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U.S. Peavey Club
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Some of us are old and not hip to the way you young'ns talk.
There's a nice (beat up) Foundation with script logo on Ebay. No affiliation. I LOVE that authentic road worn look. Tells a story, and you know it's a player !
EDIT - A little too, now WAY more beat up than road worn. Pulled frets, etc.
Vintage Peavey Foundation Electric Bass Guitar | eBay
EDIT - A little too, now WAY more beat up than road worn. Pulled frets, etc.
Vintage Peavey Foundation Electric Bass Guitar | eBay
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Looks like the frets are pulled out.
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Really ? That sucks ! I didn't notice that. That's WAY too beat up, to me ! It's one thing to have wear, and a whole other where it's nearly vandalized. Good eye, Chuck !
Hippie-stripped, which for me is a plus; but yeah, those slots need to be filled with something.
to the best of my knowledge, T basses - Foundation would be denoted "FL" if a factory fretless
T-40 FL
Someone correct me if I'm leading astray
IF one was to use SFs for a 5er with any spacing over 16.5mm, they may find their B or G falls off the map when using the bridge pickup soloed.
It's been through the ringer, neck has flat head screws, neck plate flipped 180 degrees, stripped (hippie stripped is a funny way to put it
). $150 tops in my book. I had a factory fretless 1985 Foundation. No FL on the headstock. It may have been an outlier production goof.
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I also had a Foundation fretless and it only said Foundation on the headstock. That bass was so good that it got me hooked on USA Peavey basses. I no longer have it because I almost never play a 4 string electric bass. I do still have my passive P/J Forum and that bass is so fantastic I just can't let it go. That is my only remaining 4 string electric bass.
Oh, I am a sucker for black with matching headstock. That is beautiful.
My Foundation fretless has FL on the peghead. Best way I can describe it is "OK".
And some of us are old with hip problems too Chuck lol
That's the one! It still blows my mind that it ended up somewhere all across the country, but still in the loop with us US Peavey guys.
Maybe Peavey didn't have the FL decal in grey (for the black headstocks)?
I really liked that bass. I just had to sell it since I'm not a fretless guy. If I am to have a fretless, there will only be one. If I have one of something, it will be 5 string. haha
I notice the above Peavey logo is gold color.** Haven't seen that before. My black fretted '85 logo is silver. I wonder if the gold decal signifies fretless, in place of an "FL".
** Or is that just a weird reflection?
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Interesting, I think it is a gold decal, I'll pull it out and check the color.
Bit hard to define from this pic as gold lettering, but it certainly is on my '91 Dyna Bass 5 string fretted.
Interesting. I never paid too close attention to it.
Found this old photo of it. It does look more golden than I remembered. Fancy!
This is the grey that confused me with the Foundation. I know I paid closer attention to this decal. Plus, it's still in my possession. haha.
