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Peavey Fury Bass?

#41
Runnerman said:
Nice, identical to mine....also a '94. Mine also a nicely aged white. Yours has non-original knobs but they look pretty cool. The "cheapest" part of this bass is the pick guard. Single ply and kind of raggedy cut on mine. One of these days I will replace it....when I can figure out the color I want.

DavidEdenAria, this is 3rd gen with a single piece neck and a maple top board. Mine is very stable. In my opinion a lot of these bases have gotten into the hands of people that don't really know what they are doing....probably because they have such low resale....and have been poorly set up and not treated well. You should always look for as minty as possible when buying these 80's/early 90's Peavey basses. Unless you are Kodiakblair and can bring them back from the dead. That's not my thing though.
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What year did the 2 piece neck discontinue?

Btw, I don't mind beat Peavey basses.....often that means they were good sounding/playing basses if they got used......I think the poly finish can sort of chip.

The main thing with me is I don't want a twisted neck or really worn frets....anything else I can easily deal with as these are simple basses by design.

Not like my 1997 Ibanez SR800 where you need Ibanez parts and its an active, 3 band EQ complicated setup!

Matter of fact I will gladly take neglected/battered Peavey guitars in general as long as the price is right....though I realize minty examples are still a bargain!
 
#42
Agree with everything you said, my big issue is that I already have to many resto projects sitting around not getting done....don't want to add more :)
As far as I have been able to tell, USA Fury's go like this...

Gen 1 - early body (T20ish body shape)/trapezoidal bridge/slant ferrite PUP/Peavey hat knobs/two piece neck/triangle sting tree - built 1983 - 1985
Gen 2 - early body?/L bridge/split P pup/std P knobs/two piece neck/triangle string tree - built 1985 - 1990
Gen 2 - slimmed body/L bridge/split P pup/std P knobs/one piece neck with maple board/tubular sting tree - built 1991 to 1995

I own the Gen 1 and Gen 3 and there is a pretty substantial difference in the hardware and pickguards between the two. Not that the Gen 3 is inferior quality - its not, You can just see that Peavey was taking cost out of the basses through this time. The one piece neck is also narrower at the nut and somewhat thinner. The finish on the early neck is gloss and on the one piece it is satin. Since I don't own a Gen 2 I am just going by pictures. I'm not sure if it has the old or new body. If somebody can confirm, would love to know.

I do know the early and later necks are interchangeable....both have microtilt and same neck pocket. In fact I think most Peavey necks of this era are interchangeable.
 
#43
Runnerman

Is absolutely right. I've seen far too many basses where ignorance has nearly goosed the bass. Last week it was a T-45 with
the TR nut jacked so far in it became a major job, think along the lines of needing the neck off,tuners off, cavity pear'd out
and a 40mm long socket to get at it. It's been clamped up since Saturday and fingers are still crossed:)

A fella who works on lots of Rics told that's why they don't come with TR keys,too many casualties from well intentioned but
uninformed folks.

But we're talking Peavey here and the good news is they're so well built that with care and attention they can come right again.

ShallowBayXI you did good.that's a fine bass you got yourself.

Congratulations brother:thumbsup:
 
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#44
Here's a follow up to my last post.

I've got shall we say a passion for Peaveys, there's all sorts here but no Fury. A glaring omission.
ShallowBayXI your recent good fortune spurred me on .

There were two up for grabs today. An 80s model that had been " Modded ",if you call hitting it with a
sander and hacking a huge hole in it to take a MM pickup as well as a DM. I call that butchery, oh and
the wiring was a botched job with volume loss when using both pups. As I said Well intentioned but
uninformed.

Thankfully I was outbid on that and 40 minutes later an early 90s one was on it's way to Scotland:)

And I meant to say That's one fine bass you got yourself.

Pictures will follow when it gets here from sunny California.
 
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#45
Just a little heads up,I,ve found I can do the Geddy fender sound very easily on a 84 Foundation and a clanky Entwistle all the way to deep thud.
They are gigging basses for people who gig/record,play a lot and of course all bass players whatever their ability.
Robust well finished,well thought out basses,great sound,great playability,good quality components and wood,bullet proof
It,s snobbishness-F can only make basses etc.
Get a well set up one with a good amp/cab set up and they will hold with anything out there-my experience Rick,musicman,t-bird,p-bass player oh and an early 80,s Aria pro 2,My go to for gigs is my Foundation with my Forum95 next.For recording it was always my musicman now it,s either Forum 95 or Foundation 84.
In my piccie is a white Forum95 and under my elbow is Orange basss terrrrrror and sp212 cab-life is good.
 
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So.. I wasn't terriblly happy with the condition of the bass, or well...It, to be honest. I went to the guitar center down the road and took it for a setup (despite what I thought at first, the neck was a banana) and some new strings, and ended up trading it in for an '89 red Foundation. It's a beautiful, great playing bass, and I got a setup for dirt cheap. Has two super ferrite pickups that sound great.
 
#47
Damn.

I'm sorry to hear that ShallowBay but again you done good trading for the Foundation. Another great bass from Peavey,there's
a 4 and a 5 string here plus another stripped for a build project.

But Man that breaks my heart about the Fury neck.Why so many Peavey necks end up bowed perplexes me, it's not the
materials used or the design and definitely not workmanship, that only leaves the owners.

Because the Peaveys were affordable did folks deem them unworthy of a proper set-up and tackle it themselves ?

Can I ask everyone " Put the Hex Key Down and Step Away From the Truss Rod ! "

Enjoy that Foundation .
 
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kodiakblair said:
Damn.

I'm sorry to hear that ShallowBay but again you done good trading for the Foundation. Another great bass from Peavey,there's
a 4 and a 5 string here plus another stripped for a build project.

But Man that breaks my heart about the Fury neck.Why so many Peavey necks end up bowed perplexes me, it's not the
materials used or the design and definitely not workmanship, that only leaves the owners.

Because the Peaveys were affordable did folks deem them unworthy of a proper set-up and tackle it themselves ?

Can I ask everyone " Put the Hex Key Down and Step Away From the Truss Rod ! "

Enjoy that Foundation .
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The problem I have encountered with many Peavey basses with the 2 piece necks, is they were never EVER adjusted even by the Peavey stores that sold them new.

I know of at least 2 long time Peavey dealers here in the Midwest, the heart of Peavey country, talking to several long time techs, they mentioned rarely ever adjusting Peavey trussrods.

I wonder if Peavey thought the 2 piece neck would rarely if ever need adjusting?

The 2 piece neck seems to resist twisting very well but I speculate it is more prone to bowing under string pressure.

Were the original Peavey strings very high tension?

I know of a near minty Peavey Fury from the late 80's sitting in a pawn shop for over $200 with what appears to be the original strings and indeed the neck is bowed but no more so than many I have seen.

Some of the modern techs have never adjusted a Peavey 2 piece neck....I know this for a fact talking to several at GC and other places.

I will probably make an offer on that minty Peavey Fury....it is a lightweight one and I am 99% certain I can adjust the trussrod once I remove a tiny bit of wood to fully access the trussrod nut with a thinwall socket...I always remove the string tree and the 'A' tuner as well so there is absolutely no issue getting full contact on the trussrod nut.
 
#51
I see where you're coming from David but I would have been surprised if the techs ever touched the truss rods.
In 35 years you'd be lucky if I adjusted a truss rod 3 or 4 times. They really don't need it after the 1st time.

Adjusting the TR seems to be the " To Do " thing buts it's not, I hear folks talking about it regular but as I fella said to recently
" It's like rewiring your house,you do it maybe once and you leave it to professionals :)". It's a misconception that you must get in there for the
perfect action,its designed for neck relief alone.

Here's an example of current thinking and I believe this fella was from somewhere in Europe so it's not just a US thing and this was on a split new bass.

" I couldn't get the action any lower so I gave the truss rod a FULL TURN and this helped but the next day I was getting fret buzz on the 12th to 14th
frets.The neck is obviously faulty so I returned the bass."

Another fella who works on Rickenbackers told that kind of thinking is the reason Rics don't come with TR keys

No-one talks about shimming necks or cutting nut slots heck even saddle height rarely gets a mention but adjusting the TR gets a shout every time.

Peavey necks aren't to blame be they 2 piece or not, heck I've an old single piece Westone Concord that never bowed, Folks playing with the TR are
to blame. Sure take your bass to a tech and he'll adjust the TR, Why ? cause 99% of the time somebody got there before him.

Set your bass up once then keep away from the TR. It'll thank you for it
 
#52
kodiakblair said:
I see where you're coming from David but I would have been surprised if the techs ever touched the truss rods.
In 35 years you'd be lucky if I adjusted a truss rod 3 or 4 times. They really don't need it after the 1st time.

Adjusting the TR seems to be the " To Do " thing buts it's not, I hear folks talking about it regular but as I fella said to recently
" It's like rewiring your house,you do it maybe once and you leave it to professionals :)". It's a misconception that you must get in there for the
perfect action,its designed for neck relief alone.

Here's an example of current thinking and I believe this fella was from somewhere in Europe so it's not just a US thing and this was on a split new bass.

" I couldn't get the action any lower so I gave the truss rod a FULL TURN and this helped but the next day I was getting fret buzz on the 12th to 14th
frets.The neck is obviously faulty so I returned the bass."

Another fella who works on Rickenbackers told that kind of thinking is the reason Rics don't come with TR keys

No-one talks about shimming necks or cutting nut slots heck even saddle height rarely gets a mention but adjusting the TR gets a shout every time.

Peavey necks aren't to blame be they 2 piece or not, heck I've an old single piece Westone Concord that never bowed, Folks playing with the TR are
to blame. Sure take your bass to a tech and he'll adjust the TR, Why ? cause 99% of the time somebody got there before him.

Set your bass up once then keep away from the TR. It'll thank you for it
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My point is Peavey 2 piece necks nearly always seem to have some bow.

The bowed 2 piece necks i've seen have never had a trussrod adjustment imo.........out of laziness or fear of "messing things up" the "techs or owners" left the bowed 2 piece necks alone, when they should have been tightened...that is my point.

And i've seen 100's of Peavey basses since 1978 (living in Peavey country) looking at basses with many dozens being used locally by their owners...often with way too much bow.

Nearly EVERYONE in my area played Peavey basses when they hit the market....Fenders basses were dead among local country players in the late 70's to mid 80's where I live.

The techs I have talked to have rarely attempted to adjust a Peavey 2 piece neck, even when they needed it.

I can usually tell quickly by removing the trussrod cover to see if the trussrod nut has been accessed.....in every case of a bowed neck so far, I have, from experience with 2 piece Peavey necks, reason to believe the necks were never adjusted when they should have been.

One possible reason being a "slight amount of wood needed to be removed to fully access the trussrod nut" and the string tree needing to be removed often as well if not the 'A' tuner.

Sure, a neck should only "need adjusting 1 or 2 times" but when switching between owners and between light & heavy tension strings, that sort of 'flies out the window'.

Another thing is the temperatures and humidity can vary to extremes in a matter of weeks or even days in my area and often for periods of 3 to 4 months at a time.....another reason the necks bowed and techs left them alone?
 
#53
I love my Peavey Fury but absolutely hate that when i need to adjust the truss rod i have to use a socket wrench and loosen the A and D strings and pull aside.
Luckily i havent had to remove the string tree but its a very tight fit.
 
#54
I'm going to bow to your experience there Dave.

Where your from it's no wonder nobody played Fender, we had a Wranger jeans factory local and nobody wore Levi's:)

If you say most Peavey necks are bowed then I'll believe you. I had it round the other way I reckoned it was too much
adjustment. Kinda explains why I've been clamping so many necks.Temperatures here in Scotland are reasonably constant
cool and damp so there's very little need to adjust.

It also goes some way to explaining why the USA Peavey I've bought here were ok but the some of the ones shipped from the States were out
of whack, most but not all.

Glad I can now blame the techs cause I wasn't gonna blame Peavey:D That just goes against the grain. A fella has just offered me a Forum.
I'll know within the hour if it's a goer :hyper:
 
#55
The Forum came home with me.:thumbsup:
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Just checked my serial number with the wiki site, and my number coincides with a 1989 build date but mine has the tubular instead of the triangle string tree. I wonder if they did both? It definitely has a 2 piece neck. Any suggestions for a bridge replacement? Found some black schaller M4S and would like to go black for the bridge and a tort pick guard.
 
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kodiakblair said:
The Forum came home with me.:thumbsup:
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DUDE!

Love the red with black guard.

Final about the bowed necks.....it can stay wintery for 3 months straight where I live and can get very dry inside...then the very wet spring sets in often times.....don't get me wrong, many of those Peavey necks were not bowed "that severely"..... but I must mention another thing......

Once the high quality Japan guitars started showing up in the late 70's and 80's, I don't recall nearly as many bowed necks on those import basses......and I've spent a LOT of time in pawn shops and used guitar stores since the early 80's (on & off).

I still contend many folks were afraid of that Peavey trussrod nut......another reason is I have seen very little fret wear and a LOT of minty virtually unplayed Peavey basses.......maybe as the 80's & 90's progressed, folks moved back to Fender as well as the Japan brands plus Kramer and Charvel etc and the Peaveys went under the bed.

Its all good for us vintage Peavey lovers though... surely lots are still in closets.....I'm looking for that minty T40 that is lightweight or a beat one for stupid cheap!!

Maybe even a Forum!
 
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Landsharks said:
Just checked my serial number with the wiki site, and my number coincides with a 1989 build date but mine has the tubular instead of the triangle string tree. I wonder if they did both? It definitely has a 2 piece neck. Any suggestions for a bridge replacement? Found some black schaller M4S and would like to go black for the bridge and a tort pick guard.
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What color is this Fury?

My white 87 Fury has a Chandler tort guard w/ black headstock and all black hardware....looks killer....I will post pics when I can figure out how!
 
#60
Just put a 1st Gen Fury on layaway!!

Its lightweight, little fretwear, the neck is not too bowed (Yay!) and overall it is in very good condition.

Cant wait to plug that single Super Ferrite pickup in!

Love the clear satin ash body & maple neck......this makes 3 pre 1990 Peavey USA basses for me......super excited....now I need to sell a piece of gear to get it off layaway soon (my rule these days).

Truly one of the cleanest 1st Gen Fury I have seen in many years!
 

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