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Too much inlay??
- Thread starter 5stringDNA
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I dunno, I don't care much for the body part, but the neck's 50/50 with me. Some of their other stuff seems cool though.
Ray
Ray
The Grind, at the price bracket it's in, is defintely not a turd. However, that inlay work is way too extravagent for that bass. The only things I REALLY didn't like about the Grind when I played it were that the frets poked out crazy far and the finish was gross. Looks like they've solved problem number two, and considering they probably had to do either a refret or a replacement of the entire fretboard, I'd say problem number one was solved too.
So if the Peavey Grind is great at its price point, which I believe it is, and it has all kinds of problems, bad fret job, bad finish, and you try to mask it with very elegant inlay, how is that not polishing a turd??
Nothing against "turds," I have a franken-P that that is appalling, and nothing against real "turds" or fecal matter, everybody poops, and nothing against Peavey Grinds...these are just my opinions.
Nothing against "turds," I have a franken-P that that is appalling, and nothing against real "turds" or fecal matter, everybody poops, and nothing against Peavey Grinds...these are just my opinions.
The finish isn't bad, I just don't like satin finishes most of the time. Bad frets are easily fixed, though still a major pain in the palm until you do.
Like I said, these two problems are (likely) fixed with these particular Grinds. However, I'd still be incredibly suspicious at the cost of the basses considering the inlay and refinish work.
Like I said, these two problems are (likely) fixed with these particular Grinds. However, I'd still be incredibly suspicious at the cost of the basses considering the inlay and refinish work.
IvanMike said:peavey grind?
but it says right in the ad that they "choiced the woods themselves"
I think it was a matter of "I choice that wood already be shaped into a bass rather than those wood already have shaped of a bass.
Unless, who knows, maybe the person who did the inlay works in the factory that made the bass. He may be the actual person who walked over to the wood pile and tossed the boards into the shaper.
