Well, in my VAST experience (okay--I've played my two,) I refuse to choose. Depends on the mood I'm in.

P-bass mood--Fury
J-bass mood--Foundation

I will have to reserve judgment until I get more experienced. All I know for sure is that I know longer feel badly about walking out of any bass shop without a new bass. Even if I could get a Cirrus, but at the cost of displacing one of the basses I already own...not sure I could do it. Maybe the TBC, and I really like that bass. The Peaveys both stay.

[marmadaddy]

I'll forever rue the day I sold my pink metallic '84 Foundation. I got it new at cost because while any other color would fly out of the store, they couldn't sell the pink or purple ones on the wall.

Today I played a 4 string Millennium BXP and was blown away by how well it played and sounded. For less than $250 it's remarkable.

[metlman72]

Right now my Fury would be number one in my book. It is just such a soolid bass. I play it probably 80% of the time. I think it is the playable factor for me. It has a fast neck, has a great sound. I love the Foundation i just picked up but just keep going back to the Fury. I am not a big fan of the bridge pickup so the Foundation has been a challenge.


I will be the proud owner of a G bass soon so this is subject to change in the near future. Besides the neck the fact that is has just one pup is huge for me.

[mech]

#1...TL-5 Koa. The others are 2-5.


#2-5...Fury, BEAD, is in there with the rest of the pack.


mech

[Sumtingwong]

Originally Posted by mark beem

I've managed to amass quite a collection of MIA Peavey basses recently and they're all GREAT. However if I had to pick out one model from the nine I currently have (though I have multiples of some) that stands out above the rest, I'd have to choose the Palaedium.



Gotta say this is one of the nicest-playing, best sounding basses I've ever owned. The pickups as I understand it were Bartolini designed (perhaps manufactured as well??) and the 17" radius fretboard combined with the 1.5" nut make for an extremely fast neck. I had the opportunity last year to pick up a fretless model and didn't. Kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on it now.

So what about you? For those who own multiple Peavey basses, which model stands out the most and why?

If you ever feel the need to part with one of those Palladiums, I'd find a way to raise the cash. I sooo miss my old one.. Natural finish like the one on the left.

[Darnell Jones]

I had a T40, hated it. Now I have a Foundation 2000 5 string and I love it. I'm not sure but I think it differs from the regular Foundations by having a Millennium shaped body and the neck pickup is farther from the bridge.

[tgriley62]

Well since I only own one USA Peavey for it is my favorite. But, I will be adding more since I found out how sweet these babies are

[MNAirHead]

Hmmmmn

Thats a tough one ---guessing it wasa factory fretless bquad5

At the time I paid 300 for it ---- easily onpar with my notifies

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For value .... Axcellerator 5 or millenium

[No Neck Shrek]

Originally Posted by marmadaddy

I'll forever rue the day I sold my pink metallic '84 Foundation. I got it new at cost because while any other color would fly out of the store, they couldn't sell the pink or purple ones on the wall.

Today I played a 4 string Millennium BXP and was blown away by how well it played and sounded. For less than $250 it's remarkable.

I've already called about this Foundation, then decided I have too many to buy this just for the color.
1984 Foundation metallic pink Pink Peavey Electric Bass Guitar

Please buy this before I do ! ! !

[smcd]

Originally Posted by Darnell Jones

I had a T40, hated it. Now I have a Foundation 2000 5 string and I love it. I'm not sure but I think it differs from the regular Foundations by having a Millennium shaped body and the neck pickup is farther from the bridge.

The Foundation 2000's also have VFL pickups. As opposed to the Super Ferrites on the earlier models.

[mark beem]

Originally Posted by Sumtingwong

If you ever feel the need to part with one of those Palladiums, I'd find a way to raise the cash. I sooo miss my old one.. Natural finish like the one on the left.

You got it!

[smcd]

Originally Posted by No Neck Shrek

I've already called about this Foundation, then decided I have too many to buy this just for the color.
1984 Foundation metallic pink Pink Peavey Electric Bass Guitar

Please buy this before I do ! ! !

At the price he's asking, that bass will be in up for sale for a long long time.

[Session1969]

Originally Posted by mark beem

I've managed to amass quite a collection of MIA Peavey basses recently and they're all GREAT. However if I had to pick out one model from the nine I currently have (though I have multiples of some) that stands out above the rest, I'd have to choose the Palaedium.



Gotta say this is one of the nicest-playing, best sounding basses I've ever owned. The pickups as I understand it were Bartolini designed (perhaps manufactured as well??) and the 17" radius fretboard combined with the 1.5" nut make for an extremely fast neck. I had the opportunity last year to pick up a fretless model and didn't. Kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on it now.

So what about you? For those who own multiple Peavey basses, which model stands out the most and why?

Is it me or do they look just like his signature models that manufacturers have made in the past ?

[mark beem]

Originally Posted by Session1969

Is it me or do they look just like his signature models that manufacturers have made in the past ?

Yes, they are the Jeff Berlin sig model.

[N.F.A.]

B Quad for me. Stunning build quality, graphite neck, plays very well, etc.

[marmadaddy]

Originally Posted by smcd

At the price he's asking, that bass will be in up for sale for a long long time.

That could very well my old one. I sold it in Central FL.

It is overpriced though, and my "needless purchase" fund is at $0 for a the next month or so.

Hopefully he'll keep it overpriced until then.

[RED J]

I've had fretted and fretless soapbar Foundations, a Fury, Super Ferrite Foundation, and an Axcellerator 4. I'd say favorite was the Axcellerator, which I traded in a moment of insanity, closely followed by the Super Ferrite Foundation, which I currently own.

As to why, the Axcellerator had it all, the feel, light, good sound, and versatile. The Super Ferrite foundation is loved because it is the only two pickup jazz-esque bass that has come close to scratching the itch of missing my most beloved '65 Fender Jazz, which I gave up in the early 70's when I quit playing for many years.