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Peavey US Made Millennium Basses

#142
musicelectronix said:
How can you tell these basses if they were made in US? I see no markers or other stuff.
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As cb56 pointed out the two most reliable ways are the scale lenght and the imported models carry the "BXP" suffix. Originally, all Millenniums were made in USA so there was no need to label them as such. Since Peavey was not selling as many for as high a price as they needed to keep making them in Mississippi, Peavey decided to build them overseas. The BXP was added to the imported basses.

fourstringbliss - 5 string Plus models pop up in the TB classifieds, eBay and www.daddys.com (Daddy's Junky Music) pretty often - keep a lookout and you'll find a nice one before too long at a pretty nice price.
 
#143
dangnewt said:
fourstringbliss - 5 string Plus models pop up in the TB classifieds, eBay and www.daddys.com (Daddy's Junky Music) pretty often - keep a lookout and you'll find a nice one before too long at a pretty nice price.
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I know, and I love that! It isn't the lack of Millennium Plus 5's - it's my general lack of cash that's keeping me from having one! I'm stuck on Peavey's now.
 
#145
While searching around here and Peavey's site I was able to find a copy of ad brochure and pdf of owners manual that will answer any questions about USA Millenniums.
I saved this to my computer as a jpeg and it's readable. Not sure why my photo bucket account sizes it smaller.
millenniumbro1.jpg

and you can get the owner's manual here.
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#146
cb56 said:
While searching around here and Peavey's site I was able to find a copy of ad brochure and pdf of owners manual that will answer any questions about USA Millenniums.
I saved this to my computer as a jpeg and it's readable. Not sure why my photo bucket account sizes it smaller.
millenniumbro1.jpg

and you can get the owner's manual here.
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Good find! I normally do not fancy active basses, but I am strongly considering getting one of these.
 
#147
musicelectronix said:
Good find! I normally do not fancy active basses, but I am strongly considering getting one of these.
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Another thing to help you in your consideration is the fact that these basses have active pickup blending. Passive basses and basses that have active preamps matched with passive pickups have passive blending, which essentially gives you neck, both, and bridge pickup settings - with no real transitional sounds. Both the preamp and the pickups on the Millenniums are active, so you get a full range of sounds when you turn that blend knob.

The mid-frequency knob also makes it possible to get almost any tone you're looking for. I can go from woofy old school to cutting modern just by turning one knob.
 
#149
fourstringbliss said:
Another thing to help you in your consideration is the fact that these basses have active pickup blending. Passive basses and basses that have active preamps matched with passive pickups have passive blending, which essentially gives you neck, both, and bridge pickup settings - with no real transitional sounds. Both the preamp and the pickups on the Millenniums are active, so you get a full range of sounds when you turn that blend knob.

The mid-frequency knob also makes it possible to get almost any tone you're looking for. I can go from woofy old school to cutting modern just by turning one knob.
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Then I should proceed with hunting stage :)
 
#151
cb56 said:
Are you looking for a 4 string or 5?
Here's a 4 string but it's the version with two Jazz pickups instead of the J/MM.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=395951&highlight=millennium
And there's a 5 sring here
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just type in Millennium and set the age selection to one month and you'll see the ad.
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I am looking for a 4 string and I almost bought the one sold here. actually, it was around the same time that I post "how can we tell Peavey USA basses from others?" question. But it seems it was sold (pending payment).

As far as the other websites goes, I really do not trust them as I trust TB'er gear for the bass guitars. I purchase pedals, amps, etc from anywhere, but I would only purchase a bass either at TB or locally.
 
#153
Yeah man those things are sick. I'm most likely getting one before the month is up, I've played the cheap ones too and those are filthy. I can't understand how some one could not like this bass. You can honestly use it for any style of playing. John Campbell plays with one of these. I've used it for some blues and punk stuff. No joke this thing is a monster.
 
#154
dogbass said:
Well, that one is actually on its way to Louisiana ! CB56...where can I find a larger picture of that Millennium ad ? I always wondered what all the stock colors were.
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oops sorry, I didn't go and read the whole thread. Actually I think that 5 string was up for sale here at tb for awhile, because I was considering buying it at one time. I remember the bent volume knob's shaft.

I found that ad here at talkbass while searching for Millennium info. I don't remember which thread though, I just saved it to my computerat the time. I will look for it again. I would be happy to email you the file if you want.
 
#159
Help Millennium fans! This morning I discovered a problem with the tuner on the D string on my fiver. Kind of ironic since we were just discussing tuners! This is a USA standard 5 with a birdseye neck and matching headstock and by the recent pics these appear to be the Gotoh tuners. The post that the string wraps around had become loose and the string was sort of dangling with no tension on it. I could pull the post right out of the tuner. The bottom of the post seemed to be have a threaded insert (sorry, bifocals) and I was able to thread it back on, tighten it (clockwise) by putting a screwdriver thru the top part and turning it. BUT when I tried to re-string, the tension from the counterclockwise string pull unscrewed the post and I was again left with no tension and I was unable to tune to D. Is there a quick fix, is replacement needed, or ?? Any help would be much appreciated; I can do pics tomorrow if necessary... Thanks/Petch
 
#160
musicelectronix said:
I am looking for a 4 string and I almost bought the one sold here. actually, it was around the same time that I post "how can we tell Peavey USA basses from others?" question. But it seems it was sold (pending payment).

As far as the other websites goes, I really do not trust them as I trust TB'er gear for the bass guitars. I purchase pedals, amps, etc from anywhere, but I would only purchase a bass either at TB or locally.
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Definitely shoot for another one when you find one! I think I might just be finished with my brand hunt - I'm a Peavey man now! When I compare this to the MIA Fender Jazz I used to own the build quality is very comparable. I prefer the vintage body shape of the Jazz. I prefer the hardware, weight (about 9 lbs), neck profile, and tonal variety of the Peavey. It's amazing what I got for my $400!

Some are going to say the bridge pickup is too close to the bridge - I would agree, but only if you want to solo the bridge pickup. Since the blending is active you can use the bridge pickup as another tone control, adding more cut and growl to your taste.

The neck is rounded from about the 9th fret to the nut, but tapers to flat from about the 9th fret on, which makes fretting higher notes a breeze. I assume they can do this because of the carbon fiber rods helping the truss rod keep the neck stiff. Too cool!
 

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