John Taylor gear...

[Danhorse]

Here is my problem(s):

Set or fixed necks were only made in 1 year 1981. The "book" headstock was that year, not the "horned book" yours has. So there is an issue there.

The finish on the headstock is crap. Not even close.

The pickup cavity is rough and hacked up but still has finish on it. That just can't happen.

The knobs are wrong.

There is a circular finish crack around the G string tuner. Tells me the tuners may not be original.

It has many signs of authenticity. That makes me scratch my head.

Best I can say is that someone may have taken two broken basses and made one.

Many thanks for your reply, much appreciated.

The circular scoring around the tuner was done by the previous owner, taking the tuners off to clean them - same one who dinging the body up.

The hacked bit around the cavity, that was bare wood, I just touched up with marker pen so it didn't look too bad, I should have stated that earlier.

But as you say, the headstock is wrong, and messy as hell, and the knobs are wrong.

This is a tough one.

 

[etechstan]

Two weeks ago, I took a carload of gear to the local mom n pop to put on consignment. Thanks to this thread, I ran back today and grabbed my Fury V before it sold! All the JT Peavey talk gave me a bad case of sellers remorse.

 

[ncapone]

I know that he used an Aria fretless on Lonely in Your Nightmare, the bridge on My Own Way, and Tiger Tiger, and probably others too.

 

[Dislocardi]

Hi, I recently had the good fortune to purchase a neat Aria SB600 circa 1980. The only thing wrong with it was the pickup had been replaced, but the original pickup was included in the sale.

There are 5 wires bare (ground obviously) black, brown, red and orange... Does anyone know the colour coding of the wires?

many thanks

 

[Narc_x]

I read on Bass Player - November 1994 that JT's amps of choice for recording were Eden, Trace Elliot and SWR...I guess that was his gear back in the '80s too

 

[winterburn69]

I read on Bass Player - November 1994 that JT's amps of choice for recording were Eden, Trace Elliot and SWR...I guess that was his gear back in the '80s too

His recent autobiography contradicts this, he said he's only ever used Peavey amps :/

 

[JVbass]

He was using Trace Elliott during their '93 - '94 tour. He used SWR on his solo '98 tour.

 

[JVbass]

And I saw him live using Ampeg in'95 at a radio-sponsored concert in Detroit.....and for the Arena tour in '84, he was using H&H amplification.

 

[Narc_x]

His recent autobiography contradicts this, he said he's only ever used Peavey amps :/

Really? what chapter? I read it some time ago and I really do not remember reading anything about Peavey amps...I might be wrong as I am not a memory guy.
Anyway if he really wrote so, I think that's due to his corrent contract with Peavey as I am also sure I've seen him with an Ampeg amplifier some time ago...

 

[JVbass]

In the book, he said he started out with Peavey, and he is using them today. It is in the section where he talks about the Aria basses. I could see where it sounds like he has only used Peavey during his entire career, but that is not the case.

 

[Cvdunk]

Waaaaaay late to the thread, but I know that he used an Ibanez CS9 chorus pedal back in the day as well...