SOLD FT - PEAVEY CIRRUS 4 ALDER/REDWOOD to trade for a PEAVEY CIRRUS 4 WALNUT/WALNUT

Beautiful bass. If it was a fiver, I'd be all over this. Good luck!

 

any interest in a poly finished walnut/claro walnut?

 

Whoa.. That is a super nice looking bass

 

I have a wenge/walnut loaded with EMG 35DC. Also installed the EMG BQS pre. If we traded I would include the original pups and pre. I didn't know when the PV pre bit the dust I could order one pretty cheap. Even if we dont trade I might order the pre and go back to stock to match the 2 fivers. I will say the EMG's give this thing some muscle as if it didn't already have enough lol.

 

Here is my wenge with the EMG's. Very nice low action. Has some groove wear on the G side near the neck pup. The pics show a big discoloration from the flash which magnifys it. Hard to see looking at it. Also has a hipshot drop D tuner. While not as in as good a shape as yours it does have 350.00 worth of electronics and the originals would come with it. I say all this but hell this is my baby. I don't even know if I would want to do it. I have a maple cirrus 5er and I love the poly finish a bit better plus I have a walnut 5er that looks close to this on the way. Also the EMG BQS pre has sweepable mids.

 

Well I am a guitar player lol so all I can say is the EMG's are very modern and punchy. Growl? I don't know. Look at the pic between the neck pup and the neck on the g string side. some grooves from fingernails from slapping. An issue I suppose with unfinished basses. I do still have the original tuner. Mine didn't have any fret noise at all either but I was just messing with it and I have the action really low now so there is a little and a mean very little. But to be very honest with you I have had this bass for a long time. Yours does look better as it appears to be newer. I got mine around the time they first came out. Plays and sounds excellent. If you want a pristine one this this isn't it. It does however play very well and sounds great.

 

Yes I do have the original electronics and the pre went bad I think. I never had it diagnosed but the bass got passive sounding and lost volume. Sounded like the preamp to me. I just replaced everything. The EMG's are not as tall as the stockers so I added a shim underneath to raise the pups. Just 2 small screws holding the shim in. I didn't want to go cutting on the bass to make a 4 inch EMG fit so I used a 3.5 emg and it left a slightly larger gap. To make that look better I took the foam that the EMG packing cut it to fit and dipped it black paint. Let it dry and pushed it in there to fill the gap. Looks pretty cool. I am going to call Peavey today and see what a replacement pre cost. I heard it was only 25 to 30 bucks.

Well to me it growls but also sounds modern. Go here for sound clips http://music.yahoo.com/release/6384826 You can listen to them all but #4 Draw the Line really isolates it. I think it growls pretty damn good. Songs are a bit dated as they were recorded at least 10 years ago. Just don't laugh at my playing lol.

 

I am really at a crossroad here lol. I love your bass. It's really a nice looking bass. But my Cirrus has been my go to baby for 10 years and I adore it. Hell I just got off the phone with Peavey and I ordered 2 new preamps. One to replace the EMG's in the Cirrus and another to replace EMG's in my Fury5. They were only 31.99 each and PV covers the shipping. So now I have even more tonal options if I do replace the EMG's.

The link I posted are from when I first got it and just starting to play bass fulltime. Sounded cool for an amateur recording. That engineer was our guitar player and he is a bada$$ engineer now. Our CD was his very first attempt.

 

Thank you for the kind comments. Waiting a week or so sounds cool. I feel a bit foolish for jumping in the trade thread then getting cold feet lol. If someone else offers you don't wait on me.

 

I want to see what it sounds like with the stockers back in it with a working preamp. I have a feeling I am going to love it. Hopefully I will get the new preamps by Friday. If I decide to keep mine have you entertained the idea of selling yours?

 

Well the sound clips your heard were done 9 or 10 years ago and were done on the stock pups and pre. I only recently changed out to the EMG's I don't have any clips of it with the EMG's.