It was the best of basses, it was the worst of basses...
In my collection I have two 4-string 1992 Peavey Foundations. Super-Ferrite pickups, nice jazz necks - those who know these basses know they're pretty darn nice. Great starter bass, and giggable as well. Sadly, as I acquired them each has a major flaw:
#1 - black body, maple fretboard with the frets removed by a previous owner and fret slots filled with wood putty. Was also played with round-wounds, so the fretboard is kinda rough
#2 - white body, rosewood fretboard, got a half-arsed Paul Simonon/London Calling treatment by a previous owner. Bad enough to bend the output jack plate and crack the body. Previous owner also used a pan-head screw to replace one of the pickup height adjustment screws. Because of this, a "Faith No More" sticker on the face and a heavy coating of tobacco schmutz it's been stripped to repair and is ready to refinish.
Currently I have the neck from #2 on the body of #1 - plays and sounds like you'd expect from one of these USA Foundations.
What I've realized is I'm not going to use either of these basses at any point - I have nicer FSO Jazz basses that will be played instead. So the motivation to do a refinish is mostly gone, and the disassembled bass just mocks me from the corner of my music room, along with the lonely looks I get from the complete one just sits wanting to be played.
So should I sell everything as a package and let someone else figure it out? Donate the one playable bass and sell off the other as parts? Or stay the course with the refinish (and other needed work) and have 2 basses to donate?
In my collection I have two 4-string 1992 Peavey Foundations. Super-Ferrite pickups, nice jazz necks - those who know these basses know they're pretty darn nice. Great starter bass, and giggable as well. Sadly, as I acquired them each has a major flaw:
#1 - black body, maple fretboard with the frets removed by a previous owner and fret slots filled with wood putty. Was also played with round-wounds, so the fretboard is kinda rough
#2 - white body, rosewood fretboard, got a half-arsed Paul Simonon/London Calling treatment by a previous owner. Bad enough to bend the output jack plate and crack the body. Previous owner also used a pan-head screw to replace one of the pickup height adjustment screws. Because of this, a "Faith No More" sticker on the face and a heavy coating of tobacco schmutz it's been stripped to repair and is ready to refinish.
Currently I have the neck from #2 on the body of #1 - plays and sounds like you'd expect from one of these USA Foundations.
What I've realized is I'm not going to use either of these basses at any point - I have nicer FSO Jazz basses that will be played instead. So the motivation to do a refinish is mostly gone, and the disassembled bass just mocks me from the corner of my music room, along with the lonely looks I get from the complete one just sits wanting to be played.
So should I sell everything as a package and let someone else figure it out? Donate the one playable bass and sell off the other as parts? Or stay the course with the refinish (and other needed work) and have 2 basses to donate?
