I asked about the overall length of the Cirri because I have a 6 and a 5. Both USA and the 5 is an inch shorter. Both are neck thru and 35" scale!
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Fury, Foundation, Patriot, RSB Bass, B-Ninety, Dyna, Forum, Foundation S, Dyna Unity, and the G-Bass all have 8" radius fretboards.
My only Peavey that isn't 8" is my early 91 Dyna 5 at 12". Got that when I did my extensive setup and gathered the specs on it.
The original manual for the Dyna 5 in 1987 lists an 8" radius, which was not jiving with mine. Peavey used to have the manual for the 2nd generation/humbucker Dyna 5 on their site and I remember it was 12". Pretty sure mine was made at the absolute end of the SF era 5s and may have been transitioning some specs that became standard with the humbucking Dyna 5s that came out in mid 91 or so.
There was a lot of experimentation with 5 string basses in the 80s, figuring out what works better and running with it . I don't think there are really any 5s made today with a 16mm string spacing and less than 12" radius. I'm glad my Dyna has a flatter radius, as the string spacing alone is a hurdle when you are used to 18.5mm spacing on a Fender 5, and can just tolerate 17.5mm on a Musicman.
Axcelerator 4 string is 12" radius, the T20 is 12" radius and probably the T40 as well.My only Peavey that isn't 8" is my early 91 Dyna 5 at 12". Got that when I did my extensive setup and gathered the specs on it.
The original manual for the Dyna 5 in 1987 lists an 8" radius, which was not jiving with mine. Peavey used to have the manual for the 2nd generation/humbucker Dyna 5 on their site and I remember it was 12". Pretty sure mine was made at the absolute end of the SF era 5s and may have been transitioning some specs that became standard with the humbucking Dyna 5s that came out in mid 91 or so.
There was a lot of experimentation with 5 string basses in the 80s, figuring out what works better and running with it . I don't think there are really any 5s made today with a 16mm string spacing and less than 12" radius. I'm glad my Dyna has a flatter radius, as the string spacing alone is a hurdle when you are used to 18.5mm spacing on a Fender 5, and can just tolerate 17.5mm on a Musicman.
I like Fender 7.25 and 9.5
I like Peavey 8
I like Yamaha 10
But Fender can screw up a good neck when they don't soften the fretboard edges.
I tried the Player Series Basses and it felt like they didn't roll the edges while my Squier Classic Vibe '50s P has nice soft edges at half the price or less.
Peavey did a better job with the 1983-89 Fury, Foundation, Patriot fretboard edges than the 1992 Fury and Foundation necks I've had.
It is a corner that should never be cut in making strides to save money in production.
That guy put about a bazillion dollars into that bass. I don't think he will get them back.
I think they were ash, mine’s transparent violet but the grain looks very ash-like.
To be honest, I think he’s turned a nice bass into something that’s just a bit odd - if it was mine, and I’d wanted to do a fretless conversion I’d have just fitted a new unlined ebony board with just side position markers and left the body finish, unless it was really beaten up, alone. That would look quite good, imho.
That neck would just confuse anyone, with that proliferation of position markers, in different sizes and colours.
He quotes the weight as being 8.45lbs, which is odd - mine weighs 9.66lbs....
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This makes me feel not too bad about the minor mods I have made to my Verdine White [Sarzo] and Dyna Unity LTD all of which helped them play better and IMHO sound better. I don't understand changing the pickups on the Sarzo as they sound massive with lots of balls and presence.
Those were some really nice guitars, solidly built, available with Kahler and Floyd Rose trems. They are easy to soup up with better pickups although the stock ones sounded fine. I had an early one that matched my Dyna Five in pearl white with a Kahler trem and a Duncan Hot Coils in the bridge as the guitar I used for many years and was a long time house guitar for my studio.
I have one with the string locks on the nut and fine tuners. Do you know where I can find a truss rod tool? None on the Peavey accessories site. Also, I would like to clean up the sound some. Any suggestions?
Does it use the same 5/16" truss rod tool like the basses of the same era? Depending on whether you have the Floyd locking nut or Kahler locking clamp behind the nut, you might have to remove the Kahler clamp to properly access the truss rod.
Clean up the sound? I know the pickups are slightly hotter than a vintage single coil, but shouldn't be overbearing. Maybe try lowering them a touch. That can help soften the hit.
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This takes me back to the daze of selling and briefly working @peavey. I sometimes whish to still have that Falcon guitar, but the offer was too good to pass, an equal quality trick guitar and a bit of $.
if you want to open up the sound of the Sarzo pickups, then coil tap either just the neck or both pickups so that you run them as single coils. I did this to mine but it was initially to use a spare active/passive switch, as mine has a Glockenklang preamp, rather than the Dyna preamp and that has active/passive switching on the volume pot.
Well worth doing, in my opinion - ok, I had to drill another hole for a second toggle switch but really I don’t care about that or the impact on perceived value. It’s a transformation, in my opinion - it’s rare that I run both pickups in humbucker configuration, it’s usually bridge humbucker, neck single coil. It’s made a great bass even better...
If you want to do this then take a feed from the green/white junction on the pickup lead-outs to earth, via a mini toggle switch.
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I considered that when rewiring that bass but went the simple route and decided on VVT after consulting with several. I totally love the sound of the full on Humbuckers. I had considered tapping or even going with a "T40" style set up. I have a Gibson EB14 Five string with tapping options and also my Carvin LB50 basses, but still stay with the full humbuckers 90% of the time.
