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Peavey Cirrus Opinions

#41
On the topic of the Millennium pre, they should sound near identical in the flat setting. They were designed to be mostly the same, other than the ability to change the mid frequencies. I only have 1 Cirrus with the upgraded pre (at the moment), but I don't find the the flat tone to be too different, although the bass with the Mil pre has a Kahler and ebony fingerboard, which influence the tone on their own.
 
#43
smcd said:
I have a made-in-Indonesia Cirrus 5, and it's superb. I was going to add "for the money", but it's just plain superb on it's own.

I've been much much less impressed with the made-in-China Cirrus', though.
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Gotta agree, quality on the (Indonesian) Cirrus BXP is 1st rate. I don't know much about the quality of the Chinese built Cirrus BXP's, after I got my Indonesian model I quit looking & settled into playing...
 
#46
bassplayer8953 said:
Gotta agree, quality on the (Indonesian) Cirrus BXP is 1st rate. I don't know much about the quality of the Chinese built Cirrus BXP's, after I got my Indonesian model I quit looking & settled into playing...
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My little brother has a Chinese BXP 5 string. Bad, bad and more bad! We've had nothing but issues with this bass. Horrible wood quality. Hardware is straight junk. The list goes on. Do not buy a Chinese Cirrus! I own two U.S. Cirrus' and there is just no comparison whatsoever. -Luke
 
#47
MNAirHead said:
They're different sounding... when flat.
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+1

I was able to compare my Cirrus 5 w/Mill pre directly against my Cirrus 6 without. My G-Bass (after Mill pre upgrade) sounded better than my G-V w/stock pre. All 4 basses that I've done the upgrade to sounded better afterwards, even when flat.

Of course, all this is in my opinion, to my ears (and the ears of a couple of bass player friends who have also gotten to hear them).
 
#48
I've come to the conclusion that my next major purchase will be a Cirrus five or six. Although I love Jazz basses and Stingrays, I always find myself wanting a Cirrus. Given that they are very reasonable used, the next time I have the disposable cash, I intend to spend it on a Cirrus. Fortunately my current main player sounds somewhat like a Cirrus (Yamaha BBN5II) so I can enjoy something akin to that tone until I get a real dose of Meridian, Mississippi funk!:bassist:
 
#49
I have a fretless USA L2500 that I used as my primary for years. I found a USA Bubinga on Walnut Cirrus 5 for $500 so I swept it up. It is now my main bass. I will say the L2500 is a huge tone monster. But the neck and upper access of the Cirrus is the deciding factor for me. Neck is super thin! B string is tighter on the Cirrus too. Also, even though it's active, it is 18V, so it is not as noisy as a 9V active. I have recorded with it a number of times and the engineers cannot believe it is active. Pretty modern sound, but with the right eq (on the bass or amp) you can get a pretty good variety. Playing in a cover band, that's what I need so it suits me perfectly. I keep my L2500 around for obvious fretless tunes, or tunes I just feel better about the tone I get with the L2500....but it definitely works out that I'm on the Cirrus 90% of the time.

I'm curious as to what the Mill pre would do to it, I'm just a little hesitant to change something I like the way it is.
 
#50
for those of you who never played such a smooth,ground pounding,crispy snappin mellow mid sounding bass...not nockin others :p da peavey is what you really want if thats the sound you are truely lookin for...:bassist: Ive have others but tha peavey stands alone...
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#51
GaryLC said:
Hey folks,
I've never, ever played a Peavey bass....but have my eye on a Cirrus just by the way it looks. :p What are some general opinions on these basses, bang for the buck, remembering that I'm a pretty tried & true G&L guy (L2000's & SB2's). I know, I can search, but I thought I'd try for some fresh input.
Thanks!!
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Interesting.

After reading how great these basses were, I saw a used on in a store over the past weekend. It was very nice looking.

I picked it up, plugged it in and tried to play it. It was simply awful. Now, I suspect the bass I was playing was one of the cheaper onces - but it was neck-through, nice wood lamination... but looked to be made in Indo (used price was dirt cheap). But the neck was awful - very nearly unplayable. I have to think that there are Cirrus basses not like this.

THE POINT: Do not judge a bass based on appearance. PLAY BEFORE YOU PAY!
 
#53
spade2you said:
...The Millennium neck joint could use some shims, but that's about it.
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That's all I need to hear about *that*!

A frustration I have with Peavy - as I do with Ibanez - is they have many models that look very similar but are vastly different in quality and price. Makes it hard to sort out what's good from what's not, save for the old maxim "You get what you pay for".
 
#54
wow...sorry for ya bad experience there,but I bought mine new most of the time that use stuff will turn ya off..you know I use to own a tobias 5str zebra wood/alder/purpleheart/maple very nice lookin bass but I sold that bass once I heard da sound of a peavey :cool:...oh by da way Big Harry what bass guitar do you play?
 
#55
BigOldHarry said:
That's all I need to hear about *that*!

A frustration I have with Peavy - as I do with Ibanez - is they have many models that look very similar but are vastly different in quality and price. Makes it hard to sort out what's good from what's not, save for the old maxim "You get what you pay for".
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I'll never speak for the brand as a whole, but the Cirrus and Millennium USA models were done extremely well as were the G Base, G V, TL, B-Quad, and a few others. With their top USA models, consistency hasn't been a problem, rather being quick to discontinue.

I don't say this about many stock models, but the USA series of the last 10-15 years has been pretty nice. I'm not bragging, but if Peavey's custom shop were more flexible, I'd have minimal need to get other customs.
 
#56
you know my tobias was about 4500 some said that l was a fool for selling it but there was some things Mike could have done to better such and high dolla bass...first off all it was to brittle sounding low b was to booming reguardless how da bass was set up :mad:so l found a buyer who had a need for that type of sound sold it threw in da case and was on my way to me some sweet sounding bass :hyper: :D l had 2 5ers and 2 6ers cirrus an one TL5 with barts all was very good sounding and sold for some nice $$$
 
#57
BigOldHarry said:
That's all I need to hear about *that*!

A frustration I have with Peavy - as I do with Ibanez - is they have many models that look very similar but are vastly different in quality and price. Makes it hard to sort out what's good from what's not, save for the old maxim "You get what you pay for".
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Sincerely.. just ask us... the club is very straight forward at discussing the reality of the bass.

We work very hard at not turning it into a "I love my XYZ" lust clubs --- we're probably the group who will suggest another option if there's a better one.

The issue you may be having with the USA peaveys is they're notoriously dorked by some kid.. or abused by someone else.

They're consistent enough that I'd feel confident suggesting some are mail order bets (I'd never claim this about my Ricks or Fenders)
 
#59
BigOldHarry said:
Interesting.

After reading how great these basses were, I saw a used on in a store over the past weekend. It was very nice looking.

I picked it up, plugged it in and tried to play it. It was simply awful. Now, I suspect the bass I was playing was one of the cheaper onces - but it was neck-through, nice wood lamination... but looked to be made in Indo (used price was dirt cheap). But the neck was awful - very nearly unplayable. I have to think that there are Cirrus basses not like this.

THE POINT: Do not judge a bass based on appearance. PLAY BEFORE YOU PAY!
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That could have even been a Peavey Grind. They are neck-thru and, I think, just about Peavey's cheapest current bass. Or, at least, they are really cheap.

Are you sure it was a Cirrus? If it was a U.S. Cirrus, it would have had no fret markers, and an abalone C inlay at the 12th fret. Not sure whether the import model Cirrus have the C inlay or not. But, if it didn't have the C, then it definitely was not a U.S. Cirrus.
 

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