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The Official Peavey Thread!!!!

#321
Dr. Cheese said:
I've owned a bunch of basses, and this Millennium may be the best playing bass I have ever owned. The tone is super flexible which can be a pain sometimes because I have to really remember the settings. I guess everything has its price.:cool:
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That's the same trip with my Dynabass Unity- too many choices for EQ! I put some new Alchemy strings on it but never seem to play it lately.

I have another bass with 2-band active EQ, but it's much more straight-ahead. I play it all the time. I suppose I'll get back to the Peavey... glad you like your Mil though.
 
#323
Scott in Dallas said:
That's precisely why I'm changing the pickups out on my Foundation S. I prefer a straight ahead old school tone, but nothing plays better than the Peavey.
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I keep sort of going on about this when I get a chance, but I put a DiMarzio Model-1 in my Schecter Stiletto- best thing I ever did to a bass.

I may do it to my DynaBass Untiy too. Or something else- including pulling the preamp. It's just to much hi-fi. I'm on the page with that.

But it's an unbelievable player.
 
#325
I bought a Fender Original '62 for mine, and I'm going to try to find a single coil Jazz to go with it. I may try to find an SX pickup, as those sound great. I'll probably wire up new pots to it just so I can take it back to stock later.

Doing it with a Dynabass Unity would be tough. What do you do with the extra three holes? :)

And thank you. I've been gassing for a Foundation for about 22 years now.
 
#326
Scott in Dallas said:
Doing it with a Dynabass Unity would be tough. What do you do with the extra three holes? :)
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I'd make a pickguard, and make sure it covered the holes. I made one for my Schecter out of a pice of Luaun plywood for such a reason: Cut out the shape, sanded it 'till "smooth", then puored a mix of Epoxy over it and let it set. Then I power-sanded off a layer of the (1/4") plywood to make it a little thinner. This did, however, cause it to warp, and I had to make sure I flattened it when I screwed it to the body. Then wet-sand/spray-paint/wet-sand/spray-paint until happy. Finally, screw th' beyatch on. See, now there are only three knobs instead of the stock four:
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Scott in Dallas said:
And thank you. I've been gassing for a Foundation for about 22 years now.
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I wanted a Foundation when I went to Berklee... and watched another kid walk out with it one day- Sun-Fire Red it was. I was destroyed for a minute... but the one I really wanted I eventually got. Good for you, you finally got it!
 
#328
KPJ said:
If you have never played a USA made Millennium and you come across one, try it, you may end up liking it and end up with a bass that compares favorably, if not better than a lot of other USA made basses at a fraction of the price.
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I've had four Peaveys, and still own three. I've also owned a couple Fenders and I consider the quality and workmanship to be very equivalent across the two brands, considering original list price. When you start to consider used prices of Peaveys in that light it's easy to see why they are such a bargain. I've never had a Fender or a Peavey crap out on me in a gig. I have had one Peavey with a flawed neck.
 
#329
Count Bassie said:
I may do it to my DynaBass Untiy too. Or something else- including pulling the preamp. It's just to much hi-fi. I'm on the page with that.

But it's an unbelievable player.
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Same reason I sold my 5 string Dyna-Bass which probably has the same pre in it. GREAT tone, it recorded EXTREMELY well, but too hi-fi for me. I replaced it with a passive USA Jazz V, which I consider to be the DB's equal in everything, contruction, tone, playability, just the passive EQ and sinple single coil pickups are more my style.
 
#331
Had a minor problem with the Fender pickup, and I ended up putting a Reverend split coil in my Foundation. It's got a little nicer tone, and the bark and the dynamics of the bass are still there, too. The G string sounds a little compressed to me. I think it's either the string retainer or I just need to bring it up some. Sounds freaking awesome, though. I really have to replace this Jazz in the bridge, though. Not a big fan of humbucking jazz pickups.
 
#332
Scott in Dallas said:
Had a minor problem with the Fender pickup, and I ended up putting a Reverend split coil in my Foundation. It's got a little nicer tone, and the bark and the dynamics of the bass are still there, too. The G string sounds a little compressed to me. I think it's either the string retainer or I just need to bring it up some. Sounds freaking awesome, though. I really have to replace this Jazz in the bridge, though. Not a big fan of humbucking jazz pickups.
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YOur Foundation, that's passive, right? I know, I'm supposed to know that, this is the Peavey thread! Okay, I remember it is.

I can't decide if I want to change out my p'ups or sell my Dyna-Bass Unity. If I keep it, it's losing the p'ups and preamp... glad your Reverends worked out. You can buy those 'aftermarket'?
 
#333
They had 'em on closeout about a year ago when they stopped making basses. I bought a couple.

The Foundation is passive, and so the Rev isn't going to make a huge difference, as it's not really a vintage sound any more than the Peavey is, but I like it for now, until I find something else to try. I should have fixed the bridge first.

I've got an Ibanez with an active EQ that I don't love, and I've considered gutting it. If the resale value goes any lower I might.

Count Bassie said:
I can't decide if I want to change out my p'ups or sell my Dyna-Bass Unity. If I keep it, it's losing the p'ups and preamp...
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U-Retro?
 
#334
Scott in Dallas said:
U-Retro?
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More or less... I find that an active bass mostly complicates my situation- I don't generally like to have more than one active EQ thing going on. Nonetheless, the BTS 2-band in my Schecter is simple enough, and it's remained. I think it's giving me more of what's in the pickup, so fine.

Also I seem to gravitate toward the sounds that were first around when I started playing, hence the choice of p'up in the Stiletto.

EDIT: It occurs to me that I've been playing through a few different rigs lately, and the BTS thing has been a constant. There it is...
 
#335
Figured I'd post my weekend project. I restored the body about a year ago, and the neck's just been hanging around. I've got to level and crown the frets and clean up the pickguard and finish routing it, but it should look closer to new than it has in about fifteen years by the time I'm done. This is an incredible bass. It'll be nice to have the old girl back again.

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#336
Scott in Dallas said:
Figured I'd post my weekend project. I restored the body about a year ago, and the neck's just been hanging around. I've got to level and crown the frets and clean up the pickguard and finish routing it, but it should look closer to new than it has in about fifteen years by the time I'm done. This is an incredible bass. It'll be nice to have the old girl back again.

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Nice!
 
#337
Scott in Dallas said:
Figured I'd post my weekend project. I restored the body about a year ago, and the neck's just been hanging around. I've got to level and crown the frets and clean up the pickguard and finish routing it, but it should look closer to new than it has in about fifteen years by the time I'm done. This is an incredible bass. It'll be nice to have the old girl back again.

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Nice project. Time well spent :)
 
#339
Peavey Cirrus 5 - USA neckthrough. Walnut over bubinga. Pau ferro fingerboard. Absolutely love this bass and it's sick low action. It's made me a better player because I really learned to adjust my touch and feel to suit the bass (not that it doesn't respond if I dig in). Love the tonal palette it offers, and just love playing it.
 

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