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'made in USA' Peavey Grind? Info required

TRBboy

TRBboy

Mar 16, 2013
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#1
Hey folks!

I don't know if anyone here can help, Peavey themselves are unable to find any info for me...

I've seen a Peavey Grind bass for sale, which I quite like the look of, but it's not one of the far eastern models, it says 'made in USA'. It's a bolt on neck, and has JJ pickups with an active eq by the look of it. I've scoured the Internet, but can't really find any information about them. Could it be some sort of prototype?

I gave Peavey the serial number, but they say they can't find any information to do with it!

I'd be very grateful if anyone here can offer any help.

Thanks!
 
#3
Ken J said:
Is this the one thats been on ebay for the past several months?
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Probably not. He said JJ, which I believe would be a 5'r. The one on ebay, and every US Grind 4 I've seen is PJ config.

Honestly, not a ton of info out there, because they are rarer than unicorn tears. I've seen less than 5 in the past 3 years, and I think most of those have been 4 strings. Not sure how many went into the wild before they switched over to overseas production. Only other evidence I've seen of their existence is a page from a Peavey catalog:
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Hi guys, thanks for the replies!

Yes, it's a 5 string like the one on that catalogue page, but it's metallic orange. I'm most interested to know what the overall quality is like, what the neck profile is like, and what the scale length is? I do quite like the look of it, but I would just like to know more. I can't believe that peavey can't tell me anything!

If anyone has played once of these, I'd love to know what you think.

Thanks :D
 
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TRBboy said:
Hi guys, thanks for the replies!

Yes, it's a 5 string like the one on that catalogue page, but it's metallic orange. I'm most interested to know what the overall quality is like, what the neck profile is like, and what the scale length is? I do quite like the look of it, but I would just like to know more. I can't believe that peavey can't tell me anything!

If anyone has played once of these, I'd love to know what you think.

Thanks :D
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Scale length is 35" according to the catalog listing. Not sure about the rest. You mentioned that the headstock says Made In USA, but the first BXP's to come out also looked similar, albeit with slight differences. USA models have bare wood at the end of the neck, where it meets the body, and only has 4 knobs (although I think one or two are actually stacked). BXP's have the end of the neck painted black, and have 5 knobs, similar to the layout on a Cirrus. If it is on par with other US Peavey's of the same era, I'd expect it to be very high quality.

Honestly, unless it's priced extremely high, I'd grab it just on principle. Any chance you have pics you can share?
 
#9
From the catalog:

They both have the exact same description, despite the 5'r having 2-J's and the 4 having PJ pickups.

·35" Scale Length
·Lightweight Solid Alder
·Hard Rock Maple Neck
·24 frets
·Pau Ferro fingerboard
·12" radius straight string pull
·2-way dual expansion adjustable steel torsion rod
·Two J-style hum cancelling passive pickups
·18v system (two 9v batteries)
·On-Board active or passive 3-band EQ with push/push active treble boost, master volume and blend controls
·Quadrajust (TM) solid milled fingerstyle bridge, saddle with (patented) dual compression string-through design
·Graphtech topnut
·Case Included
·Available colors- Silver Pearl, Black, Tangerine, Topaz blue
 
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It's certainly interesting, and did catch my eye. I was just looking for a new backup/living room (3 small children!) bass, and I've seen the peavey, a mint ltd B5-E, or a Japanese Fernandes gravity 5. I've never played a US Peavey, only some of the newer far eastern ones, and they didn't really do it for me.
 
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TRBboy said:
It's certainly interesting, and did catch my eye. I was just looking for a new backup/living room (3 small children!) bass, and I've seen the peavey, a mint ltd B5-E, or a Japanese Fernandes gravity 5. I've never played a US Peavey, only some of the newer far eastern ones, and they didn't really do it for me.
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US Peavey's are something special. Very well made, play and sound great.
 
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That bass is SWEET ! Wow, a push/pull active passive, too ?

I spoke to Aubrey at Peavey a long time ago and he said painted Grinds are all USA models, but I know that's not true.

I'd jump on it. You could always sell it later if you don't like it but you'd OWN IT. USA Peaveys blow away Indonesian. I don't even think the imports should be called Peavey. They should've given them a sister brand name.
 

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