U.S. Peavey Club

[MNAirHead]

Peavey Generation guitars and I’m pretty sure the Classic 50 amp as his main gear. He also played in a couple of cover bands and used that guitar mainly for those too. He always raved about that thing!

I own a generation as a "disposable guitar" (along with some botiques... some of the holy grail icons etc)... It may be on par with my other gear.

Kind of silly -- I own a holy grail usa pbass... the 90s fury is equal

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Ferrites -there were different ferrites.... a smarter person can articulate why

 

[bigtone23]

Has anyone tried the schaller 3d bridge?

any thoughts ?

I have the stock 3D4 and 3D5 on my Dynas, as well as the 3D4 on my Partscision bass and my Ibanez RB45 (RB630/T45 hybrid).
It's a great bridge. I like it's build quality and adjustability. Being able to adjust the string spacing with the roller saddle is a plus. I chose to install them on my non Peaveys, and was happy to find them stock on the Dynas.

 

[bigtone23]

Im like 95% sure all of these super ferrites were the same, and were only used in 5-strings as a "we can probably make this work" kinda thing. There were no dedicated 5-string super ferrites, as far as i know

I agree. Pretty sure there are four types of Super Ferrites for bass. The original, 80s era embossed version with N or S up magnetic polarities, and the later, 90s era non-embossed version with N or S up magnetic polarities.
The bridge SF on my Dyna 5 barely grabs the G & B strings. It took a lot of finagling with the string spacing at the bridge to get those strings in the magnetic field without being too tightly spaced. I agree with @wildforoldcars that it was most likely a temporary, transitional use of the SF until they got a wider 5 string pickup designed and used in production. I think the turning point was 1992? My Dyna 5 is a 1991, and I'm pretty sure that is the last year of the SF equipped 5 string.

 

[BassikLee]

There are also humbucking SF pickups. Mech, (Ronnie, RIP) mentioned having heard about them but never seeing them. Both of my first gen TL-5s have humbuckers in the bridge position only.

 

[Giffro]

I agree. Pretty sure there are four types of Super Ferrites for bass. The original, 80s era embossed version with N or S up magnetic polarities, and the later, 90s era non-embossed version with N or S up magnetic polarities.
The bridge SF on my Dyna 5 barely grabs the G & B strings. It took a lot of finagling with the string spacing at the bridge to get those strings in the magnetic field without being too tightly spaced. I agree with @wildforoldcars that it was most likely a temporary, transitional use of the SF until they got a wider 5 string pickup designed and used in production. I think the turning point was 1992? My Dyna 5 is a 1991, and I'm pretty sure that is the last year of the SF equipped 5 string.

Mech (Ronnie) explained to me when I asked why my Dyna 5 1991 model had Flat-Topped Humbuckers instead of SF pups, that they changed the pups from the SF to the HB's during production of the Second Gen Dyna 5 like mine (pictured below). He also sent me the pic of the humbucker pup differences, also pictured.
Quote from Mech's conversation with me..."Welcome @Giffro ! Great bass you have. Your Dyna 5 is a second model and has flat top humbuckers, not Super Ferrites. They were used for a short time since the passive and active VFLs were in development and replaced them. 1st model had Super Ferrites."

 

[songwriter21]

Has anyone tried the schaller 3d bridge?

any thoughts ?

You could maybe try one instead of a Hipshot A. The screw holes are a little smaller or just off more, compared to Hipshot. Kind of a pricey trial-and-error process for me a number of times (I have at least three or four bridges on my parts shelf).

I did put a Schaller on my Schecter Studio, and the holes were pretty close. The bridge geometry is different compared to the stock one, so I had to move all of the string spacers to one side, but it thankfully worked and REALLY lowered the action, almost like the height adjustment was made for the bass. I can drop the action to the frets if I want...nowhere near possible with the stock one.

Here are my two bridge swaps (you've seen the GV).

 

[58kites]

Kind of silly -- I own a holy grail USA P Bass... the 90s Fury is equal

I see the USA made Fury basses as better than the Fenders because I like the Peavey necks better, and the bodies are slightly smaller (or a more pleasing shape).
The Fender necks don't feel as good as a number of other basses to me. My Peaveys all feel better, my Guild Pilot neck feels better, my Yamaha Attitude necks feel batter.
The body on the Pilot is a nicely trimmed down Jazz shape (so lightler), the Attitudes have a "tuned up/less clunky" body as well.
The build quality seems to be better on all the Yamahas I've felt up compared to Fenders.

I have the stock Schaller 3D4 and 3D5 on my Dynas, as well as the 3D4 on my Partscision bass and my Ibanez RB45 (RB630/T45 hybrid).
It's a great bridge. I like it's build quality and adjustability. Being able to adjust the string spacing with the roller saddle is a plus. I chose to install them on my non Peaveys, and was happy to find them stock on the Dynas.

The Schaller is my favorite bridge, I like it better than the Hipshot even.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Speaking of necks and Pilots. This bass has the best neck of any i own, plus it is 35" scale.

 

[MNAirHead]

The Fender necks don't feel as good as a number of other basses to me.

The build quality seems to be better on all the Yamahas I've felt up compared to Fenders.

YAMAHA - My new 305 is on par with my $$$$$ basses (when setup correctly)

FENDER - I needed a USA P for a gig... I must have played 300ish to find one that felt similar... the nitro honeyburst (not common) is close.

 

[MNAirHead]

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[bigtone23]

Mech (Ronnie) explained to me when I asked why my Dyna 5 1991 model had Flat-Topped Humbuckers instead of SF pups, that they changed the pups from the SF to the HB's during production of the Second Gen Dyna 5 like mine (pictured below). He also sent me the pic of the humbucker pup differences, also pictured.
Quote from Mech's conversation with me..."Welcome @Giffro ! Great bass you have. Your Dyna 5 is a second model and has flat top humbuckers, not Super Ferrites. They were used for a short time since the passive and active VFLs were in development and replaced them. 1st model had Super Ferrites."
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Ah... 1991 was the transitional year. Good to know. Mine certainly looks like the 1st Gen Dyna, but has the flatter (12"?) radius, which I think was a standard feature on the 2nd Gen..? The manual states the 1st Gen Dyna 5 has a 8" radius. Typo? I don't know since I have never had another SF Dyna 5 in my hands.

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I saw that on the FB group. A very interesting and cool product. Chip Todd mentioned that the T40 pickups didn't sound as good as the T60 guitar pickups. He would have liked to redesign them to have better bandwidth.

 

[Runnerman]

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Saw these on FB this morning as well. Who is going to be the guinea pig and try these?

 

[Giffro]

Ah... 1991 was the transitional year. Good to know. Mine certainly looks like the 1st Gen Dyna, but has the flatter (12"?) radius, which I think was a standard feature on the 2nd Gen..? The manual states the 1st Gen Dyna 5 has a 8" radius. Typo? I don't know since I have never had another SF Dyna 5 in my hands.
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I saw that on the FB group. A very interesting and cool product. Chip Todd mentioned that the T40 pickups didn't sound as good as the T60 guitar pickups. He would have liked to redesign them to have better bandwidth.

There is a bit of difference @bigtone23 visually between the Gen 1 Dyna and Gen 2 Dyna. When I ordered mine from Peavey using the current Monitor mag of the time as a reference, I was expecting the 5 string bass to have the same headstock config as yours...4+1 plus the SF pups. I was very surprised when the bass arrived to find it was a 3+2 headstock tuner config and flat-top humbucker pups, which was not shown in any of the Monitor mags of the same time period. The transitional period about 1991 had this major difference between Gen 1 and Gen 2 that I can see but i'm sure others may have more info on it.
I include a pic of Ronnie Goss' (Mech's) 1991 Gen 2 White Peavey Dyna he kindly sent me...He mentioned to me in a text conversation that he had the 2nd Gen model with flat top humbuckers like mine, but with a 1st Gen model neck showing the 4+1 tuner config..as seen in the pic....in the second pic it's on the guitar stand behind him.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

One thing I was doing some reading about is buffers and preamps and got confused after re wiring my Emg pre
And shielding….
Don’t ask why
Just got odd noises when I sat in front my Mac. Another guy did as well
But anyways


active pickups I guess would have an internal preamp/buffer before blend

preamps also offer a buffering

so why does Emg have an active blend and passive blend (ABC) vs (ABCX)

Apperantly Emg pre wired preamps come with the ABCX for insertion loss

keep mind Tobias and MTD basses run a buffer to isolate each pickups before going to blend

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

Also

anyone use Duracell procell batteries??
I found them slightly smaller then usual

and fit way better

otherwise holy this cavity is TIGHT

 

[AudioTaper]

One thing I was doing some reading about is buffers and preamps and got confused after re wiring my Emg pre
And shielding….
Don’t ask why
Just got odd noises when I sat in front my Mac. Another guy did as well
But anyways


active pickups I guess would have an internal preamp/buffer before blend

preamps also offer a buffering

so why does Emg have an active blend and passive blend (ABC) vs (ABCX)

Apperantly Emg pre wired preamps come with the ABCX for insertion loss

keep mind Tobias and MTD basses run a buffer to isolate each pickups before going to blend

I thought the ABCX was specifically for the X-series pickups.
I just put a 35TWX, X-series volume, and BQC in my Warwick Fortress. It's nice, I would post a pic but you know... wrong thread.
I'm working on a way to switch between 4 different preamps with just a push of a button, it will be great for comparing preamps with the Cirrus

 

[Larry Balara]

Does anyone here have a Peavey bass with a 2-tec bridge and a Peavey with a different bridge? I'm interest if there is a marked difference in sound/sustain.

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

I thought the ABCX was specifically for the X-series pickups.
I just put a 35TWX, X-series volume, and BQC in my Warwick Fortress. It's nice, I would post a pic but you know... wrong thread.
I'm working on a way to switch between 4 different preamps with just a push of a button, it will be great for comparing preamps with the Cirrus

Actually what I discovered and read is the ABC X is for active pickups used in the prewired preamp
I’ll check mine for the model number but it’s the impedance I believe is what it is as well

abc was much higher for passive pickups I think

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

Here in Canada !!
Wants a motorcycle

 

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