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New factory in Vietnam

maxoges

maxoges

Aug 23, 2000
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#1
Peavey, Washburn and Burnout has come out with new necktrough models recently. All of them are made in Vietnam. The Washburn and Burnout ones have active electronics. The Peavey have passive. Have you tried them? What do you think of em? They must come from the same factory right???

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#5
I'm a Peavey dealer and have had 5 Grind Nt's and can say without a doubt they are terrible. None of the 5 could be setup properly and I had to send 3 of them back because they weren't playable, the neck was too straight and the rod did nothing.
 
#6
Originally posted by Peter Parker
I'm a Peavey dealer and have had 5 Grind Nt's and can say without a doubt they are terrible. None of the 5 could be setup properly and I had to send 3 of them back because they weren't playable, the neck was too straight and the rod did nothing.
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I tried the Burnout bass. I liked the action on it, but I cut myself on the fretwire sticking out the sides of the neck.
 
#9
I own the Peavey grind NTB 4 string. It is a solid bass with good feel, but I have already had to replace one of them under warantee due to body cracking. Also, the construction on it feels very rushed, there are alot of stray sand paper marks and a not so even coat of oil, als, all of the hardware is very,very cheap looking and feeling. Regardless, I like the sound of the bass with the wood combo of Imbuya, mahogany and maple with a rosewood board.

This bass can be a real tone monster if I gutted the electronics and went to an active circuit and add a good bridge but the pickups on the four string are ridiculusly wide. I have yet to find a four string pickup 4 1/2" wide.
 
#10
Originally posted by Peter Parker
I'm a Peavey dealer and have had 5 Grind Nt's and can say without a doubt they are terrible. None of the 5 could be setup properly and I had to send 3 of them back because they weren't playable, the neck was too straight and the rod did nothing.
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I am also having this problem with my bass, I can't get the action low enough and when i get it to almost the right hight, the straigtness of the neck makes the upper register frets buzz like mad. Maybe a fret dressing would fix it, there are a couple of frets not completely pressed in. I'm wondering if i should send this bass back for the second time and just get a refund. Way too many problems for a bass i've owned for 3 1/2 months.
 
#11
Originally posted by Peter Parker
I'm a Peavey dealer and have had 5 Grind Nt's and can say without a doubt they are terrible. None of the 5 could be setup properly and I had to send 3 of them back because they weren't playable, the neck was too straight and the rod did nothing.
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I like your candor, Peter! Too bad those basses LOOK so nice (at least in the pics).

brad cook
 
#12
Call Steve Smith from Peavey if you're having problems with one of the new import basses. One of my students bought a bass from a shop in Seattle, and there was such a terrible hump in the neck from the 3rd through 7th frets, that the only way to fix it is a complete fingerboard leveling (which would take off a LOT of the wood in this bass's case) and a refret. I called him, and he said to send it back, and he'd replace the bass. They seem to have a LOT of trouble with this new factory.
 

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