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U.S. Peavey Club

#3,741
MNAirHead said:
Still doesn't really say brand XYZ..
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For wood that is not sealed with a hardening oil (tung, Tru-oil, boiled linseed and the like) the best thing I've found is mineral oil. Doesn't take much, it isn't acidic and it doesn't go rancid. Look up my Koa TL-5. I've never had anyone who has played it say anything but how good the neck felt. If too much mineral oil is left on the neck it can feel a little sticky in humid weather. If it's buffed off well it's great.

If a non-hardening oil is used on unsealed wood don't ever think about having it finished with a product that hardens.

mech
 
#3,742
llamalor2112 said:
Here, I may as well finally post some pics of my guys
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Nice herd. I have a Generation (Peavey active tele-style guitar) with the same finish on the face with the back black. Great look.

mech
 
#3,745
Question for the Peavey bass experts;

Did Peavey ever use non-Peavey pickups on production models? Not outsourced pickups made to Peavey specs for Peavey. But rather, off-the-shelf "branded" pickups such as Basslines, Barts, etc.?

Or would that have been something their custom shop may have been willing to do?
 
#3,746
Templar said:
Question for the Peavey bass experts;

Did Peavey ever use non-Peavey pickups on production models? Not outsourced pickups made to Peavey specs for Peavey. But rather, off-the-shelf "branded" pickups such as Basslines, Barts, etc.?

Or would that have been something their custom shop may have been willing to do?
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All I know is that on custom shop cirrus models when they were doing custom shop, you could get different p/u and preamps installed. As far as my knowledge, no other models were like that. Could be wrong though.
 
#3,747
llamalor2112 said:
My love of these started with that foundation. I played with one string and most of the hardware missing as kind of a gag at my hs jazz rehearsal because it was laying in the back room and had been for 22 years. Even in such rough shape I was impressed so I fixed it up and daaaang! Me likes the usa peaveys now!
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That was fast! it wasn't all that long ago you first posted about that one-stringed wonder :D
 
#3,750
Templar said:
Question for the Peavey bass experts;

Did Peavey ever use non-Peavey pickups on production models? Not outsourced pickups made to Peavey specs for Peavey. But rather, off-the-shelf "branded" pickups such as Basslines, Barts, etc.?

Or would that have been something their custom shop may have been willing to do?
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There are rumors that they did .... The models that supposedly did this were the weakest quality
 
#3,752
Templar said:
Question for the Peavey bass experts;

Did Peavey ever use non-Peavey pickups on production models? Not outsourced pickups made to Peavey specs for Peavey. But rather, off-the-shelf "branded" pickups such as Basslines, Barts, etc.?

Or would that have been something their custom shop may have been willing to do?
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I believe the pickups in the Dyna Unity basses were off-the-shelf Schallers. The pickups didn't carry a visible "Schaller" imprint, but I don't think Schaller branded those pickups then or now.
 
#3,753
jweber76 said:
Back to oil and natural finishes for a sec: what would the "finish " be considered on my natural T-40? And what would be the best product (If any) for it? It is the only natural finish instrument I own and have always been scared to do anything to it!
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I'd call the natural finish on the T-40 a "satin" finish. I don't know of anyone who treats a natural finish T-40 with special care. Despite that many, actually most of these basses are in good condition despite widespread neglect. Based on that, I'd do what most T-40 owners do - nothing.
 
#3,754
smcd said:
I'd call the natural finish on the T-40 a "satin" finish. I don't know of anyone who treats a natural finish T-40 with special care. Despite that many, actually most of these basses are in good condition despite widespread neglect. Based on that, I'd do what most T-40 owners do - nothing.
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Agreed, dust 'em off occasionally-depending on how much time is spent in a case vs. on a stand, or wall bracket.
 
#3,760
Hi. I just purchased a previously owned 4-string left hand Peavey Millennium BXP (passive). Very nice but when setting up, I would have liked to have been able to tighten the truss rod a bit more but it is set as far as it will go. Still, very playable, intonates well, and sounds nice (I am just a beginner player by the way). Any advice on further reducing the bow? I'd like the neck to be as straight as possible. By the way, as soon as I got the bass, I removed the round wounds and installed Fender .45-.105 flatwounds. Would lighter gauge flatwounds make any difference?

Thanks.
 

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