Call it fate...
I stopped by Sam Ash ( I normally never shop at there...), because I was curious about Hartke amplifiers. There, with an "as is" tag, sitting forlorn on the discount rack was an early model MIA Peavey Fury. Natural finish, maple neck, 22 fretts, t-40 style "p" knobs and the slanted super ferrite pup slightly closer to the bridge than a Precision.
Why it was on "as is"
-The neck had way too much relief and played terribly.
-The input jack was cackly and had been bent.
I asked about the neck, and they said they didn't have the right tool to try to adjust the neck. I have the tool at home -it came with my t-40-, and the bass sounded good, so I bought it.
Got home.
1) enlarged the truss rod trench slightly with my dremmel,
2) added a slightly oversized nut as a spacer for the truss rod nut
3) installed a 2 buck radio shack mono jack
4) put a few turns on the truss rod.
I've got the action super low (better than my MIM precision), and it sounds great. It has a touch of neck dive, but no more than my parts Jazz. A sweet playing and sounding USA made bass for less than the price of a used afinity squire...
I love these old Peaveys! They are pretty cheap, but they are built so well, and have so much more mojo than the new low-cost basses of today.
Pics coming soon.
I stopped by Sam Ash ( I normally never shop at there...), because I was curious about Hartke amplifiers. There, with an "as is" tag, sitting forlorn on the discount rack was an early model MIA Peavey Fury. Natural finish, maple neck, 22 fretts, t-40 style "p" knobs and the slanted super ferrite pup slightly closer to the bridge than a Precision.
Why it was on "as is"
-The neck had way too much relief and played terribly.
-The input jack was cackly and had been bent.
I asked about the neck, and they said they didn't have the right tool to try to adjust the neck. I have the tool at home -it came with my t-40-, and the bass sounded good, so I bought it.
Got home.
1) enlarged the truss rod trench slightly with my dremmel,
2) added a slightly oversized nut as a spacer for the truss rod nut
3) installed a 2 buck radio shack mono jack
4) put a few turns on the truss rod.
I've got the action super low (better than my MIM precision), and it sounds great. It has a touch of neck dive, but no more than my parts Jazz. A sweet playing and sounding USA made bass for less than the price of a used afinity squire...
I love these old Peaveys! They are pretty cheap, but they are built so well, and have so much more mojo than the new low-cost basses of today.
Pics coming soon.
