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U.S. Peavey Club
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Not to sound flippant... how often do you play the A string that far up?
I'd be guessing tension first... before redoing frets... find an old school dunlop capo (before clamp capos) and clamp down the "break" on the headstock... it's possible a string tree could help your issue.
OR
Redo the geometry of the bass... get the same action with a different equation of the variables.
Reason I'm suggesting tension is the issue is only with one string ... it's not likely this single string has issues with the single fret position.
This has been coming on for quite some time... At these prices, they're still relatively low priced.
The Peaveys with the high asking prices are still just sitting for now. The bad economy really knocked down Peavey prices for months. But, that trend seems to be reversing.
BassicJohn said:
Havent noticed this - directly opposite
My and collect able fenders are moving slow -
I wouldn't spend too much time lamenting that B-Quad. The market price on those basses is still under $800.
The asking prices on those auctions are way over the top. Even the T-40 that sold - nuts - the buyer paid wayyyyy too much for it. Peavey Dyna Unity basses can be regularly had for $200, TL-5's for $400, etc...
Look at this guy for example:
He starts off asking $600 for his G-bass.
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
No bids. So he runs a no-reserve auction, and ends up selling it for $247.
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices
That's how it works. There's "asking" price, and what the item actually sells for.
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Good Points all. I know it's been discussed before, asking price vs actual value and it's an interesting discussion.
UGH, the Gbass would have been a good buy as well....
The reason I carry on so about the BQuad is that I paid $1100.00 for mine and it needs a little TLC. Nothing major, just a pot, but I can't do the work myself so off to the luthier it goes. I actually had to flip my Ric 4003FL quickly to land that Bquad.
I was SERIOUSLY considering defretting mine but decided not to for now. THAT white BQuad in the $600's would have been perfect. My luthier charges $300.00 for a defret, fill and respray alone.....ugh! LOL
I'm guilty of paying "above market prices" for basses that IMHO are worth the asking price or even more.
I paid $650.00 for my Unity because I was after THAT specific bass, and it alluded me at LEAST 3 times, starting at $279.00. And this was way before the Peavey prices were where they are now.
I also paid $750.00 for a very special and minty late model TL-5.
I was watching them sell all day for about $400-500, some lower. But, when I saw my bass, I KNEW it was going to be set up to my liking and I knew the seller well. I was not disappointed.
I don't mind paying a higher price (ie buying one here off a TB member) than taking a chance on Ebay but I found it vindicating seeing those prices!
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It took every bit of self-restraint for me not to buy that G-bass on ebay. I have 2 already, one of them a black holoflake just like the bass in that auction. But I just couldn't justify owning another.
That is why I own so many Peaveys. What you get for the money you spend on the used market is absolutely insane.
That is why I own so many Peaveys. What you get for the money you spend on the used market is absolutely insane.
The gbass was an extremely fair price - the sunburst is a huge pricing bonus
Like some on this board, I'm cheap- but willing to pay a premium for a known seller with pretty basses - the only turds I've ended up with are Craigslist and eBay - this is where all my questionable as us junk goes
You'd choke at what I've paid for some USA peaveys - but then again im blessed to have worked on many of your guitars and have PayPal waiting for the cream of the crop
Yes - I'm gladly hoarding the USA gems
Like some on this board, I'm cheap- but willing to pay a premium for a known seller with pretty basses - the only turds I've ended up with are Craigslist and eBay - this is where all my questionable as us junk goes
You'd choke at what I've paid for some USA peaveys - but then again im blessed to have worked on many of your guitars and have PayPal waiting for the cream of the crop
Yes - I'm gladly hoarding the USA gems
@Mark your Fury looks really nice. My theory, it is always better in black.
Another pickguard makeover. Got the black one from my daughter for christmas. I also thought wow looks like a completely different bass. I had to send it back as the first guard was for a 90's Fury. The people at pickguard heaven were understanding and got the right one out to me right away. Even asked for a few pics of my bass to insure there would be no problem. Great service there, kudos to them.
This Fury is the best playing bass I have ever owned. It has some stiff competition now with the Foundation in the stable.
Another pickguard makeover. Got the black one from my daughter for christmas. I also thought wow looks like a completely different bass. I had to send it back as the first guard was for a 90's Fury. The people at pickguard heaven were understanding and got the right one out to me right away. Even asked for a few pics of my bass to insure there would be no problem. Great service there, kudos to them.
This Fury is the best playing bass I have ever owned. It has some stiff competition now with the Foundation in the stable.
Switching both those basses to black pickguards made a lot of difference, they look great!
I've honestly always hated the typical fender white guard on a black bass...BOOOORING!
Black and maple is always a win in my book.
I've honestly always hated the typical fender white guard on a black bass...BOOOORING!
Black and maple is always a win in my book.
when ordering from pickguard heaven... always include a clean close up pix of the body/neck joint... and one of the body.
They've caught a few of my mistakes.
They've caught a few of my mistakes.
Grebnaws said:
That's the first assumption I'd review right there. My basses (whether setup by me or by the tech I used to take them to) generally have slightly higher saddle heights as the string thickness increases. Which makes sense to me. Don't you expect the thicker string to vibrate with a larger amplitude?
Except... I have noticed that, for some reason, the E string saddle usually ends up lower than the A string.
Anyway, point is, maybe try raising your A string saddle a little bit and see if that makes it play the way you want? Don't let the looks of of the saddles or some idea of how they're supposed to be setup distract you from the only actual important thing - how it plays.
I gave my daughter the model and make I.D number's from there website. I also told the year of my bass. I figured this would be enough. Pickguard heaven sent her/me a PDF file that had the neckpocket and lower horn of 2 Fury templates. I picked the wrong one. In the future will definitely sends pictures first.
mark beem
Wait, how does this song start again??
Dig the silver. More basses these days need to come in that color. Classy without being boring.
Axcelerator 5 en route..
Not my bass but same color
Pics by thebasssponge
I may have set that bass up.... there was a 9.5/10 that ran through here a while ago.
Axcellerators are cool basses.... way under rated... I so wished I'd open the case and mine would have been magically a different color
The body is flat and the fretboard is curved. With the bigger strings moving more as you said, the the A string does seem to need the most height at the bridge. Some for the string size and more for the curve of the fretboard.
No apology necessary. I'm a casual enthusiast and it doesn't interfere with my usual practice in any way at all. For the sake of completeness and satisfaction in providing my own setup I want it to play "perfect". I have a few tools at my disposal but am concentrating on feel versus measuring semantics in decimals. It is the first time I have encountered an individual string problem and wasn't sure how to proceed, having done this just a few times before.
I do not think this is the case, but would something like neck twist ever account for this?
I have been measuring the string height at the 21st fret and this A string insists on taking a higher saddle compared to the others for buzz free operation. For now it rests higher than the others and plays well enough, it just struck me as odd that the other strings didn't behave this way even at much lower settings.
I should be practicing instead of tinkering but it's in my nature to get inside of things. It's a good bass. In 20 or 30 years when I'm ready to play rock covers it will be a solid
