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U.S. Peavey Club
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I gobbled mine up....
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Bought from some kid on eBay who never learned to pay it. Probably never had it set up either. My god what a bow the neck had. I had to clamp it and install a new truss rod nut. The old one stripped on me while trying to adjust it. The neck is not real stable yet as still requires fairly frequent tweaking (more so than my other basses anyway). Hopefully I'll find a sweet spot and it will stay put there at some point. Plays and sounds awesome!
mark beem
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Nice!!!
Are these MIA?
How difficult is that? I may have to end up doing that to one of mine.
Yes American - too bad about your dorked axcellerator - they're as stable as mills and cirrus
Clamping is relatively easy if you have aptitude - easier than setting 1mm action
Clamping is relatively easy if you have aptitude - easier than setting 1mm action
Man, I love those Axcellerators. Well done.
Andy - maybe you can give a few details on the clamping procedure. Sounds interesting (I hope I never need to do it, but it's good to have the knowledge).
Andy - maybe you can give a few details on the clamping procedure. Sounds interesting (I hope I never need to do it, but it's good to have the knowledge).
Okay, I remember reading a thread about the Fury rarely having a rosewood neck. Am I remembering that correctly?
Just spotted a red Fury with rosewood, late '80's I think, but can't remember if it is a rare-ish bass or if I am just wrong.
Little help here?
Just spotted a red Fury with rosewood, late '80's I think, but can't remember if it is a rare-ish bass or if I am just wrong.
Little help here?
Ack, there are people on here with a lot more expertise than me but what I did was remove the neck from the bass and took it out to my garage and put it on my workbench. I then put a padded block about midway on the neck and using rubber padded beam clamps (the one with the pistol grips) applied gradual and gentle pressure to kind of back bow the neck in the direction opposite of string pull. I left it on clamped on the workbench like this for several hours and then started incrementally tightening the new truss rod nut (which I lubricated). I also applied GENTLE moderate heat with my heat gun on the LOW setting. After about a day or so of doing this I actually was able to get the neck a little too straight and had to slack off on the truss rod a touch. If I didn't do this I likely would have trashed another truss rod nut. Also I always make sure to loosen all the strings whenever I tight the nut now (just to be safe).
Thanks for all that detail, Andy.
Is the heat applied evenly up & down the length of the neck, or more focused towards the middle portion?
Is the heat applied evenly up & down the length of the neck, or more focused towards the middle portion?
I applied it as evenly as I could and tried not to get it too hot. I was just trying to get a little assist in straightening the neck. You have to be very careful with the finish and glues so I wouldn't get it too hot. A hair dryer might even be better than a heat gun as you probably can't get it too hot with one.
I love Cirrus Strings Steve Thats why i use them they sound great the life isn't the best but they sound killer for there life span!
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I always liked the musicman tone, but always hated the baseball bat necks.
80's USA Peavey necks are the best
Also as for the neck wood, here is the b-90 next to my patriot, b-90 is significantly different color of wood.
mark beem
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And here are the pictures
The Peavey headstock on the MM body kinda conjures up a style similar to a Bongo bass.
I can see what you're saying, thank god it doesn't quite look like the toilet seat bongo body XD
It's actually an OLP licensed MM body, The regular musicman has a bigger neck pocket with six bolts instead of a normal neckplate.
It's actually an OLP licensed MM body, The regular musicman has a bigger neck pocket with six bolts instead of a normal neckplate.
Thanks, Brad...I love the Patriot - it's awesome.
I noticed that you tuned down (to C#, I think) - Do you know what gauge the bottom string is? I looked at Cirrus sets today, and the 4-string set runs 45-105. I'd like to get another set just like the set that's on there.
BTW, we are diggin' your Silvergun CD. It's right up our alley.
And here are the pictures
I always liked the musicman tone, but always hated the baseball bat necks.
80's USA Peavey necks are the best
Also as for the neck wood, here is the b-90 next to my patriot, b-90 is significantly different color of wood.
Very nice! Maple is usually fairly light, but it does vary. I have seen some that darker than typical cherry.
I always saw the two as more of a marketing test or contest between two designers. They are both are built around active VFL pickups and a two band preamp, but they really go in different directions from there. The Axcellerator is done in the "modern" style - small light basswood body, mini tuners, aluminum bridge. The Forum is more of a "Tim Taylor" style bass - big heavey alder or ash body, full size classic tuners, high mass ABM bridge, super thick metal control plate with steel knobs, ginormous pickups. They are both great basses, but in different ways.
I fully agree with you that Axcellerators are a real bargain today. Its "gobbling" time.
