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Old Peavey appreciation thread...

#61
mark beem said:
One Peavey model I always wanted was the Rudy Sarzo sig. Remember those??

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Yeah. I played one of those in a store when they first came out. Thought it was a pretty cool bass.
But around that time, I was liking the Dyna-Bass Unity Series. Almost bought one.

I started learning bass in the mid-eighties on a T-40 that belonged to my high school jazz band. I have no idea how old it was.
 
#63
Man-o-man! That's one purty US Millenium! The only thing that puts me off with Peavey, is the control layout. I really hate the way the control knobs are layed out. I guess I'm a simple Vol./Bl./treb-bass stack kinda guy. What can I say, simplicity is bliss to me!

ps... if you ever wish to part with that beauty beem, let me know, I'd be more than excited to take her off of your hands, lol!

-ryan-
 
#65
deathbloomslife said:
Man-o-man! That's one purty US Millenium! The only thing that puts me off with Peavey, is the control layout. I really hate the way the control knobs are layed out. I guess I'm a simple Vol./Bl./treb-bass stack kinda guy. What can I say, simplicity is bliss to me!
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They aren't that complicated: vol, blend, bass, stacked mid, treble. Very nice and easy to use. Awesome tone and you don't have to boost or cut much to get a great sound.

deathbloomslife said:
ps... if you ever wish to part with that beauty beem, let me know, I'd be more than excited to take her off of your hands, lol!
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Me first :D
 
#67
christle said:
They aren't that complicated: vol, blend, bass, stacked mid, treble. Very nice and easy to use.
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Oh no, it's not that I think the layout is complicated... I just think that the less control knobs a bass has, the better. I think they sometimes tend to take away from the overall appearence of the bass. But, that's just OCD me, lol.

christle said:
Me First :D
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Ummm.. deifnately going to have to call dibs on my part... seeing as I "saw it first" and whatnot.. lmao, j/k.

-ryan-
 
#68
I really dont understand the appeal of the T45. Only one pickup? Ands its in the middle? In my humble opinion...the best sounds on the T40 were in the bridge pickup. I mean the bass weighs like 15 pounds, maple fretboard, string through, and the bridge looks like it came off a Peterbilt. That sucker had a twangy sustainy tone that could compete with the nasal synths of the 80's! GReat for plucking or slapping, but I never thought it sounded nuanced enought to be a fingerstyle machine.
On mine I added a convex blindspot mirror, just to take teh chrome and wood thing over the top. What kind of wood were they anyway? (besides heavy, I blame my later in life back problems on that bass)
I loved my T40 until the day it died. In flames and ashes and water. After our apartment had been extinguished. The fire dept literally pushed everything on that floor of teh building off the side of the building to a lot 2 stories below. So if the heat and moisture didnt kill it, the drop finished it. I actually tried to clean it up, but the neck was so warped it was a lost cause.

Recently they had one up on ebay that had been "refinished" More like sombody had gone over it with one of those sponge applicator boot polishers! ugh!
 
#73
Calaverasgrande said:
I really dont understand the appeal of the T45. Only one pickup? Ands its in the middle? In my humble opinion...the best sounds on the T40 were in the bridge pickup. I mean the bass weighs like 15 pounds, maple fretboard, string through, and the bridge looks like it came off a Peterbilt. That sucker had a twangy sustainy tone that could compete with the nasal synths of the 80's! GReat for plucking or slapping, but I never thought it sounded nuanced enought to be a fingerstyle machine.
On mine I added a convex blindspot mirror, just to take teh chrome and wood thing over the top. What kind of wood were they anyway? (besides heavy, I blame my later in life back problems on that bass)
I loved my T40 until the day it died. In flames and ashes and water. After our apartment had been extinguished. The fire dept literally pushed everything on that floor of teh building off the side of the building to a lot 2 stories below. So if the heat and moisture didnt kill it, the drop finished it. I actually tried to clean it up, but the neck was so warped it was a lost cause.

Recently they had one up on ebay that had been "refinished" More like sombody had gone over it with one of those sponge applicator boot polishers! ugh!
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I'm just the opposite. I love the T-40 in neck pup mode. If you favor the bridge it will get very close to a Ric sound (more than any other bass I own) but I already have a Ric so I don't need that. :D
 
#74
lug said:
I'm just the opposite. I love the T-40 in neck pup mode. If you favor the bridge it will get very close to a Ric sound (more than any other bass I own) but I already have a Ric so I don't need that. :D
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+1... except I don't own a ric (yet) so I use it often for that sound. I do favor the neck pickup most often though. It's just that mudbucker tele' bass sound with a bit more clarity and nowhere near the price. (I saw one for 1600 last month!!!)

If ever there was an example of a GAS cure, it was my hankering for a 70's humbucker tele bass that was totaly beanoed by my aquisition of a '79 NOS natural finished ash/maple t-40.

I would love a t-45, even if I never got around to dark-starring it.
 
#75
Just wanted to say that I have a Peavey Fury 1984 who went to Wyoming with me for three weeks this June, and that beast went through kids jumping up and down on his hard-shell case, huge changes in temperature, humidity and altitude, my playing :help: and all he needed was a single tune-up.

Tough beastie. I love my Peavey :)

I have to take a photograph of my bass and post it here.
 
#76
One of my latest acquistions. I'll post the other later :D

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Man, I love Peavey.
 
#78
I finally have picture of my Foundation to show. This passive is simply the best sounding passive J-style bass I have ever played. I'll try to get another picture to show the pickups in detail. They are single coils placed in a support that makes them look like soapbars from a distance. BTW, please forgive me showing my SR5 HH in the same picture; I'm a decent bassist, but a horrible photographer!:help:
 
#80
Philbiker said:
That's what the TL-4 would have been. Except with a sexier body shape on the Sarzo.
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Tommys Rock n Roll doughnut shop near my home here in Chicago has had Szarzo like this hanging on their wall for like
4 years. Of course it was overpriced even by Peavey standards. Great constuction. I'll be getting Mark Beems Amber millenium soon. Also under appreciated;)
 

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