PV Dynabass info

[jimfriar]

I picked up a PV Dynabass today - bolt on - super ferrite p/ups - switch for active or passive. White finish with gold hdware.It is a really nice bass !! I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it out - and it was cheap - so I scooped it up. I think these were an early 80's model. Anyone know what they sold for new ? Any info/opinions about them out there ?

 

[pilotjones]

If you go to Peavey's forum and ask there, the Peavey rep will tell you the original list price, the date to go with your s/n, etc. They gave me info on a Unity Dynabass I was looking at.

 

[Anti_Wish]

may be a cheap-o but, pics? post em if ya got em

 

[rogerbmiller]

Congrats on your purchase. Dyna Basses are fantastic basses. I am still trying to score one-- just waiting for the rigt one to jump out at me.

IMO Peavey is one of the best values for basses, period. Dyna's are a great example of how much value Peavey packs in low price tag. I recently picked up an Axcelerator fretless (NOS) and it is amazing. Really light weight, great feel and sounds great- nice and mellow.

Enjoy!

BTW, going by a vague memory, I think they listed for around $400 new.

 

[Philbiker]

Not early 80s, late 80s.

I used to have a 1989 Dyna-Bass 5. Made in USA, top shelf Shaller hardware, Ultra-durable high quality Charcoal Grey Metallic paint job, Super Ferrite pickups, actvie/passive switch. Great bass, fantastic neck. I played the HELL out of that thing in club bands, recorded with it and it never let me down, not once. It recorded really well.

There were a wide variety of them at different price ranges. The neck-through "unity" ones were most expensive, they evolved into the "TL-5" and "TL-6" (which grew to today's Cirrus line). Mine was a bolt-on 5 string, listed at $900, bought new in 1989 $600.

Good find.

 

[pilotjones]

Not early 80s, late 80s.

I used to have a 1989 Dyna-Bass 5. Made in USA, top shelf Shaller hardware, Ultra-durable high quality Charcoal Grey Metallic paint job, Super Ferrite pickups, actvie/passive switch. Great bass, fantastic neck. I played the HELL out of that thing in club bands, recorded with it and it never let me down, not once. It recorded really well.

There were a wide variety of them at different price ranges. The neck-through "unity" ones were most expensive, they evolved into the "TL-5" and "TL-6" (which grew to today's Cirrus line). Mine was a bolt-on 5 string, listed at $900, bought new in 1989 $600.

Good find.

That's interesting. The Unity Dynabass (four string) that I was interested in was 1989 or 1990, koa neck-thru w/purpleheart laminations, solid koa body, oil finish but passive w/plain P/J pups and gold hardware, listed for only $719.

 

[Philbiker]

Unity 4 string I remember those! I didn't like the P/J pickup configuration on them, and I vaguely remember that the unity 5 string was -very- tough to find until the "TL" came out in something like 91? Back then 5-string was a smaller market and almost still a novelty.

 

[ZonPlyr]

I had a dyna bass 5 back in the late 80's also. Jet black with chrome hardware. Played like a dream and I did 100's of gigs with it and never had a problem with it. I seem to remember paying about $450 for it used but got way more out of it. Sold it to a guy in '92 who is still using it.

 

[davepack]

I had a Dynabass as my second bass (upgraded from an epiphone). I never had any problems with it, sounded great, played great, etc. Eventually I switched to a Ric, I liked the wider nut, but for the money, you couldn't really beat a dynabass.

 

[WoodyG3]

I tried to score a nice Dynabass with a koa body a few months ago, but I got outbid on eBay. I like Peaveys in general, and Dynabasses seem to be quite nice. Used Peaveys are a great value, imho.

 

[jimfriar]

It's a 1986 - and retail for it was $729.50. I posted on the PV Forum and a Rep answered. I paid $300 CDN

 

[Philbiker]

thanks for the follow-up!

 

[jgsbass]

I have 2 FOUNDATIONS with the Superferrite pickups. I love those pickups, almost like a Jbass on steroids.

 

[Philbiker]

I love those pickups, almost like a Jbass on steroids.

Very apt description.

 

[jimfriar]

Is the Dynabass a Foundation with active elec. and gold hdware ?

 

[Th9nker]

Here is mine:

I am the original owner, flamed maple, neck-thru, ebony board, active pre-amp with three band EQ... Schaller hardware...

I just ordered from Peavey an original replacement battery cover... Gotta love their customer service....

 

[pilotjones]

Here is mine:

I am the original owner, flamed maple, neck-thru, ebony board, active pre-amp with three band EQ... Schaller hardware...

I just ordered from Peavey an original replacement battery cover... Gotta love their customer service....

Those oval marker inlays make it look like the TL basses that followed.

 

[embellisher]

Is the Dynabass a Foundation with active elec. and gold hdware ?

Sort of. The Dynabass evolved out of the Foundation, and some of the 4 string Dyna versions have the same super ferrite pickups.

The Dynabass gradually evolved from a modernized pro quality Foundation to what later became the TL5, TL6, Sarzo, and Cirrus lines.

There are bolt on Dynas, which are most closely related to the Foundation.

There is the Unity series, which is basically Peavey's term for neck through, and those are more closely related to the Sarzo and TL5/6.

 

[BassFiddle63]

1991 Peavey Unity Series (passive) ... Koa/Purpleheart

 

[Blackbird]

Those oval marker inlays make it look like the TL basses that followed.

I used to own a 5 string TL bass and the stock electronics were identical to those of a Dyna Bass. It even had "Dyna Bass" printed on the circuitboard.