Peavey Millennium BXP 4 Upgraded

[Lumdingo]

I would go for the brass nut it would look great and allow you to tailor it to your own taste, but don't expect a huge sonic difference.

Good to know. Yeah, apparently the nut on these BXP's is HOLLOW PLASTIC! That's sad. I have no idea why they would cuta corner like that. I can't imagine they saved even a penny by doing that. Weird. The brass nut will happen eventually.

 

[Lumdingo]

I love the simple layout. It's super clean but elegant at the same time. Great stuff!

Thank you. It's so pretty that I want to play it all the time now. I have a trans blue one that's getting a similar treatment, but with flat wounds for when my fingers are sore. Then I'll be getting a third one which I'll string with piccolo bass strings.

 

[Chico Ruger]

This bass was already one of the nicest basses I've ever played, but now with new Bartolini's, Gotoh Tuners, Gotoh high mass bridge, gold knobs and some repairs to the finish, this $200 (Canadian) second hand beater is sooooo nice. I love the punchy Jaco-like Jazz growl and the amazingly thin and fast neck. I couldn't be happier.

Beauty.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Lumdingo, the hollow plastic nut is de riguer for most cheaper basses nowdays, sad but true. All my fender style basses get a bone nut ASAP.

 

[TimB 619]

You don't have to replace pots when swapping pickups, unless they don't work. Just wondered if you did. Bass looks beautiful BTW. I have have two of them, and I love them.

 

[Lumdingo]

Lumdingo, the hollow plastic nut is de riguer for most cheaper basses nowadays, sad but true. All my fender style basses get a bone nut ASAP.

I'm with you on that. Ebony wears out too quickly and brass may be a bit harsh sounding, so from what I hear, bone is the best material to use. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Lumdingo]

You don't have to replace pots when swapping pickups, unless they don't work. Just wondered if you did. Bass looks beautiful BTW. I have have two of them, and I love them.

Thank you. Good to know. I can't afford to make any more mods to this bass right now, so I'm just hand sanding and cutting a spalted maple ramp for it now. I might dye the ramp to match the fret board, but I'm not sure.

 

[Rumbles]

Hmm, there is a cheap one selling locally, not as nice looking as Lumdingo's, worth a look at though.

 

[Lumdingo]

I made a faux control plate for it out of ebony, drilled bevelled holes for the screws, cut the heads off some black screws and glued them in, and then affixed the plate to my bass with double sided tape. Yeah it's cosmetic, but I love the look of it. I just had the frets dressed after I dyed the fretboard darker and richer using Fiebings leather dye and fretboard oil, and then popped in some beautiful Bartolini 9CBJD L3/S3 pickups I got from "Luke Warm Water" here on TalkBass, and then strung it up with some awesome new D'Addario super light gauge flat wounds. This bass is now a killer smooth jazz machine while the tabacco burst is s growly rock monster.

Sorry for the mess. It's a house cleaning day.

 

[kodiakblair]

@Lumdingo

That's a nice bit of work you've done on these often maligned Peaveys. Got a couple of the active models
myself and happen to think they fare well against the USA Peaveys. The necks are outstanding,bought a few
when Peavey UK closed down couple of year back.

Have to admit here that I'm pro Peavey,sharing the house with 33 of I can hardly be anything else.

Will be keeping an eye out for further posts regarding the piccolo one when you get around to it.

Keep up the good work brother

 

[Lumdingo]

@Lumdingo

That's a nice bit of work you've done on these often maligned Peaveys. Got a couple of the active models
myself and happen to think they fare well against the USA Peaveys. The necks are outstanding,bought a few
when Peavey UK closed down couple of year back.

Have to admit here that I'm pro Peavey,sharing the house with 33 of I can hardly be anything else.

Will be keeping an eye out for further posts regarding the piccolo one when you get around to it.

Keep up the good work brother

Awesome. Yeah I've played hundreds of basses in my years and these 32" Peavey Millenniums are my favourites so far. My only compliant is that I wish they were 24 fret.

I already have an amazing piccolo bass. It's a slightly modified Ibanez 600NT (swamp ash with a spalted maple ramp and long scale piccolo strings.) it sounds absolutely incredible and has the lowest action of any bass I've ever played in my life.

Here's my Ibanez.



and

 

[kodiakblair]

@Lumdingo

32" Scale Millenniums ?

I've only found 34" & 35" myself but if you every see an active BXP Grind PJ model, it has a 24 fret neck.
The neck on those is a bolt on so you could swap them,good chance you'd be moving the bridge saddles
though.

This is the type of Grind I mean

Peavey Grind BXP Bass Bolt On Neck P/J Pickups w/ Case Rare

 

[Lumdingo]

@Lumdingo

32" Scale Millenniums ?

I've only found 34" & 35" myself but if you every see an active BXP Grind PJ model, it has a 24 fret neck.
The neck on those is a bolt on so you could swap them,good chance you'd be moving the bridge saddles
though.

This is the type of Grind I mean

Peavey Grind BXP Bass Bolt On Neck P/J Pickups w/ Case Rare

My bad. That was a typo. I meant 34". Very interesting idea, swapping the necks. I'll have to try that. Neeto! Thanks!

 

[Lumdingo]

@Lumdingo

32" Scale Millenniums ?

I've only found 34" & 35" myself but if you every see an active BXP Grind PJ model, it has a 24 fret neck.
The neck on those is a bolt on so you could swap them,good chance you'd be moving the bridge saddles
though.

This is the type of Grind I mean

Peavey Grind BXP Bass Bolt On Neck P/J Pickups w/ Case Rare

PS - I didn't quite catch that you have THIRTY THREE PEAVEYS in your collection! Amazing! I want to collect a few myself. The T-40 in white is high in my list despite its fat neck.

 

[kodiakblair]

@Lumdingo

Yeah there's 33 but sadly no T-40 in white One's on my list too.

The thing about Peavey necks is they're easily swapped. I've had T-40 necks on Patriots and Foundations
and Millennium necks on Foundations and Zodiacs. That was the beauty of Mr H going for CNC from the start,
the neck pockets are all roughly the same. Course we're talking about wood so there is tiny variables but I've
encountered no great problems. Bridge position is the main factor and it can be solved by moving or using
different length saddle screws.

Time's getting late here in Scotland so I'll bid you Good night and leave with a photo of some of my Peaveys.

 

[Rumbles]

I got dicked around by the seller, so I never got the bass. It would have been a good project putting the Bart pickups in...

 

[mtdkingstonheir]

kodiakblair - that's one beautiful collection of Peaveys. Wow!!

 

[TimB 619]

Since the Gotoh 201 bridge has fatter saddles than the stock bridge, did you have any trouble getting your action set, or did you need to shim the neck?