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Peavey US Made Millennium Basses
- Thread starter phallpdx
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Got the bass home and had a chance to play it for a while. I prefer the look of the pau ferro, but the maple fretboard definitely sounds better. The MM pickup is stil middy (as one would expect) but it's a smoother middyness, if that makes any sense. That snarkyness is gone.
Hey FourStringBliss, I have a Peavey Millennium 5+ that used to be yours. Peacock Blue with Pau Ferro. I bought it from David Wilson. I've kept the flatwounds on it.
I also was Peaveyless for a while. I used to have one exactly like the one you just got, tigereye with maple fretboard. I got rid of it because I felt like I couldn't bring the brightness down to my liking. Now I'm realizing that I just needed to put different strings on it. Oh well, you live and learn. It turned out all right. I now have your old one.
Any way, I was trying some amps out at GC yesterday with the Millennium and just for kicks I asked about the trade in value of my bass. $125 was their first offer and after I asked the guy if he was joking he bumped it up to $175.
It's hard to believe that anyone trades in their instruments to them at that rate.
-JK
I also was Peaveyless for a while. I used to have one exactly like the one you just got, tigereye with maple fretboard. I got rid of it because I felt like I couldn't bring the brightness down to my liking. Now I'm realizing that I just needed to put different strings on it. Oh well, you live and learn. It turned out all right. I now have your old one.
Any way, I was trying some amps out at GC yesterday with the Millennium and just for kicks I asked about the trade in value of my bass. $125 was their first offer and after I asked the guy if he was joking he bumped it up to $175.
It's hard to believe that anyone trades in their instruments to them at that rate.-JK
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Any way, I was trying some amps out at GC yesterday with the Millennium and just for kicks I asked about the trade in value of my bass. $125 was their first offer and after I asked the guy if he was joking he bumped it up to $175.
-JK
Wow, even knowing that it was the USA not the BXP? That is good to know, next time I'm looking at used basses that they might be into the bass for 30-40% of the asking price. I know they have to cover expenses and make a profit; but knowing how much room is in the price would certainly strenghten my negotiating position.
Yeah, he knew. Part of the problem is that he checked Ebay and saw how much that red four string USA Millennium just went for. It truly is amazing how low the resale value of Cirrus' and USA Millenniums are. It's at least comforting to know that the Millenniums have a cult following here on TalkBass. At lease some people know how awesome they are.
-JK
You ever heard of Flat Stanley? He's this paper cut out of a boy doll that is mailed from one school to another and is used to teach kids geography.Hey FourStringBliss, I have a Peavey Millennium 5+ that used to be yours. Peacock Blue with Pau Ferro. I bought it from David Wilson. I've kept the flatwounds on it.
I also was Peaveyless for a while. I used to have one exactly like the one you just got, tigereye with maple fretboard. I got rid of it because I felt like I couldn't bring the brightness down to my liking. Now I'm realizing that I just needed to put different strings on it. Oh well, you live and learn. It turned out all right. I now have your old one.
Any way, I was trying some amps out at GC yesterday with the Millennium and just for kicks I asked about the trade in value of my bass. $125 was their first offer and after I asked the guy if he was joking he bumped it up to $175.
-JK
That bass is Flat Millennium Plus 5! Give it a good home - it's been through three owners in less than a year. It's got to be a bit sad at this point.
Do you like those flatwounds? They're Sadowsky Flats. I put those on all of my basses. Zooberwerx sent my new Mill+5 with a brand new set of Sadowsky Bright Nickels - I don't know if I'm going to use them. This bass sounds so good with the Sad Flats!
The low Peavey resale value is great if you want into a Peavey - not so good if you want out. It's a good thing that I'm a Peavey fan for good!
Don't worry. Very few basses can tempt me now. Future asperations might be a USA Cirrus or a Tobias Growler 5 but I certainly wouldn't sell my Millennium to get them. No, I'm done being a one bass man.
I love them. They have surprising clarity plus I like the tension of the strings.
True. I wonder if the USA millenniums will ever gain in value again due to their limited nature. Eh . . . probably not. The Cirrus line is too similar.
I'm with you! Believe it or not I think I'm going to make my next bass a Variax bass. I used to own one and it sounded good - I just didn't want it to be my main bass. My Mill+5 will be my main one.
That's what I found! Lots of character to the tone and the tension is perfect.
I think Peavey could take a strong position in the market, but they don't stick with an instrument line long enough or advertise enough, either.
The Millenniums when first introduced were essentially a bolt-on version of the Cirrus with upgraded electronics. When they were discontinued, Peavey began offering the Millennium preamp as an included upgrade in the Cirrus custom shop models, ths making Cirri essenially neck through versions of the Millenniums with dual VFL humbuckers vs. the Millennium's single and VFL configuration. 
Changing the subject: Anyone besides me, John Campbell and Marco Mendoza using their Millenniums to play metal
(I know Rudy Sarzo and David Ellefson use Cirri)?
If you do, please share what works for you and what doesn't with regard to bass and amp settings.
Changing the subject: Anyone besides me, John Campbell and Marco Mendoza using their Millenniums to play metal
(I know Rudy Sarzo and David Ellefson use Cirri)?If you do, please share what works for you and what doesn't with regard to bass and amp settings.
I dunno, even though they have similar electronics, I wouldn't really call the Cirrus and Millennium n/t or b/o versions of each other.
Peavey just doesn't advertise or put enough muscle behind the good stuff. They don't really seek out artists either. I know when I tried to get some sort of endorsement, I was basically ignored on all fronts.
Peavey just doesn't advertise or put enough muscle behind the good stuff. They don't really seek out artists either. I know when I tried to get some sort of endorsement, I was basically ignored on all fronts.
The necks are a little on different the two basses, I give you that.
I hear you with the endorsements. I think, in reality, Campbell and Mendoza have long since moved on to other endorsement deals though Peavey continues to use those bassists' names and images to sell basses; BXPs to boot which are instruments that Campbell and Mendoza never played. The instruments they actually endorsed stopped being manufactured six years ago. A little dishonest if you ask me.
At least Junior has been seen playing his sig, but I more often see him in a band setting with a Cirrus or active deluxe Fenders these days. I think he does use an all Peavey rig.
I hear you with the endorsements. I think, in reality, Campbell and Mendoza have long since moved on to other endorsement deals though Peavey continues to use those bassists' names and images to sell basses; BXPs to boot which are instruments that Campbell and Mendoza never played. The instruments they actually endorsed stopped being manufactured six years ago. A little dishonest if you ask me.
At least Junior has been seen playing his sig, but I more often see him in a band setting with a Cirrus or active deluxe Fenders these days. I think he does use an all Peavey rig.
The Cirrus being the exception. They've made that flagship model for ten years now.
Who would know, though? I get GC, Sweetwater, Zzounds, and Music123 catalogs and the only Peavey's I see are Millennium BXP's and the new Zodiacs.
The Millenniums when first introduced were essentially a bolt-on version of the Cirrus with upgraded electronics. When they were discontinued, Peavey began offering the Millennium preamp as an included upgrade in the Cirrus custom shop models, ths making Cirri essenially neck through versions of the Millenniums with dual VFL humbuckers vs. the Millennium's single and VFL configuration.
Changing the subject: Anyone besides me, John Campbell and Marco Mendoza using their Millenniums to play metal
If you do, please share what works for you and what doesn't with regard to bass and amp settings.
Don't you think the humbuckers on the Cirrus are different from the bridge pickup on the Millennium though? To my ears, when I solo the bridge pickup on my Millennium, it has more low end but less defined growl (especially on the low B) than when I solo the bridge pickup on my Cirrus. What do you all think?
Does it bother anyone else that the plastic on the 2 pickups looks mismatched. The surface of the humbucker is more matte than the jazz pickup. Has anyone else noticed this? Maybe I'm must a little too anal retentive. It's certainly a very minor complaint for an overall AWESOME bass.
I might have to sacrifice a paycheck for one of these. I saw one in Sam Ashhole a couple of years ago and it was going for about $800. If I'd had $800 then I would've snagged it, but damn, $450-$600 for a 5 string Millenium is way to good to pass up.
I know people that will not own a Peavey solely because it's a Peavey, They've never been able to shake the bad reputation they got in the 80s as being crappy basses.
One friend of mine was a regional manager for MARS music and he refused to distribute Peavey, and I quote "I'm not gonna let my stores carry those pieces of crap." He must never had gotten his hands on a Cirrus.
Changing the subject: Anyone besides me, John Campbell and Marco Mendoza using their Millenniums to play metal
If you do, please share what works for you and what doesn't with regard to bass and amp settings.
I saw Lamb a little over a year ago and when I saw them John Campbell wasn't using a Millenium. He was using an ESP/LTD, or a Jackson. I'm not sure which but I do know it was one of those 3 and wasn't a Peavey.
