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U.S. Peavey Club

#28,462
58kites said:
I have been very lucky with Peavey necks, never had one that didn't work well.
A few have been a little hard to reach but no twisted necks, no ski jump necks, nothing like that.
All the ones I've bought from Guitar Center, if they didn't set up well and behave right, they got returned immediately.
I think the wheel at the heel is the way all basses should be done now.
Vintage re-issue Fenders that require the neck to come off any time they need a quick tweak seem like such a PIA.
If I had one, I would be tempted to route the body and pickguard to have that little space that many Yamahas have to get at their truss rod.
Of course, I've never had a bass that had any real vintage value to preserve....I tend to buy bargain basses only.
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I have issues with those old, super thin neck. My Forum V AX neck been quite stable in the eight years I have had it.
 
#28,463
58kites said:
I have been very lucky with Peavey necks, never had one that didn't work well.
A few truss rod nuts have been a little deep and hard to reach but no twisted necks, no ski jump necks, nothing like that.
The ones I've bought from Guitar Center, if they didn't set up well and behave right, they got returned immediately which is sort of a good safety net.
I think the wheel at the heel truss rod adjuster is the way all basses should be done now.
Vintage re-issue Fenders that require the neck to come off any time they need a quick tweak seem like such a PIA.
If I had one, I would be tempted to route the body and pickguard to have that little space just below the heel that many Yamahas have to get at their truss rod.
Of course, I've never had a bass that had expensive vintage value to preserve.
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My 91 SF Dyna 5 neck had to go to Warpedneck.com. It was a little wavy to start, but it set up fine and was great for a couple years. A really dry winter followed by a really wet spring sent it on a rollercoaster ride that didn't correct the following summer. It took two processes to take care of the twist, slight ski jump and fall away at the nut.
I'm getting ready to send off my 85 Patriot neck (double stripe 1.75" nut), as it developed a little wave to it, too. It's also setting up and playing ok, but this is clearly a single process fix, so might as well send it before it gets worse. We had a crazy wet spring here and even my most stable of instruments needed tweaks. The T20 neck is on RicRiot for now, though it has a little ski jump, but is working great. . RicRiot.20!
I had to remove some wood and add a couple washers to my T20 and T45 necks so I could use a standard Gibson truss rod tool.
I have no problem doing a little rout to heel adjusted Fenders for better access to the truss rod nut. Did it to my 72 J.
 
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#28,466
ATLbassist said:
Did you have to ship the entire bass or just the neck? I recently scored a slant Fury off ShopGoodwill, but the neck just won't cooperate. I've maxed out the truss rod, and it's still not as flat as I'd like and fretting out above the 14th fret.
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Perhaps the wood under the truss rod nut has been crushed? Best practice is to bend the neck using some other means, then snug up the truss rod nut to just hold it in that position. Cranking down on the nut to force the neck to move is how the wood gets crushed, and people end up with "maxed out truss rods".

You might be able to gain some additional adjustment range by removing the truss rod nut, adding a washer or two, and then adjusting using the above procedure.
 
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Today's my birthday (56) and I've got a couple of basses out and I'm explaining to my wife, that I was 19 when my '86 Foundation bass was new & back then it was out of my price range. Then telling her how big the Peavey brand was back then & why I had to have an 80's Peavey bass in my small collection.
Her response was "why don't you play it more then" so with that I put the other basses away, and cleaned and tuned up the Foundation Bass & am enjoying playing in through my Rumble 200 combo. :D:thumbsup:
 
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Shawn Luckman said:
Today's my birthday (56) and I've got a couple of basses out and I'm explaining to my wife, that I was 19 when my '86 Foundation bass was new & back then it was out of my price range. Then telling her how big the Peavey brand was back then & why I had to have an 80's Peavey bass in my small collection.
Her response was "why don't you play it more then" so with that I put the other basses away, and cleaned and tuned up the Foundation Bass & am enjoying playing in through my Rumble 200 combo. :D:thumbsup:
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Have fun playing that Foundation...wash your hands after eating your birthday cake first though. Have a great Birthday Shawn
 
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Just got this off a nice gentleman off Craig's List. $100 with a nice strap and bag.

The action is a little high and I want to flatten the neck a tad. Which direction is that? I always forget. And what size allen?

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Supadope said:
Just got this off a nice gentleman off Craig's List. $100 with a nice strap and bag.

The action is a little high and I want to flatten the neck a tad. Which direction is that? I always forget. And what size allen?

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Those transition era necks are really underrated, I have a 91 that I adore. Tuners are some of the worst they used, though.
 
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