U.S. Peavey Club

[Johnny Crab]

Now for some comparing.
The 80's has better shielding, multiple capacitors in the control circuits(not in the 90's version), a five screw control cavity cover vs 4 screw for the 90's. Also on THIS white 90's, someone at Peavey put the glossy side down(facing inside) by making the screw inserts reliefs on the wrong side. Must've been a Monday after a long weekend. The StrapLoc on my white one gets installed behind the 17th fret if at all possible. Pics:

Tuners/heads:

Inputs:

Control Cavities(LARGE file for detail)

80's Controls:

90's Controls

 

[Johnny Crab]

Pickups? The 80's bass says "Super Ferrite" and the 90's bass says "Peavey".
Both basses sound almost identical. Inside? Identical looks(potted) and same "Orange Dot" sticker on each.
Pics left full size. 1980's pickup:

Underside:

90's

Underside:

End of tonight's report.

 

[Runnerman]

I notice a lot of things similar to my two Fury's. The beefier bridge on the older Foundation is the same as my early Fury. The older Foundy has the 2 piece neck and the newer one the single piece with maple top board. Looks like that thing has been used and abused. I am curious about those pups and the differences. Maybe someone can shed light on that.

 

[Johnny Crab]

Peavey said they're the same with different plastic covers, what I'm seeing here indicates they are correct.
The 80's appears to have capacitors inserted in the circuit of each pickup to bleed off some ultra-highs and maybe give a less-bitey/harsh(?) tone compared to the 90's one. The sound about identical to me. I did not want to bend the 80's caps around the view the values but I'd guess Peavey would tell me.

 

[jason73]

So I had to do a full on setup of my 86 Patriot. I found signatures all over this thing. Not happy with my result so when I tear it down again I'll post pics. I heard some employees back then used to sign the first few but I've never been able to verify that. Anyone have some input. Wish I'd had the thought to take pics today while I did this. Live and learn.

 

[Low Class]

My new Axcelerator Plus:

 

[mech]

So I had to do a full on setup of my 86 Patriot. I found signatures all over this thing.

Employees would initial sub-assemblies they did for Quality Control tracking.

 

[Bigtruck1369]

My new Axcelerator Plus:

That's fantastic! I had no idea they came in that color! I think I'd die if I found a five like that!

 

[kodiakblair]

Mech's got the right of it, they say it the Peavey Revolution book as well

 

[geoff_in_nc]

That's fantastic! I had no idea they came in that color! I think I'd die if I found a five like that!

If you did I'd sneak up behind you and abscond with it! Not like you'd need it anymore......

 

[kodiakblair]

Well this sweet thing made it to Scotland 4500 miles in one piece,but yet another with neck bow.
Seeing as this is the 4th out of 5 USA basses that have arrived like this I've got good at straightening
them out.

Apart from the neck, the micro tilt screw is goosed. In this case I reckon the neck screws weren't slackened
enough and someone went too far with the truss rod. I know it's not the Peavey necks so an owner with just
enough knowledge to be dangerous but not enough to be effective must be the cause again.

A rub with lemon oil brought some much needed life into the fretboard,change of strings and 9v it was good
to go for a set up.

Very little was required in the set up. The radius bridge was a great idea and strung with my favourite Roto-
sound Nexus she's singing.

Here she is my 89 Dyna bass

The T 45 has cleared customs so I should have her by the weekend and the T 40 remaining switch is en-route.
Just that Super Ferrite for the 3rd Foundation to source

 

[Runnerman]

Awesome! Then you will need a whole new set of Peavey projects.

 

[kodiakblair]

Runnerman

I have a hankering for a Fury but it may take time. Last week I contacted GC to ask why
every product I clicked on was not available. " It's because you're in the UK " they said
" But you offer international shipping " I replied. " It's up to the stores and only on selected
products " was the answer.

No used basses from GC for me then. Man I've wasted hours looking there.

 

[kodiakblair]

The weekend came early

Last night I picked up the T 45.

Bar a couple of scratches she's in great shape. We have the same neck bow issue though.
After the Dyna arrived I had a discussion with my workmates,carpenters love to talk about wood

We were kinda sold on the idea that temperatures in plane cargo holds were to blame and that
slackening the strings before shipping might help. Not in this case,the strings were slack on delivery
but whoever had the bass before went to town with the trussrod. It's been cranked so far in it's fully
1/4 inch beyond my adjustment tool

1st thing in the morning I'll be buying a thin wall nut driver and hope that fits.

Gotta get this fixed. There's a set of chromes waiting to be strung.

 

[bahia0019]

NBD (6 weeks late actually)

I came across a new Millennium at the San Ysidro Guitar Center Outlet marked around $500. I loved the neck and headstock, and I was interested in an active bass since my band is thinking about doing some C standard tuning. And one of my band mates says "You're not a musician if you don't own something Peavey."
I looked it up online and saw them going for $300 brand new, so was confused.

Started to do some investigation. It took awhile, but I found out that it was American made, and a really nice bass. So I kept my eye on it to see if they would drop the price as I usually pop in once a month to check the deals.

Come Black Friday, after a surf session and a few hours before my flight to Thailand for a 5 week trip, I pop in and see it's still there. It's obviously not moving, and stuff doesn't move, I tend to get good deals. So I check the Guitar Center website, and they have a Non-USA, black, 4 string Millennium for $200. I ask them if they'd match that price, and the answer was YES. Boom! USA Made Millenium for $200.

I brought it to our studio and found one of the guitarists (who had also just scored a great deal on a guitar), and I plugged it in, played one song, then had to go catch my flight.
Finally got home from Thailand last week, and have put a few hours on it. I'm really loving it. Starting to figure out the sweeping mids, and also getting used to an active. I'm really happy with it so far.

So I have a nice new addition to my little happy bass family.

 

[Bugeyed Earl]

Well this sweet thing made it to Scotland 4500 miles in one piece,but yet another with neck bow.
Seeing as this is the 4th out of 5 USA basses that have arrived like this I've got good at straightening
them out.

Apart from the neck, the micro tilt screw is goosed. In this case I reckon the neck screws weren't slackened
enough and someone went too far with the truss rod. I know it's not the Peavey necks so an owner with just
enough knowledge to be dangerous but not enough to be effective must be the cause again.

A rub with lemon oil brought some much needed life into the fretboard,change of strings and 9v it was good
to go for a set up.

Very little was required in the set up. The radius bridge was a great idea and strung with my favourite Roto-
sound Nexus she's singing.

Here she is my 89 Dyna bass
View attachment 537009

The T 45 has cleared customs so I should have her by the weekend and the T 40 remaining switch is en-route.
Just that Super Ferrite for the 3rd Foundation to source

Nice score! If that bass shipped from Florida, I had my hands on it a few months ago and didn't detect the neck bow. Your theory might be right on target (or I'm thinking of another instrument.)

 

[kodiakblair]

Hi Bugeyed Earl

The Dyna was in FT Lauderdale. If that helps any.

Think it was a pawn shop judging by the other items they had listed.

 

[Bugeyed Earl]

Hi Bugeyed Earl

The Dyna was in FT Lauderdale. If that helps any.

Think it was a pawn shop judging by the other items they had listed.

Yes, that was definitely it, I just found the listing on eBay. They've had it for at least a year and I was pretty tempted to grab it, but I don't really need another bass at the moment. Thanks for removing the temptation

 

[kodiakblair]

My pleasure Bugeyed Earl

Besides its settled in nicely among it's kin here in Scotland ( rapidly becoming the rest haven for Peavey )

The T 45 is clamped up, it was a helluva task getting at the TR but I've just got to hope it settles down.
All will be well I'm sure it just takes patience

 

[StuartV]

Since there's so much Fury love here, I just want to say, I've had my Stealth Fury for a year or two now. It has pretty much just sat in its case the whole time, as I've been playing my EBMM Sterling 5H exclusively. But this past weekend I had a gig with my band where I as expecting that we were going to be playing only straight up Blues (instead of our normal mix of Blues, R&B, some Classic Rock and a little bit of Country). So, I decided to go with a more traditional Blues look and sound and play a 4-string, P-style bass. My normal first choice would be my G&L SB-2. But, I decided to try out the Fury first, since I had played it almost zero since I've had it. I expected to practice with it some then put it aside and play the SB-2 for rehearsal and the gig and just take the Fury as a backup.

Well, I liked the Fury so much, I never touched the SB-2 for any practice, rehearsal, or the gig. And we ended up playing with our full band, doing our full array of music. Having only 4 strings didn't hold me back at all. Well, I only missed having a low D a couple of times.

My Fury has a Hi-A (vintage Bartolini) pickup. I played it through my Ampeg B-15R fliptop (100W, all tube). We were in a very small pub, but we are a 6-piece band. Annnnnddd... the tone was awesome! It was the P bass sound I fell in love with back when I first "discovered" P basses. The amp as just barely enough, volume-wise. But, by just barely enough, I mean the Master was dimed, and Gain was at 2:00, and it was perfect! I could occasionally feel the back of my pant legs flapping and I think everyone in the room could hear it and feel it just the right amount.

So, my Fury looks killer (to me, anyway), sounds awesome, and the playability is Peavey Perfection. I normally don't like any neck that is not, essentially, a bare wood feeling. Like oiled and waxed. But, even though the neck on my Fury is painted black (front and back), I never had any issue with feeling like my thumb was sticking to it, instead of sliding easily, nor being too slippery. It was just right.

I <3 my Fury! I wish I had a better picture handy. This one sucks, partly because the bass has fingerprints all over it. Some folks are sending me pictures that they took at the gig. If any of them are any good, I'll post another.