Hello!
I didn't play for two years, and I want to come back.
I got hold (for free) of an old fretted Peavey Fury 4 that a friend of mine had for a few years with nobody playing it.
It's a USA model, P bass clone, bridge seems simple.
The neck seems quite alright (no arc bend), and is seems like maple. I don't know about the body - there's an ugly white finish on it.
The bass doesn't work - The pickup is dead (no resistance whatsoever in the ohmmeter).
With the 2 strings that was still on it, I played some notes, putting my ear against the body. I used to do that a lot with basses when I used to play, and this one "rings" really nicely!
Also very playable.
If I understood correctly, the old USA Furys are indeed good, and I believe that if I upgrade the pickup and electronics I can achieve good results.
I'm on a budget and would like to make this bass a good player.
I am willing to route a new pickup shape, and maybe to add another one.. So we got lots of options.
I would like to have some suggestions to see how much I'm really going to put into this bass.
I never done it, but I have the basics of electronics, woodworking and it shouldn't be too hard..
I play rock, jazz, psychedelia.
However, I don't quite have a specially favourite tone, or a fixed preference for passive/active, more like a range of tones, about in this order:
1.The Hi-Fi fusion, resolute tone. My favourite tone for a bass is the Warwick Thumb bolt on. It's awesome.
2.The classic Rick tone - something so magical about it.. but nothing sounds like a Rick, I know...
3.Jazz bass tone.
I used to have a MusicMan Stingray 4 and I didn't like anything about it. no real fat or depth. (for example, while Ricks don't have fat they have depth).
I used to have a fretless G&L2000 and it was nice, though not enough resolute - but ok for a fretless.
Any suggestionsfor pickup/s and electronics?
Thanks
Adam
I didn't play for two years, and I want to come back.
I got hold (for free) of an old fretted Peavey Fury 4 that a friend of mine had for a few years with nobody playing it.
It's a USA model, P bass clone, bridge seems simple.
The neck seems quite alright (no arc bend), and is seems like maple. I don't know about the body - there's an ugly white finish on it.
The bass doesn't work - The pickup is dead (no resistance whatsoever in the ohmmeter).
With the 2 strings that was still on it, I played some notes, putting my ear against the body. I used to do that a lot with basses when I used to play, and this one "rings" really nicely!
Also very playable.
If I understood correctly, the old USA Furys are indeed good, and I believe that if I upgrade the pickup and electronics I can achieve good results.
I'm on a budget and would like to make this bass a good player.
I am willing to route a new pickup shape, and maybe to add another one.. So we got lots of options.
I would like to have some suggestions to see how much I'm really going to put into this bass.
I never done it, but I have the basics of electronics, woodworking and it shouldn't be too hard..
I play rock, jazz, psychedelia.
However, I don't quite have a specially favourite tone, or a fixed preference for passive/active, more like a range of tones, about in this order:
1.The Hi-Fi fusion, resolute tone. My favourite tone for a bass is the Warwick Thumb bolt on. It's awesome.
2.The classic Rick tone - something so magical about it.. but nothing sounds like a Rick, I know...
3.Jazz bass tone.
I used to have a MusicMan Stingray 4 and I didn't like anything about it. no real fat or depth. (for example, while Ricks don't have fat they have depth).
I used to have a fretless G&L2000 and it was nice, though not enough resolute - but ok for a fretless.
Any suggestionsfor pickup/s and electronics?
Thanks
Adam
