My newest addition (first new bass since 1997) is Peavey Grind 4. It came with crap electronics, but a great piece of wood. Mahogany neck through design, rosewood fretboard, mahogany body sides and the bass is binded with maple stringers. I installed an active EMG BQC controller for pickup blend, treble, bass, mid freq sweep and cut/boost. I slapped in 2 EMG 40 DC's and this bass has been brought to life.
I still prefer the glassy, modern, weather channel music, hi fidelity type slap sound of my modded Hamer Cruise 2TEK which has the similar EMQ BQS preamp. I also put an EMG 40DC in the bridge and an EMG 40J in the neck. I purchased the bass used in 1997 and had the electronics replaced in 2004. The Hamer has been and will be my absolute favorite. Those that are familiar know that it has a maple neck, rosewood fretboard and an alder body. This one is my baby.
I use an A/B/Y switch so both are always plugged in. Thanks to the common electronics, their volume and headroom are identical. I'm running them through a BBE sonic maximizer, my SWR 550X basshead as a preamp, and my indestructible, yet smooth Peavey T-MAXX 500 head I've had since 1996 as a slave amp. Cabs are a Peavey 410TX and a Peavey 115 Black Widow I've also had since 96. Both are 8 ohm cabs so I'm running 500W at 4 ohms. Line 6 Bass POD XT Live is running through the effects loop on the SWR. I only use 2 banks total. Just for for mild EQ and compression to subtly compensate for the differences between an alder bass with maple neck (Hamer) and the mahogany Peavey. I'm proud of my tone. Especially for how little money I've paid when comparing to that of top level gear.
Rob
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