Another bass I should have held on to
Don't worry, she has a great home with me!! If I ever have a moment of stupidity, I'll give you first dibs on her. She's an awesome bass, my friend.
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1980s Peavey Foundation appreciation thread
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Don't worry, she has a great home with me!! If I ever have a moment of stupidity, I'll give you first dibs on her. She's an awesome bass, my friend.
I don't mean to hijack the thread but while we're on the subject of basses I should have held on to, I'll throw in my Peavey T-45 with Darkstar pickup....hmph. lol.
Here is my 1989 Foundation -- love it. I also have a white Foundation S.
I don't know if any of you bidded on this one, but I won this Peavey Foundation in need of a rebuild on eBay.
I am probably going to sand it down a bit more.
What do you suggest I do? Custom crazy paint job? Natural oil finish? Solid color with nitro finish?
This thing is missing a few parts but I can probably replace them all, except maybe the string retainer.
What do you think?
I am probably going to sand it down a bit more.
What do you suggest I do? Custom crazy paint job? Natural oil finish? Solid color with nitro finish?
This thing is missing a few parts but I can probably replace them all, except maybe the string retainer.
What do you think?
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Here is my 1989 Foundation -- love it. I also have a white Foundation S.
awesome!
I picked up an old Foundation body from a fellow TB'r and I'm in search of a neck for it. Anyone have any thought on where I might find one? Such a weird size!
It happened again. I played a gig last night and everyone loves the tone of my Foundation fretless. That's the best $150 I ever spent.
Well, I'm hooked. I need a Foundation. Keep an eye out on the "for sale" forum. I'm going to be posting a few of my Peavey basses for sale. I gotta get a Foundation! It's like needing more cowbell 
I watched that one, as well. Looks like you got the dreaded poplar body. I would change that out to tulipwood right away
. In reality, looks like 3 pieces of wood make up that body. I say crazy to custom crazy paint job. The world has enough natural basses and havn't we as a species denuded enough basses with our own hands? Paint that sucker. Its still gonna sound like a foundation, right?
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Why not sea-foam green. Always a cool color on Fenders, I bet it would look cool on a Foundation.
I watched that one, as well. Looks like you got the dreaded poplar body. I would change that out to tulipwood right away
I have still not received the bass. The seller shamelessly admitted he had been too lazy
I am not going to put the pressure, as he could flake and refund (I have seen that happen in the past).My current Foundie too has the 3-piece poplar body.
I decided that my second build would be a new body for an existing neck, I may just do that with this one.
I'll add to the thread.
'88 Foundation S
also, a quick question. why call it the "dreaded" poplar body?
Looking at the paint on the back of mine I think I see a 2 piece body. Normal?
'88 Foundation S
also, a quick question. why call it the "dreaded" poplar body?
Looking at the paint on the back of mine I think I see a 2 piece body. Normal?
Nothing wrong with poplar. It's a very nice tonewood. It's just not the prettiest wood in the world for natural finishes.
I'm a bit curious as to what other people's Foundations weigh. I weighed mine and it's real close to the 10 lb. mark. My Geddy jazz used to weigh that much but it had more wood. The Foundation seems to be really compact and dense. Like ironwood or something.
EagleMoon, those sunbursts weigh a ton: they're maple.I'm a bit curious as to what other people's Foundations weigh. I weighed mine and it's real close to the 10 lb. mark. My Geddy jazz used to weigh that much but it had more wood. The Foundation seems to be really compact and dense. Like ironwood or something.
My Foundies go from light ( that ugly, dreaded poplar, wish it was tulipwood) to medium ( both my alder fretless and a mahogany body mapleneck) to ungodly (maple sunburst/maple neck)
