U.S. Peavey Club

[ctmullins]

We have no way of knowing the coil configuration without destroying the pickups. That won’t happen on my watch as long as they are working

Well that’s not necessarily true.

Dangle a paper clip over the pickup. Sweep it from one end to the other. Do you detect a magnetic valley in the center? If so that would suggest split coils. If not then stacked coils.

 

[Bleecker]

Gen 2 Fury basses had split P pickups, and a pickguard that goes straight across below the pickup, as opposed to the Gen 3 Fury which had split P pickups and had the curvy pickguard below the pickup. The Gen 2 Fury has the same body shape as the Gen 1 Fury and the Foundation S.

I understand all that, question is are the Gen2 splits Super Ferrites?

My Gen2 is my favorite Pbass right now, it sounds great and the neck is nice, a little rounder and wider at the nut than my foundys but not as wide as the (wider) Pats.

 

[58kites]

I think the Gen 2 Furys are regular Fender type alnico split P pickups.
It is possible that they have a ceramic magnet glued under the pickup (like Dimarzio Model P) but I don't know.
But they definitely had the regular pole pieces like a normal split P.
I bought my Gen 2 Fury with an empty hole where the pickup was (EMG Geezer now) so I don't know what exactly the split P in there was, but not Peavey Super Ferrite construction.

 

[MNAirHead]

some peaveys had magnets glued to the bottom.

low/no output = reglue the magnet

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

Can’t we use this to see ?

 

[kodiakblair]

I think the Gen 2 Furys are regular Fender type alnico split P pickups.

Off top of my head, the only Peavey to use alnico mag pickups was the passive B-90.

Certainly alnico was never used in Furys, they were ceramic from beginning to end. I'd need to double check but I seem to recall 2nd gen Furys differed by having hook up wire spliced in series rather than hardwired as is the norm, the original DiMarzio split coil and the Schaller version also came like that.

Why anyone would run a split coil in parallel is beyond me but for a few years Peavey gave you the option.

 

[wild4oldcars]

I have a humbucker SF laying around somewhere, and the bottom of the bobbin extends out of the mold much further than any single coil SF I’ve had, so I assumed it was a stack. I always wondered what it would sound like in my Patriot… I’ll have to try that sometime.

 

[Chuck M]

Off top of my head, the only Peavey to use alnico mag pickups was the passive B-90.

Certainly alnico was never used in Furys, they were ceramic from beginning to end. I'd need to double check but I seem to recall 2nd gen Furys differed by having hook up wire spliced in series rather than hardwired as is the norm, the original DiMarzio split coil and the Schaller version also came like that.

Why anyone would run a split coil in parallel is beyond me but for a few years Peavey gave you the option.

I have a passive Forum P/J. That model was only made for two years and then Peavey made the Forum Plus P/J with active PU's. I've often wondered if the PU's in my Forum are alnico since the tone is so very good.

 

[ctmullins]

I have a passive Forum P/J. That model was only made for two years and then Peavey made the Forum Plus P/J with active PU's. I've often wondered if the PU's in my Forum are alnico since the tone is so very good.

Magnet type alone doesn’t dictate tone. If that were true, nobody would be raving about the Super Ferrites.

 

[Chuck M]

Magnet type alone doesn’t dictate tone. If that were true, nobody would be raving about the Super Ferrites.

So true. I do still wonder about the PU's in the Forum. The J PU is a humbucker.

I have owned two of the USA made Fender Hot Rod Precision basses which were Fender's passive P/J bass and neither of them sounded nearly as good as the Forum. I will say that the workmanship on the HR P's was very good and they were very nice basses. Out of all the Fender basses I have played, the only ones that sounded killer to me were the Roscoe Beck signature basses. The PU's in those basses were designed by Bill Lawrence.

 

[kodiakblair]

I've often wondered if the PU's in my Forum are alnico since the tone is so very good.

Not if the manual spec it to be believed.

 

[Chuck M]

Well, that proves rather conclusively that ceramic magnet equipped PU's can sound wonderful.

 

[ctmullins]

Well, that proves rather conclusively that ceramic magnet equipped PU's can sound wonderful.

Go tell all your friends!!

 

[bigtone23]

Isn't there a way to "read" the field of the pickups? I know you can find the North/South polarity of the magnets with a compass, couldn't you also do metal shavings on plexiglass to see the shapes and directions of the fields? Even if you had to put a little DC current through the pickup - making it an electromagnet - to make that happen?

Thinking out loud here - I wouldn't think coiled wire around magnets would be that hard to decipher.

Magnetic film. Slide it over your pickup and you can see the field. I have a 3x4" piece EMG sold in the 90s.
You can get it at all the usual online big sellers.

 

[Runnerman]

Yes, the Peavey split P is similar the Fender but wound a little hotter I believe.
There was comments on here a few years ago that the early (gen 2 Fury) was 3 wire and the later (gen 3) was a two wire pickup. And comments were also made that the 3 wire was the better sounding pup. I haven't compared both myself. But in any case my Gen 3 sounds pretty darn good compared to my Fenders

 

[58kites]

I bought my blue Gen 2 Fury with no pickup in it for $65.
I bought my cream white Gen 3 Fury with a dead pickup in it for $40.
I bought my arctic white Gen 3 Fury with a Duncan Quarter Pounder in it.
I just realized I have no idea if Peavey split P pickups sound good or not!
I buy Peaveys for the great necks and for their Super Ferrite pickups.

 

[MNAirHead]

Late Foundation 5 - Bridge Alignment?

I must be dreaming. It seems as if all of the strings shifted toward the B String. All of the strings seem to be pushed low.

I swear I've not touched the mechanics on this.

Anyone else ever noticed this?

 

[58kites]

Magnetic film. Slide it over your pickup and you can see the field. I have a 3x4" piece EMG sold in the 90s.
You can get it at all the usual online big sellers.

Here is a link to the magnetic film.
It gives you a look at what is under the covers of your pickups.
Good for looking at various Peavey pickups.
https://www.amazon.com/CMS-MAGNETIC...90-ad81-49ba1b217f88&pd_rd_i=B0B5YP7SBX&psc=1

 

[Bleecker]

I got into the Peavey basses because they were affordable US made instruments. Not anymore! This guys prices are ridiculous! No affiliation.

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[bigtone23]

I got into the Peavey basses because they were affordable US made instruments. Not anymore! This guys prices are ridiculous! No affiliation.

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Yeah, this guy has always had crazy prices on everything. He had some Ibanez parts i was looking for several years ago, I made reasonable offers (slightly higher than typical pricing, which were still about 60% of his asking price) and they were flat out rejected. He did acquiesce on a pickguard, once, though.