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U.S. Peavey Club
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Music Go Round and Reverb both have 4 string USA Millennium basses for sale. No 5’s that I know of.
Well there's this one https://reverb.com/item/47856158-peavey-millennium-bpx-lion. But it is labeled a BPX. Is there such an animal?
I think they mean BXP. That is one of the import basses easily identified by the electronics configuration.
The seller either doesn't know anything about his product or knows more than most of us on talkbass! He has it listed as made in the USA. The serial number starts with an S. And the series is BPX. Other than this video I've never heard of BPX. But I have seen and heard that Peavey serial numbers that start with a letter are imports. I am assuming the seller believes all Peaveys are made in the USA.
You can see it it says BXP right on the headstock. The G & D are strung backwards. The listing states active but it's actually passive. Seller may not understand what he has or simple type-o perhaps. Even though it is a budget import it should play nice if properly set up. A little over priced IMO.
By the way, what do you guys think of this https://reverb.com/item/48119497-peavey-palaedium-1990s-red? Is the cut a game changer?
The Palaedium was made with 3 control knobs. Master volume, blend and passive tone. That one has been modified.
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I finally found a B-Quad 5 (I wanted the 4 but I've been looking for one for 2 years so I can't complain... Maybe I will try to trade it...) with the original piezo bridge and electronics.
I have to say that this is the most complicated on board electronics I ever saw...
For this reason: is there anyone that has the schematics and can share that with me?
Thanks!
I have to say that this is the most complicated on board electronics I ever saw...
For this reason: is there anyone that has the schematics and can share that with me?
Thanks!
The reason why i asked is i find the neck faster on my Cirrus 5 than the necks on both my Axcelerator 4 and Palaedium. I was wondering if you felt the same?
I owned an Axcelerator 6 and the neck was very nice on that bass. The necks on the Palaedium were smaller than I liked but they were still fast to play on.
My GV and all of the Cirrus basses that have passed through my collection all had fast feeling necks. I'll have to include my Millennium 5 also. The neck on that bass is exceptional in every respect.
I have owned several Roscoe basses and they all felt very fast to play on with the exception of one 5 string that was special ordered with 19mm spacing at the bridge. The normal Roscoe string spacing at the bridge is 18.3mm. I was never comfortable playing that 35" scale bass with 19mm string spacing. It felt very slow to play on.
One of the reasons I enjoy the Peavey basses is the tighter string spacing. It feels very easy to play fast lines on those necks. The superior fret jobs are a big plus too. My Peavey basses have really low buzz free action. I own a 5 and a 6 string built by Geoff Gould. Those basses are PLEKED and the action on the Peavey basses is just as low. Someone at Peavey was a master at leveling frets.
Is anyone looking to sell a USA Cirrus 5 bolt-on?
Le me jump on and ask about someone selling USA Cirrus 4 bolt on... These are truly exceptional instruments...
Now back to the B-Quad questions:
This is my first venture in the world of (full) graphite necks (I had a G Bass) and phenolic boards.
Is there a general consensus on what to do for a VERY DEEP cleaning? I need to remove some string marks so I was considering the usual steelwool to polish frets and board.
I also read that Zon used WD-40 on their boards (but they might have a different composition).
Thanks again!
Now back to the B-Quad questions:
This is my first venture in the world of (full) graphite necks (I had a G Bass) and phenolic boards.
Is there a general consensus on what to do for a VERY DEEP cleaning? I need to remove some string marks so I was considering the usual steelwool to polish frets and board.
I also read that Zon used WD-40 on their boards (but they might have a different composition).
Thanks again!
