U.S. Peavey Club

[songwriter21]

I posted this beast in the Millennium Club, too.

HO-LY WOW. One of the sickest tops I've ever owned. The B-string is downright wicked.

Fyi, the headstock is the same color in person as the body (birdseye/flame).

 

[kodiakblair]

One of the sickest tops I've ever owned.

It sure is pretty.

Have the same finish on a Cirrus myself , lighting is off as it's green not blue in RL.

 

[AudioTaper]

On Reverb, not affiliated
Peavey Palaedium 1992 - Natural Peavey Palaedium 1992 - Natural | Reverb

 

[Bleecker]

Peavey 5 String Bass Super Ferrite Neck Pickup9Used – Good

There's a pair of these on reverb. 1993, is this a regular SF pup that they used for 5 string or is it the slightly bigger version designed for 5 string?

Thanks

 

[BassikLee]

Normal SF, late in the run. Apparently the mold for the original shell was damaged, and they knew the SF was slated to be discontinued. Rather than recreate that mold, they made a simpler one for the rest of the run. Internally, same as the original ones.

 

[ctmullins]

the SF was slated to be discontinued

Can someone explain this to me? Can’t wrap my brain around this logic

 

[MNAirHead]

Normal SF, late in the run. Apparently the mold for the original shell was damaged, and they knew the SF was slated to be discontinued. Rather than recreate that mold, they made a simpler one for the rest of the run. Internally, same as the original ones.

Learning question.. the very late ones that look almost like a VFL... are these also the same guts?

 

[kodiakblair]

Can someone explain this to me? Can’t wrap my brain around this logic

It's simple.

Replacing injection molds is expensive. Importing pickups from Korea was cheaper.

 

[ctmullins]

It's simple.

Replacing injection molds is expensive. Importing pickups from Korea was cheaper.

“This pickup sounds great. We should stop making it.”

 

[kodiakblair]

“This pickup sounds great. We should stop making it.”

Were folk saying that in 1995 and if there was were enough of them actively buying new Foundations to keep the line viable ?

Bottom line is Foundation sales didn't warrant the reinvestment.

 

[PVt40man]

Speaking of Foundations, does this neck look warped or messed up in any way? Look at the E and the D string.

 

[MNAirHead]

Were folk saying that in 1995 and if there was were enough of them actively buying new Foundations to keep the line viable ?

Bottom line is Foundation sales didn't warrant the reinvestment.

Kind of reminds me of the folks asking for a T-40 reissue...

"make it light"

"would you pay $1300 for it ---- "

"nope, but it would be cool"

 

[ctmullins]

Speaking of Foundations, does this neck look warped or messed up in any way? Look at the E and the D string.
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Just looks like a slight misalignment of the neck in the pocket. Very common, and trivially easy to fix:

• Loosen neck bolts one turn
• Yank the neck to the right
• Tighten neck bolts

 

[58kites]

Were folk saying that in 1995 and if there was were enough of them actively buying new Foundations to keep the line viable ?

Bottom line is Foundation sales didn't warrant the reinvestment.

Sad but true. Don't know if all that many people would care to buy a Foundation now.
The Peavey stigma still exists, also there are tons more choices out there today, and Fender still rules the roost.
But it also seems any shmoe can sell a P Bass, a J Bass, and especially a PJ Bass and survive.
The Apple computer idea of getting into schools worked great for Apple (get the kids hooked early) but contributed to the failure of Peavey by giving them an unshakable "student instrument" stigma.

I do think it would have been great if Peavey had started an aftermarket pickup company under a different name, in 1980, it might have survived and/or flourished.

 

[58kites]

Just looks like a slight misalignment of the neck in the pocket. Very common, and trivially easy to fix:

• Loosen neck bolts one turn
• Yank the neck to the right
• Tighten neck bolts

Sometimes Peavey (and others) would make the holes through the body too small and the screws would thread through the body and into the neck and allow for no tweakage, if you are going to do the loosen/tighten the screw thing, check the holes in the body first.
Open them up just a hair with a drill bit, but just a little bit.
Ronnie (Mech) clued me in to that one and it has been successful for me when needed.

 

[PVt40man]

Just looks like a slight misalignment of the neck in the pocket. Very common, and trivially easy to fix:

• Loosen neck bolts one turn
• Yank the neck to the right
• Tighten neck bolts

Thanks! Couldn't there be more damage though, like bent screws or chipped wood from the force of the misalignment?

 

[ctmullins]

Thanks! Couldn't there be more damage though, like bent screws or chipped wood from the force of the misalignment?

Depends how hard you yank, I suppose. Don’t go Incredible Hulk on it.

 

[BassikLee]

Learning question.. the very late ones that look almost like a VFL... are these also the same guts?

Nope. Those are single coils of a different type, AFAIK.

 

[nickpc]

I do think it would have been great if Peavey had started an aftermarket pickup company under a different name, in 1980, it might have survived and/or flourished.

Only if they would have been drop-in replacements for the usual suspects - split-coil P or single coil jazz. Changing that form factor would make it harder to penetrate the market - most people aren't going to rout out the cavity to put a VFL or T-40 Toaster.

 

[mb94952]

Sad but true. Don't know if all that many people would care to buy a Foundation now.
The Peavey stigma still exists, also there are tons more choices out there today, and Fender still rules the roost.
But it also seems any shmoe can sell a P Bass, a J Bass, and especially a PJ Bass and survive.
The Apple computer idea of getting into schools worked great for Apple (get the kids hooked early) but contributed to the failure of Peavey by giving them an unshakable "student instrument" stigma.

I do think it would have been great if Peavey had started an aftermarket pickup company under a different name, in 1980, it might have survived and/or flourished.

Someone posted this guy yesterday. He can make any pickup you want.
TOM BRANTLEY REWINDS
Also, you can buy the Cirrus pups from AliExpress ; that is if you can actually receive your order.
I think the student stigma is long worn off. I'd say Rogue, Harley Benton, etc took that crown. Serious players all have a Peavey in their arsenal, at least a lot of them do.