Peavey Cirrus Six String, (A Quick Review)

Peavey Cirrus basses are a steal IMO.

 

My Cirrus Custom sounds amazing through my Eden Metro. And the B on my Cirrus is better and tighter than the B on any of my other basses.

Like Brad said, Cirrus basses are a steal!

 

Playability-wise, no. The different woods do give you different tonal characteristics.

 

Cass, they have the tiger eye finish, birdseye maple neck with purpleheart strips, ebony fingerboard, goldplated hipshot hardware, quilt headstock overlay, the mid has a sweepable frequency, the knobs are hand made from walnut, and the cover plate, battery and truss rod cover are made of walnut.

I have attached a pic. I need to get a digital camera where I can take some closeups of mine.

 

Because of a UPS snafu I have to go pick my spiffy new (to me) Cirrus 6 during lunch today - then I have to go back to work

Oh, well - at least I have an unsupervised weekend. My wife is going away for a girls' weekend out (she does that once a month) so it looks like I'm gonna be staying up late, taking naps in the afternoon, eating food I'm not supposed to and playing my new Cirrus this weekend. I'll post a review later. I don't have a Metro but do have a Nemesis 4x10. That's sort of an Eden, I think

I got my Cirrus off eBay for $1100 and have seen them go for $850. The bubinga Cirrus that's on there now has a reserve of at least $1199 - at least that's what it was the last three times the guy listed it. I was high bidder twice but didn't meet his reserve - he emailed me both times and offered to sell me the Cirrus at his reserve price. No, thanks - I managed to snag a maple / alder Cirrus for less than his reserve.

I used an escrow service when I bought this bass - 4% of the purchase price but I get an inspection period before Tradenable will release the $ to the seller - so if it's not as advertised he gets it back and I get my money back. Pretty good deal all the way around.

allan

 

these rumors going on and on are starting to make me more and more curious about the cirrus. once i thought that this was a bass with a bad sounding name (in italian cirrus sounds bad...) but now i'd really like to give this bass a try! tell me one thing, how do the pickups sound, are they more EMG or bartolini sounding?
thanks

 

IMO imagine a pickup as articulate as a Ken Smith but warmer. More Bartolini than EMG IMO.

One of the cool aspects of the Cirrus pickups is their size and shape. Because they are wide and also curved to follow the radius of the fretboard, they can work similar to a Willis ramp, which helps to limit how hard you dig in while playing fingerstyle, if you keep the strings set near the pickups. It works like a ramp without looking like one.

Go to the Peavey website and read up on the bass... I finally did last week. There was an amazing amount of thought that went into it's design.

BTW There was a very nice Bubinga Cirrus 5 at a local store here in MD, asking price was $899, excellent condition.

 

I've been saying all along (for quite some time now) that the Cirrus is one beautiful bass and I just love that people are finally starting to see what a great bass the Cirrus is.

To all those who still think Peavey only makes "low-budget- bargain" equipment...

 

Picked up the Cirrus (and the Jazz Deluxe) at lunch, ran them home, unpacked them and couldn't go back to work without putting ten minutes on the Cirrus. It was a bad idea because now I'm stuck at my desk and all I really want to do is go home and play.

Set flat this bass is just amazing. As someone else mentioned the tone is articulate and warm. I didn't have a chance to really dig into it but did crank the treble EQ up all the way to see how noisy the beast was - and it was quiet. Almost studio quiet.

Intonation was almost spot on - I need to tweak the B string saddle a little but everything else was just great.

Action is a tiny bit higher than perfect for me but it looks like a fairly simple truss rod adjustment.

Fit and finish are light-years ahead of the SR406 or Fury 6 that I currently have for sale. No buckle rash, one small dull spot on the bottom horn that can be buffed out easily.

All in all I'm amazed.

allan

 

I am now playing the Cirrus 5 exclusively. I find the EQ much more sensitive than any other bass I've played. A little tweak goes a long way. I agree on the Willis charateristics of playing over the pickup. It's like a touch sensitive keyboard. I also agree the sound is great flat, and really blossoms if you have a good rig to play out of. The feel is glove-like. I am modifying mine with Hipshot tuners and a bone or mother of pearl nut. The graphite nut has developed some grooves and I would like a little more realiability in my tuners. Ironically, the Peavey Millenium has Hipshot tuners. Incidentally, I bought my bubinga/walnut on eBay too. I am watching with interest a fretless on eBay at the present time.

 

Me, too

 

The Cirrus Custom has the Hipshots too, as well as the Hipshot style A bridge instead of ABM, not that there's anything wrong with ABM. The Custom also has the Millenium preamp.

 

What is the difference between the Cirrus and Millenium preamps?

 

I have a question, how much do the 6 string Cirrus's sell for from a Peavey dealer brand new. I'm guessing somewhere around $2000?

 

I think that there's been a price increase since I got mine (June 2001) but I would think that you should be able to get one easily for under $1500.00 USD. They were asking $1300.00 for mine but I was able to get them to knock off close to $200.00. The list price is close to $2000.00.

If I could get one off ebay for $750.00 or less I would jump on it. At close to a thousand dollars, I would have to consider buying new.