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U.S. Peavey Club
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Looking good Nick!
Black n Blue always looks good on basses.
The quality rosewood makes it look even nicer.
Good morning! Yesterday I went to do a string change and complete setup on my Patriot. It had some neck relief and I wanted to tighten the TR a bit, well its seized. It also rattles when playing an open "a", (I have other basses that do this...?) My question is, is there anything I can do to free up this truss rod? Is it possibly some thing for the 'warped neck' guy, although its not warped?
The bass itself is in good shape and a fairly rare color, I would love to get it playable...here's an old picture of it...
Thanks all!
The bass itself is in good shape and a fairly rare color, I would love to get it playable...here's an old picture of it...
Thanks all!
I had one older Peavey bass that the truss rod nut was frozen in place. I heated it with a soldering iron and was able to remove the nut. I put a small amount of grease on the threads and the nut abutment and it then adjusted normally.
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You may have just gotten to the bottom of the available threads.
If you can loosen the nut, then back it all the way off and remove it.
Then find three washers that are the correct size to fit over the rod.
Then take a Q-Tip with a little bit, just a little bit of vaseline and coat the thread ends.
Put the washers on, then the nut back on and you will have gained the amount of adjustment that three washers will provide.
Hopefully that is all you need.
If the nut will not back off to begin with, then heat may help per Chuck's suggestion.
Also, you can wait to hear what our friend @kodiakblair has to pass along, because I would guess he has a bit of experience with rooms full of Peavey basses!
If you can loosen the nut, then back it all the way off and remove it.
Then find three washers that are the correct size to fit over the rod.
Then take a Q-Tip with a little bit, just a little bit of vaseline and coat the thread ends.
Put the washers on, then the nut back on and you will have gained the amount of adjustment that three washers will provide.
Hopefully that is all you need.
If the nut will not back off to begin with, then heat may help per Chuck's suggestion.
Also, you can wait to hear what our friend @kodiakblair has to pass along, because I would guess he has a bit of experience with rooms full of Peavey basses!
Can't argue with that price, but without the SFs it's not so interesting an object me-thinks.
Awesome advice ! I'll remember this trick !!! Thanks !
Buy it !!! There are always SF for sale. I have an extra set I might be able to sell, too if you don't find any other options. I have a couple sets I'm saving that I got from Derrick for future projects.
That's cool!
To tie this Frankenbass in with some of the previous threads about black Foundations with black headstocks getting some play...
I played a gig with the 80s band last Friday, and I took my T-42.5 as the passive 4 string (along with an active 5 string).
It, as usual, played and sounded amazing.
This T-42.5 is kind of the flipflop of your F-20, with a 82 T series neck and 87 black Foundation body. It also bolted together perfectly, no gap in the neck pocket, and without issue-the neck having no hump or twists. Also a very lucky situation, I love it when an experiment turns out better than planned!
That's so great that you gig with your creation! I plan to do a similar build, I'm gathering parts...
Cheers!
It's pretty cool, the way Peavey did their manufacturing so that the necks and bodies are pretty easily swapped around.
TBH, I really prefer the sound of Super Ferrites over these Toasters, but the Toasters do sound good and look pretty darn cool.
What would a toaster sound like if you put it up close to the heel of the neck in the mudbucker position?
This is exactly what I did to my Patriot. Instructions from Mech. It works.
Yes, Ronnie told me about that trick....I miss him.
@Runnerman @58kites
Soldering iron trick works on screws too.
Want to remove a bridge been on there since the dawn of time ? Break out the soldering iron first
Soldering iron trick works on screws too.
Want to remove a bridge been on there since the dawn of time ? Break out the soldering iron first
I bet it would sound pretty darn good. Toasters are fat sounding, but not overly so. Plus, they are not super hot wound. Right up on the neck pocket, it would have a strong fundamental, a touch deeper than the stock neck pickup sound on a T40.
@Runnerman @58kites
Soldering iron trick works on screws too.
Want to remove a bridge been on there since the dawn of time ? Break out the soldering iron first
Yankee utilities only trust us with 110v we can only produce half the heat (joking..)
Fretless Axcelerator-4-string in black for $399
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If you don’t already know, Peavey fretless basses are fantastic. I have owned two of Fender’s Jaco basses and neither of them came close to the great tone and playability of a Foundation fretless that I owned. The Axcelerator basses have really good sounding electronics so this should be a wonderful fretless bass.
