U.S. Peavey Club

[Thundar]

I recently had an acquaintance over to my house, and he saw all my Cirrus's hanging on the wall...he was awe-struck at how beautiful they were. He is a random guitarist with no sense, and he had no idea they were Peavey's. When I told him they were made by Peavey, and I showed him the rest of my Peavey basses, he was somewhat impressed, but he said "Man if I were you, I'd get a Gibson or a Fender"
I pulled the Bubinga 5 down off the wall and handed it to him, and said "Please tell me which basses Fender or Gibson makes that compare to this?" As I pointed out the price I paid for it ($800), the neck-thru construction, wood combinations, and active VFL's, as well as the fact that it weighs a whopping 8 lbs.
He could not name one.

 

[AudioTaper]

Yep. I worked a dealership in the mid to late 90s. Despite how great the Peavey amps were, it took some time for the haters to open their minds. Once they plugged in, it was fun to see the inner turmoil at work.
Funny now, the Doom/Sludge guys picked up on the T40 and pre-'86 era amps and rocketed the prices up. Same with the Transtube amps, highly regarded in the guitar world as one of the best values out there.

So blame the Doom guys. Got it.

I wouldnt mind having the Bandit 112 from that era. I thought they sounded good and were solid amps.

Or a Classic 30 in black tweed

 

[Runnerman]

So blame the Doom guys. Got it.

I wouldnt mind having the Bandit 112 from that era. I thought they sounded good and were solid amps.
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Or a Classic 30 in black tweed

Bravo, Classic 20 or Classic 30 would be ones I'm interested in.

 

[songwriter21]

I recently had an acquaintance over to my house, and he saw all my Cirrus's hanging on the wall...he was awe-struck at how beautiful they were. He is a random guitarist with no sense, and he had no idea they were Peavey's. When I told him they were made by Peavey, and I showed him the rest of my Peavey basses, he was somewhat impressed, but he said "Man if I were you, I'd get a Gibson or a Fender"
I pulled the Bubinga 5 down off the wall and handed it to him, and said "Please tell me which basses Fender or Gibson makes that compare to this?" As I pointed out the price I paid for it ($800), the neck-thru construction, wood combinations, and active VFL's, as well as the fact that it weighs a whopping 8 lbs.
He could not name one.

People are so clueless it's insane. Fender and Gibson are the McDonald's and Burger King of instruments.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

Yeah I was working on re painting some corners and

cleaning this guy up

 

[Bob Trier]

No pic no bass...that's what they say.

Didn't realize a pict was requested.... here we go!

 

[wild4oldcars]

My guitar rig all runs into a peavey Stereo Chorus 212, very nice solid state machine. I always assumed it was peaveys take on a Roland jc, but I’ve not played enough on a JC to make that claim. Still, a classic amp that gets next to no love.

 

[songwriter21]

This was a previous GV of mine, all stock, from years back in my first country band (even though we played REO Speedwagon here). I did a good bit of runs in this one, and the person recording just happened to be right by the subs.

 

[Gluvhand]

Yeah I was working on re painting some corners and

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Love that amp! My best friend/band mate had one for years.

 

[AudioTaper]

My guitar rig all runs into a peavey Stereo Chorus 212, very nice solid state machine. I always assumed it was peaveys take on a Roland jc, but I’ve not played enough on a JC to make that claim. Still, a classic amp that gets next to no love.

I had a JC77 for awhile. Great amp, loved the chorus. The drive channel sucked though.
I bet the Peavey version didnt screw up the drive channel.

 

[songwriter21]

Got tired of how tiny GVs' side dots are, so I finally ordered and put on these adhesive glow dots from Fret Lord (not Fret FX). With a little clear scotch tape over the dots to smooth them out a bit, I shine a UV light on each one for 10 seconds, and they last 2-3 hours. They send you enough dots for a full two octaves, along with full front dots, too. You can remove them whenever, so not bad for around $25 and arriving in days, instead of $90-100 and waiting weeks to arrive, eh?

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

I’ve been toying with my GV for the last week with the micro tilt
And I still can’t find a sweet spot
I got my saddles down all the way


I’m gonna take it for a shim in the neck at this point

 

[Murivan]

I’ve been toying with my GV for the last week with the micro tilt
And I still can’t find a sweet spot
I got my saddles down all the way


I’m gonna take it for a shim in the neck at this point

Is it at its maximum and still the saddles are all the way down? If you have not changed any other component it means that either the neck, or the neck pocket, have been cut wrong.
Does the GV neck has a metal plate where the microtilt's set screw rests or does it just sits on the graphite layer? The coating of graphite necks becomes brittle with age, have you checked that it's not simply crushing that layer without moving anything?

 

[wild4oldcars]

I had a JC77 for awhile. Great amp, loved the chorus. The drive channel sucked though.
I bet the Peavey version didnt screw up the drive channel.

Its not really the channel I play on, but then again it was 1987 or whatever, so the squealy bright drive is fitting lol

 

[AudioTaper]

Got tired of how tiny GVs' side dots are, so I finally ordered and put on these adhesive glow dots from Fret Lord (not Fret FX). With a little clear scotch tape over the dots to smooth them out a bit, I shine a UV light on each one for 10 seconds, and they last 2-3 hours. They send you enough dots for a full two octaves, along with full front dots, if you use them, too. You can remove them whenever, so not bad for around $25 and arriving in days, instead of $90-100 and waiting weeks to arrive, eh?

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I'm putting 2mm green Luminlay dots in mine

 

[songwriter21]

I’ve been toying with my GV for the last week with the micro tilt
And I still can’t find a sweet spot
I got my saddles down all the way


I’m gonna take it for a shim in the neck at this point

Don't waste time with the tilt or a shim, just get a Hipshot A bridge.

 

[Larry Balara]

Hi Guys,

Can someone educate me on this Fury bass: 1982 Peavey Fury IV USA Made 4 String Electric Bass Guitar Quilted Maple Top | eBay. It doesn't look like it would be a 1982 or made in the USA to me! Couldn't find a manual on the net.

Thanks!

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

Don't waste time with the tilt or a shim, just get a Hipshot A bridge.

Oh?

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

Don't waste time with the tilt or a shim, just get a Hipshot A bridge.

Did that really help?

 

[bigtone23]

So blame the Doom guys. Got it.

I wouldnt mind having the Bandit 112 from that era. I thought they sounded good and were solid amps.
Or a Classic 30 in black tweed

Those darn Doomers! haha
Those Transtube Silver Stripe Bandits are the ultimate inexpensive utility amp. Every road band I have been affiliated with would get one, at my very loud and pervasive behest. They used to be an easy find for about $60-75. They are light, powerful and versatile--pretty much everything from twangy clean to Metallica can be dialed in on it.
The Classic 30 is also a winner. Peavey sold sooo many of those, too.

Bravo, Classic 20 or Classic 30 would be ones I'm interested in.

I had a Bravo, picked it up during the 'unknown' era when people thought they were solid state and would sell them for $100 or less. Easily one of the coolest amps Peavey made. The clean channel was like 2 parts Fender, one part Vox and the dirt channel was hot rodded Marshall. Kinda meh through the stock combo's Blue Marvel, but it sounded huge through a 2x12" or 4x12". Great EQ.

Yeah I was working on re painting some corners and

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I love that amp! The Phaser alone is worth the price of admission! That was my main amp as a teenager of the 80s.