Peavey Grind Question

Pretty easy to find.... mostly an overlooked bass, I think.

 

There certainly won't be as many as fenders but as people point out they are not that uncommon. They are decent for as cheap as they are. They focus on construction and most came stock with unremarkable passive electronics. With an aftermarket preamp they will sound much better IMO. I also believe they are 35" scale so they have a different feel than a fender or F-style bass. A little more string tention and a little more space between the frets.

 

I thought when you asked "are these basses that good that people just don't sell them or are there just not that many out there" (?) that you were talking about Grinds in general.
Maybe they just did not make that many 4-string ones.

 

Pretty good basses, usually can get low action/fast neck combo. I prefer the original run made in Vietnam,YMMV.

 

I had a five string Grind eight or nine years ago. It was a nice enough bass for what I paid for it new. As stated previously, the stock electronics are pretty mediocre. The one I had did have a nice low action and was fun to play. I would imagine that there are a lot of them out there, but maybe the fact you aren't seeing many on the used market would indicate that a large percentage of the people who buy them hang on to them.

 

The OP is only interested in 4-string Grinds

 

As stated above, built quality is quite good. Electronics are average at best. Good pre's can fix it up though.

 

I got a Peavey Grind years ago and love it..sounds great and the action is so low and the neck so thin it's easy to play. Only reason I don't use it much anymore is I've gotten more comfortable with a 5 string.....Grind is on far right in the pic....it's the older version with the scalloped horn.

 

They're great basses for the money. Most people that get them hold on to them, mainly since they're inexpensive. Not much value to try to sell. I have a 5 and 6 string currently. Got new pups and pre I'm installing in the 5 this weekend. The electronics are the weakest link.

 

I am just a beginner. But I have jet black peavey grind 4. And it is very comfortable, even for my small hands and I am only 5'5" and pretty skinny too It is solid but not too heavy. as I said, even fore me it is comfy.

 

I have a 4 string Grind that I bought new from GC about 6 or 7 years ago. It's a great bass for the price. The finish has a couple of minor flaws but they are on the back and I'm talking small and not very noticeable. I did get a small crack on the headstock where one of the tuning pegs is but I don't know if it's just in the finish or how far deep it goes.

The neck is great. Thin and fast. The pickups are weak and this is my biggest complaint. Not as loud as my Fender P and they don't seem very aggressive or growly as I imagined soap bars to be.

 

As a teen in the early 2000's, I always thought they looked so cool. A friend of mine nearly, bought one on several occasions off ebay, but, never followed through.

 

My grind 5 was the single most Comfortable bass I ever had, but it sounded boring. I had no trouble with the 35" scale.

 

Thr Grind is a great bass. Been playing it happily for years,never knew it was a 35" until somebody told me
Sold in high numbers here in Europe so they're reasonably common.My trusty Vietnamese BXP on the left.

 

Nice collection! Is the red one in the middle one of the basic bolt-on models? How does it compare with your ntb?

 

@Artman
The red in the middle is the short lived USA model,think they were available for about 30 months. Might surprise some folks but it doesn't fare well against the BXP NTB It has a very nice metallic finish but that's about it's best point, decent neck like all Peaveys Sound wise the pickups are quite weak and the 2 band preamp is nothing special. The 4 string version was an active PJ, again nothing to write home about.

Of my 53 Peavey basses the USA Grind ranks in the "meh" zone. There's just nothing about them stands out.

 

I had one- output was noticeably very weak, the neck felt pretty good on it, but the bass was a little on the heavy side.
I ended up trading it because I found something better.