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U.S. Peavey Club

#6,101
Since I always play my basses with clean hands, I usually only clean my fretboards once.... when I buy the bass if it's dirty. So, I don't freak over using a barely damp washcloth to get gunk off a board. Of course, if I gigged more and sweated a lot, it'd be an issue cause I'd clean them more than once.
 
#6,102
mech said:
Please don't use water on unfinished wood. It can take days to thoroughly evaporate and be sealed in by whatever you put on over it. That can soften the wood over time. True lemon oil is acidic and not good either. Most inexpensive "lemon oil" is just mineral oil with lemon scent.

I use naphtha (lighter fluid) with an old bath cloth to clean, let it evaporate for 30 minutes and then buff in a small amount of mineral oil. Both are inexpensive and a bottle will last for years. This is what I've used since my dad showed me in 1963. Use a wooden toothpick to get the stuff by the frets.

98% of the commercial fret board treatments are based on mineral oil with some other "magic" ingredients added that may or may not do anything.

If you want to clean and polish the frets, I recommend making something to guard the fret board from scratches. I use two pieces of thin plastic taped together. If you use 0000 steel wool, moisten a small piece with mineral oil. It helps loosen the gunk, keeps the loose pieces together in the area you're working for easy cleanup and reduces the size of the scratch marks. Also put masking tape over the pickups since they will attract any steel wool fibers that get loose. You can also use a Scotchbright pad but they take longer. The green works pretty well.

mech
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THIS!

Pretty much covers everything and shows it can be done for a few bucks.

Sometimes I will use 1000 and then 2000 grit sandpaper on the board first.

Any sort of rough or jagged spots I don't like on the board or back of the neck, I might hit those with no coarser than 500 grit VERY sparingly and then proceed to 1000 & 2000 and then 0000 steel wool.
 
#6,103
Medic579 said:
First I would never use water on wood. Lol also I think I'm gonna just let my tech do it. He really is a truly great guy. Here in Tallahassee. He's very picky. He absolutely loves my Peavy basses. He said he would take them over several more expensive models he has seen and setup. Idk if I can throw his name out or not but he is awesome. Gary Hudson at Folkstone guitars. He just built a custom guitar for John Kurzweg. Who is from here. Anyway I'm gonna leave the tech stuff to the tech guy.
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I know Gary. I lived in Tallahassee (born and raised) until 2 1/2 years ago. Tell him I said hi.

Another tech in town, who I took my basses to - including a bunch of Peaveys, is Rob at RPJ Guitarworks. He upgraded both my Cirruses and my G Bass and G-V to Millennium preamps for me. Super nice guy. If you ever meet him, please also tell him I said hi.

Also, just in case you don't know, Musicmasters on North Monroe is a Peavey dealer. I bought one of my Cirrus there. And Bobby, the owner, is a good bass player and a nice guy, too. I was in town for Thanksgiving and I stopped in and said hi to Bobby. They have great prices on strings, too. I think they charge half of whatever list price is on strings.
 
#6,104
Yea good to know I bought my T-45 from Bobby. My 88 Foundation was bought from bobby new in jan of 89 by my electric guitar players brother in law my guitar player bought it a year later from him. I got a good deal from bobby in the T-45 because people had just overlooked it for several years. Gary and Bobby are great guys. I haven't met Rob, unless he's the guy who used to do setup at Andy's there was a hippie dude there they called barefoot rob? I think.
 
#6,105
Got around to adjusting the trussrod on my 85 Foundation with all maple neck.

First off, I had to take away a bit of wood so I could get a straight shot at the trussrod nut....wasn't difficult as long as I used plenty of light and a magnifying glass LOL!

The trussrod easily loosened up so I have no worries I am certain.

I am certain the trussrod has never been adjusted as even my thinnest wall short 5/16 socket would not go in straight and there were no signs of an adjustment ever being attempted.

It IS remarkable how straight the neck is after all of these years with no adjustment, it needs just a bit of tightening but i could play it as is with no problem

This neck design by Peavey is rock solid (no pun intended) with the 2 pieces of wood glued together in the middle to make a neck.

I found this design to be excellent on Peavey 6 string guitars as well.
 
#6,106
Medic579 said:
Yea good to know I bought my T-45 from Bobby. My 88 Foundation was bought from bobby new in jan of 89 by my electric guitar players brother in law my guitar player bought it a year later from him. I got a good deal from bobby in the T-45 because people had just overlooked it for several years. Gary and Bobby are great guys. I haven't met Rob, unless he's the guy who used to do setup at Andy's there was a hippie dude there they called barefoot rob? I think.
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Did you get that T-45 in the last year or two? I checked out a T-45 he had hanging up in there a couple of years ago. I remember it had some funky colored strings on it. Kind of bronze or gold or sort of yellow?

Your description of Rob sounds right. He usually goes by Uncle Rob, at least when I've dealt with him. I think he did do work for Andy's shop, but I dealt with him directly. He lives out off Cap Cir NW, not far from 27 North. Going directly to him cut out the middle man and the middle man pricing.... :-)

This is Rob's website:

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He's a standup guy. No BS. He will bend over backwards to do right by his customers.
 
#6,107
It's the same T-45 I talked him down a bit on price, he knew what it was but he also had not seen someone interested in it for a long time. Yep it had bronzeish gold colored strings. It was missing a truss rod cover and needed a setup bad. But had the original contour case and it is absolutely perfect with the brown velour interior and the arms that hold it open. The bass and the case are immaculate. Ok I know who rob is then.
 
#6,114
From neck to bridge.
The first is a conventional volume control. The second or middle knob controls the single coil dual coil pup it's referred to as The circuit. The way I understand it is as follows from 10 to 7 it's a single coil at seven down to zero it become a dual call humbucking pick up. The third knob closest to the bridge is a conventional tone where rotation Will remove some of the highs
 
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Medic579 said:
From neck to bridge.
The first is a conventional volume control. The second or middle knob controls the single coil dual coil pup it's referred to as The circuit. The way I understand it is as follows from 10 to 7 it's a single coil at seven down to zero it become a dual call humbucking pick up. The third knob closest to the bridge is a conventional tone where rotation Will remove some of the highs
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I thought there had to be a knob for single/dual coil control. That's what makes the T40 special afterall.

Looks like a T-45 is on my GAS list now.
 
#6,116
Medic579 said:
pretty sweet looking bass how does the mahogany sound. My wife would murder me if i spent another dime on a bass right now, buuuuuuttttt would you guys say late 80's has the same knobs as my 88 foundation?
is the mahogany sealed it looks unfinished?
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not really sure what youre asking about the knobs, but i thought the lower end peaveys from the late 80s (fury, foundation, patriot) all had the speed knobs with the grips on them. as far as mahogany, i have found it to be a thick tone with a good amount of grunt, and not much bark like alder or ash has tonally.
 
#6,117
Thank God for Peavey quality!

Got my truss tool a few minutes ago in the mail. I loosened the strings on my T-40 and helped the neck by putting slight pressure to straighten it while I tightened the truss nut. Luckily, the nut was LOOSE! I mean... 2 complete turns later and the fretboard was flat as a pancake and the bass was not only playable but VERY NICE!!! I have to admit, I was worried! But, I guess it helped me to get the deal I did at the pawnshop. The owner knew the bass wasn't playable.
 
#6,120
Ok hot to GC and the 83 T20 I ordered had no case so they told me. Well when I opened the box it had the original contour case. Bonus. Well down side is the glue has gotten on the bass. So now I need to know how to clean it. It's a painted bass can I use goo gone? It needs a setup horribly bad. But hey it's all there. And $249.00 to boot. Pics when I get home
 

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