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U.S. Peavey Club
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The 'dumpster diver', I remember him.
Asked him about some necks from his haul of QC fails/warranty returns and stuff left laying 10 years in a mothballed factory ; no way I was sending him $50 + shipping on the strength of "looks OK" .
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I cleaned up the new Fury, changed strings, and lowered the action at the bridge. It's much better now, but I still would like the neck a little flatter. I tried a quarter clockwise turn, but it didn't budge and I was leery of forcing it.
Is there a way to "loosen up" the truss rod?
I was also thinking about using lower tension strings. Are flats typically higher or lower than rounds? I forget.
Cheers!
Is there a way to "loosen up" the truss rod?
I was also thinking about using lower tension strings. Are flats typically higher or lower than rounds? I forget.
Cheers!
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Are you helping it by flexing the neck a bit? I usually put the body between my feet, put a knee behind the neck, and slowly and gently pull back at the headstock. The truss rod moves a lot more freely.
Go back to the truss rod and take the nut off completely, then find three washers that will fit over the truss rod but are the same O.D. at the nut.
Dab just a bit of vaseline on the threads and put the nut back on and see if the truss rod behaves better for you.
Tighten the truss rod nut with the strings loose and tune to pitch, if the relief is not what you want loosen the strings and give it a bit more until you are at where you want to be.
If the truss rod nut still feels like it's really straining to get the job done, maybe a luthier should get a look at the bass.
Dab just a bit of vaseline on the threads and put the nut back on and see if the truss rod behaves better for you.
Tighten the truss rod nut with the strings loose and tune to pitch, if the relief is not what you want loosen the strings and give it a bit more until you are at where you want to be.
If the truss rod nut still feels like it's really straining to get the job done, maybe a luthier should get a look at the bass.
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Thanks. I'm going to ponder that. It sounds more complex than I was hoping.
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It’s not complicated. It’s perhaps a bit tedious and time-consuming. But if you want it done right, it’s worth the extra effort.
Fully agreed. It's more tedious than complicated, but well worth doing. It has been the difference of a neck that doesn't quite adjust to what I want to one that not only has the proper relief, but the nut turns with much less force needed.
Never a bad idea to clean and lube the truss rod threads on any bass that's been around for 20+ years. I see it as part of the 100,000 mile checkup.
Non Peavey content warning.
The bass isn't Peavey and the pups aren't Peavey. They aren't even recreations of Peavey pups (like the ones in my Ricky G.)
These pups are Super Ferrite Ps by @Matt Kustom of Nine One Six Custom Guitar and Pickups. They are killer! Highly recommended.
This bass has stacked V/T and independent output for each pup. Sound samples to come.
There are a few new members since we've linked to the Super Ferrite reproduction thread, so here's that again. tell me about Super Ferrite pickups...need info...
The bass isn't Peavey and the pups aren't Peavey. They aren't even recreations of Peavey pups (like the ones in my Ricky G.)
These pups are Super Ferrite Ps by @Matt Kustom of Nine One Six Custom Guitar and Pickups. They are killer! Highly recommended.
This bass has stacked V/T and independent output for each pup. Sound samples to come.
There are a few new members since we've linked to the Super Ferrite reproduction thread, so here's that again. tell me about Super Ferrite pickups...need info...
Custom made. It started with deconstructing and reproducing regular Super Ferrites. Then SF humbuckers were made, so I asked if P pups could be done. Check out the thread that I linked for details on the process.
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Can anyone with a Palaedium (or just someone who knows) be kind enough to tell me the values for the volume, blend and tone potentiometers please.
The pots. on mine aren’t original and I have 500k volume, 250k blend and the tone pot is, as far as I can see, unmarked....
Also what value should the tone cap. be?
Many thanks......
The pots. on mine aren’t original and I have 500k volume, 250k blend and the tone pot is, as far as I can see, unmarked....
Also what value should the tone cap. be?
Many thanks......
Thank you for that, man - it’s much appreciated. Mine is the opposite, by the way - full size pot. for volume, mini for blend and tone.
I suspect the volume is original but all the soldering is so bad that I can hardly bear to look at it, so I was going to redo the whole lot and fit new pots while I’m at it.
My suspicion is they used whatever pots the stores dept dished out
I found this among my files, it gives 0.02 as the cap value. I'm also a bit confused by this sentence in the manual
"The volume control is tone compensated to minimize high frequency loss at low volumes"
That's a longwinded way of saying there's a treble bleed cap but there's no cap on my Vol pot or this wonderful example of factory soldering nor a mention in the wiring diagram .
