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U.S. Peavey Club

#30,481
PeaveyPlayer said:
Short response
Get Emg BQS If you want stock plus extra features or modify the original

Or if you don’t want a variable mid
get the OBP3 if you want like I had in my cirrus 4




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Ive had

Emg bqs
Bart
Audere
Obp3

In various peavey basses
Like the bquad
Cirrus
Gv

My personal opinion was
Obp3 was thick and subdued treble but not a whole lot while still being pretty veristile

The Bart was super dark and only got airy with the treble cranked- I had that in my GV when I bought it and switched the millenium which was MUCH better
Then the Emg BQS which was like taking a blanket off the amp
TONE!!

I got bored and tried audere but it imparted this metallic tone/ edgyness I didn’t like

If you don’t want the sweepable mid for ease … my first choice would probably be the Obp3
And at 18V it sounded great
A little goes along way too

but the Emg is king for me it was clear and adjustable treble was awsome along with the defined bottom end.. it never got muddy.. or boomy or was like a stupid clean DI


I had a Delano with emgx in a yamaha RBX JM6 and it sounded great! But i felt output was low

I also have a bunch of sound clips
If you want i can take some new ones too with certain eq settings you want

I currently have my b quad 4 with an OBP3
G bass with stock preamp modified
Forgot about that…
I’ve modified a ruined a few preamps lmao
But I have one for my G bass that works and I have graphed it (slapping the e string and then taking the first snapshot of the second the eq moves on the visualizer)

And there’s a HUGE difference in the bass extension treble extension and mids
It was a single 47UF 50V i belive
And five 25UF 50V
@AudioTaper did it first and has done a Nordstrand preamp in his

I also swapped the old TL072 preamp for a TLE2072ACP
Newer and lower noise

I know he also put a burr brown opa2132 I think but that needs a socket I believe as it’s Stupid tiny
I bought one in attempt to do it but it was too small… and
Well with fine motor skill issues… my hand shakes soldering
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That is a lot of information to absorb!
 
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#30,483
Hammertime3 said:
When, and why, did this change take place on these basses?
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Change came in around 1999 for the Milestones.

Reason for the change was simply brand identity. Milestone I and II were Peavey's entry into overseas production and as they were testing the waters didn't want to invest much into the venture. Milestone I and II were just existing Samick Fender copies with a harpoon peghead and Peavey logo.

Big wigs in the US felt the Unity body was getting tired and banked on a new shape winning sales or at least stamping Peavey as a brand apart. Think the long thin horn first appeared with the G-bass, following year Milestone III/IV and Fury II were sporting it.
 
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#30,484
Thundar said:
Yeah, but I remembered Jordan had tried just about everything....and a few in the Cirrus club as well...and thats why I just went ahead and recommended the EMG BQS....no muss, no fuss....5 pots with a concentric mid pot like the Milly preamp, and dead silent
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Exactly
Plus the sweepable mid went almost as low on the Emg as the millennium preamp

Which is where I set mine and forget it
 
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#30,485
I just picked up a USA Peavey Fury for $45, it was in rough shape. After a good cleaning, neck adjustment and some new GHS strings its playing great!

I made a 4 min video cleaning it up , on YouTube.

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#30,490
A-Step-Towards said:
I just picked up a USA Peavey Fury for $45, it was in rough shape. After a good cleaning, neck adjustment and some new GHS strings its playing great!

I made a 4 min video cleaning it up , on YouTube.

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Nicely done! If you happen to want some old school lightening "P" knobs for it, let me know.

Cheers!
 
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#30,498
PeaveyPlayer said:
Short response
Get Emg BQS If you want stock plus extra features or modify the original

Or if you don’t want a variable mid
get the OBP3 if you want like I had in my cirrus 4




* Long post!*

Ive had

Emg bqs
Bart
Audere
Obp3

In various peavey basses
Like the bquad
Cirrus
Gv

My personal opinion was
Obp3 was thick and subdued treble but not a whole lot while still being pretty veristile

The Bart was super dark and only got airy with the treble cranked- I had that in my GV when I bought it and switched the millenium which was MUCH better
Then the Emg BQS which was like taking a blanket off the amp
TONE!!

I got bored and tried audere but it imparted this metallic tone/ edgyness I didn’t like

If you don’t want the sweepable mid for ease … my first choice would probably be the Obp3
And at 18V it sounded great
A little goes along way too

but the Emg is king for me it was clear and adjustable treble was awsome along with the defined bottom end.. it never got muddy.. or boomy or was like a stupid clean DI


I had a Delano with emgx in a yamaha RBX JM6 and it sounded great! But i felt output was low

I also have a bunch of sound clips
If you want i can take some new ones too with certain eq settings you want

I currently have my b quad 4 with an OBP3
G bass with stock preamp modified
Forgot about that…
I’ve modified a ruined a few preamps lmao
But I have one for my G bass that works and I have graphed it (slapping the e string and then taking the first snapshot of the second the eq moves on the visualizer)

And there’s a HUGE difference in the bass extension treble extension and mids
It was a single 47UF 50V i belive
And five 25UF 50V
@AudioTaper did it first and has done a Nordstrand preamp in his

I also swapped the old TL072 preamp for a TLE2072ACP
Newer and lower noise

I know he also put a burr brown opa2132 I think but that needs a socket I believe as it’s Stupid tiny
I bought one in attempt to do it but it was too small… and
Well with fine motor skill issues… my hand shakes soldering
Click to expand...
I put in a OPA2145 in my Wenge 4 and it made the stock preamp sound so much better. It also has good quality electrolytic caps, I should replace the film caps at some point and see if that has any effect. Not quite as good as the Nordstrand 3B, but it was only about $12 in parts.
 

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AudioTaper said:
I put in a OPA2145 in my Wenge 4 and it made the stock preamp sound so much better. It also has good quality electrolytic caps, I should replace the film caps at some point and see if that has any effect. Not quite as good as the Nordstrand 3B, but it was only about $12 in parts.
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Speaking of...I have been meaning to ask you...I have a Milly preamp that has some pots that are apparently going bad...would you be interested in rehabbing it? happy to pay ya for it, of course
 
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