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U.S. Peavey Club

#23,102
Hi everyone!
My 80s patriot has the super ferrite pickup with a growl almost like a rickenbacker. (But a few pounds lighter and quite a few dollars less in cost) Any suggestions on what strings would best bring the growl out? (Want more growl, not less) It currently had rotosound 66 swing bass strings.
Thanks in advance.
 
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Timmy Liam said:
Hi everyone!
My 80s patriot has the super ferrite pickup with a growl almost like a rickenbacker. (But a few pounds lighter and quite a few dollars less in cost) Any suggestions on what strings would best bring the growl out? (Want more growl, not less) It currently had rotosound 66 swing bass strings.
Thanks in advance.
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I roll with rotos on mine as well, and I love them. The only thing I’ve tried that really pushes the patriot past the rotos are SIT RockBright Stainless Steels, which were similar to rotos but just had a little more top end bite. They were absolutely cheese graters on the fingers though - and that’s coming from a guy who mains Roto steels lol
 
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Timmy Liam said:
Hi everyone!
My 80s patriot has the super ferrite pickup with a growl almost like a rickenbacker. (But a few pounds lighter and quite a few dollars less in cost) Any suggestions on what strings would best bring the growl out? (Want more growl, not less) It currently had rotosound 66 swing bass strings.
Thanks in advance.
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Those Rotos are very bright. I also like Hi Beams and GHS Super Steels for bright rounds. I used to use Ken Smith Rockmasters, but found out that they are just repackaged Super Steels.

It growls like a Ric because that aggressive, single coil Super Ferrite is pretty much in the exact same place as the Ric's High Gain bridge PU! I like that about the Patriot, it's no coincidence they designed it that way. I added another SF in the same neck location as a Ric, as well as a 3 way PU switch. Now I have a Patriot that sounds just like a Ric! I call it RicRiot.
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#23,105
Hi all, hope someone here might be able to help me out. I have a Peavey Foundation, serial number 01923019 indicates it's a 1984 model, and the logo, triangle string tree, metal knobs, and trapezoid bridge etc seem to support that. However, it has pickups that I haven't seen before on a Foundation, it doesn't have Super Ferrite embossed on it although the dimensions and pickup ring look similar to the SFs, and its not the VFLs either. Does anyone have any idea what they are? Did any SFs come in a different casing? These ones just have Peavey embossed in the bottom right corner. I'd be interested to know if these might have come stock with the bass or if they might have been replaced. They sound great though, I just wanted to know more about them. Thanks in advance!
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wild4oldcars said:
I roll with rotos on mine as well, and I love them. The only thing I’ve tried that really pushes the patriot past the rotos are SIT RockBright Stainless Steels, which were similar to rotos but just had a little more top end bite. They were absolutely cheese graters on the fingers though - and that’s coming from a guy who mains Roto steels lol
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Really, the SITs are rough compared to Rotos?? Wow. :wideyed:
 
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bigtone23 said:
Those Rotos are very bright. I also like Hi Beams and GHS Super Steels for bright rounds. I used to use Ken Smith Rockmasters, but found out that they are just repackaged Super Steels.

It growls like a Ric because that aggressive, single coil Super Ferrite is pretty much in the exact same place as the Ric's High Gain bridge PU! I like that about the Patriot, it's no coincidence they designed it that way. I added another SF in the same neck location as a Ric, as well as a 3 way PU switch. Now I have a Patriot that sounds just like a Ric! I call it RicRiot.
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Super cool! Did you give it Patri-O-Sound? Or at least dual mono outs?

Patriot now at the top of my gas list, along with an extra SF pup.
 
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bigtone23 said:
Those Rotos are very bright. I also like Hi Beams and GHS Super Steels for bright rounds. I used to use Ken Smith Rockmasters, but found out that they are just repackaged Super Steels.

It growls like a Ric because that aggressive, single coil Super Ferrite is pretty much in the exact same place as the Ric's High Gain bridge PU! I like that about the Patriot, it's no coincidence they designed it that way. I added another SF in the same neck location as a Ric, as well as a 3 way PU switch. Now I have a Patriot that sounds just like a Ric! I call it RicRiot.
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Wow! Cool looking bass, I love it.
 
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