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The pickups and hardware really wouldn't be an upgrade. The pickups are the same except the VFLs/preamp in the TL-5 run on 9VDC and yours on 18VDC. The 2nd generation TL-5 preamp would be better since it has a Mid/shift but it would take major body work to get a place to be. You'd also have to make a place for the extra control set.

What value pots do you need? I don't have a schematic for the Axcellerator 5. Peavey can't find one.

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mech said:
Does anyone know who made these machine heads? They are on a first model 1982 Peavey Fury with the 1.750" topnut and T-20 type SuperFerrite pickup. Actually a re-branded t-20. I've searched the net and come up empty. They are like the Grover Titans and have a short shaft on the cloverleaf. Screw mount or anti-rotation pins would be fine.

Thanks for any info.

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No one knows who made those tuners. I tried to find out years ago, no one knows. There was a purported Peavey expert on TB who once described them as "commodity" tuners. Which is a non-answer, really.

They are found on the 1st gen Fury's like yours, some T-20's and on the early Foundations. I think they're one of the best tuners ever built. Never seen them on any other bass besides the Peaveys. Obviously, Peavey sub'd a manufacturer to make them, but no one seems to know who that was. All we can do is guess. Mike Powers probably would have known, but alas he's gone, so....

One thing is sure, if you need a set you'll probably never find them.
 
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mech said:
Does anyone know who made these machine heads? They are on a first model 1982 Peavey Fury with the 1.750" topnut and T-20 type SuperFerrite pickup. Actually a re-branded t-20. I've searched the net and come up empty. They are like the Grover Titans and have a short shaft on the cloverleaf. Screw mount or anti-rotation pins would be fine.

Thanks for any info.
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Not sure who makes those tuners but they are really quite nice. One slight correction in your comments. The Fury Slant Super Ferrite has a totally different body than the T20 and is a much lighter bass. In my opinion an improvement over the T20. So I would not consider it a rebrand of the T20.
 
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Was looking at my list of past and present bass weights today (weighed on a shipping scale)....

My T-20 weighed exactly 9lbs, 13oz.

My slant Fury weighed 9lbs, 15oz.

I've only had one of each model, so my sample is as small as possible, but weights of individual basses can vary. The "painted" slant Furies were made of poplar (not sure about painted T-20's). Poplar is not typically a light weight body wood to begin with, so no guarantee that a Fury will automatically be lighter than a T-20.
 
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Iridescentone said:
......One thing is sure, if you need a set you'll probably never find them.
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I found one and that's all I need right now. A friend had one and was kind enough to give it to me. :)

Runnerman said:
The Fury Slant Super Ferrite has a totally different body than the T20 and is a much lighter bass. In my opinion an improvement over the T20. So I would not consider it a rebrand of the T20.
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Good info. Thanks. I haven't seen a T-20 in so many years the details escaped me. I also thought the slant PU Fury would have the smaller Super Ferrite. Guess I need to go back to Peavey school.
 
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Iridescentone said:
Was looking at my list of past and present bass weights today (weighed on a shipping scale)....
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I took my T-40 FIVE and Sarzo looking TL-5 to show a buddy in another town and got to weigh them on a UPS scale.
T-40 FIVE......9.6 lbs
TL-5................9.7 lbs

Guess I've been lucky lately. I sold the sunburst TL-5 about a month ago to a friend who is a BIG boy and just had to have it. It was 13.5 lbs. It looked about like a Patriot on him. I don't miss it.
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mech said:
Nice! Was that one on Reverb? I saw several on there and figured you wouldn't be able to resist at least one. :) Ya know, P pickups make more sense to me in that arraignment.
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Ha ha! I don't know if it was on Reverb. I found it on eBay. The guy was selling about 6 TL6s, plus Cirrus and Peavey guitars. It would not surprise me if he also listed them on Reverb.
 
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Got the red TL-5, w/T-40 pickups, back from the luthier earlier this week. He found that the truss rod had not broken. The nut had stripped. I'm embarrassed to say I didn't figure that out. I had him level the fret board and re-fret anyway, which it needed. This guy does excellent work so it and the "Sarzo" TL-5 are bound for tonight's gig. Can't wait. It's like he breathed new life into the way it plays.
 
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I was going to replace the pots on my 88 foundation but closed it back up. I can live with a little noise and keep it all stock. I did solder in a new jack a few months ago and cleaned the pots but they are getting tired. Still, I can solder a wire but so many caps. I have been thinking about just making a complete new control assembly. I was wondering how the super fs would sound without the volume caps.
 
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Latest acquisition. Went by a local mom & pop music store to pick up a Samick 5 string to work on and the guy said his nephew wanted to sell his dad's old Peavey bass that was in bad shape. Didn't want much for it at all. He had it there so I looked at it and it was a 1979 T-40...and it was in really bad shape. The pics tell the story. Looks like it had been stored in an out building and sweated for decades. So I gave him more than he was asking but it was still less than I make at a regular Tuesday night restaurant gig. When I picked it up I thought I had found the legendary 14 pounder but it was not to be..... 11 1/4 lbs with the missing tuner and a rolled up set of strings. If it had been 14 lb+ I would have just framed it and hung it on the wall.

I guess I have a new project. A natural T-40 FIVE to keep the black one company. I do have a light natural body, good bridge, knobs and scratched up pickguard that's been waiting for something.
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usclassic said:
I was going to replace the pots on my 88 foundation but closed it back up. I can live with a little noise and keep it all stock. I did solder in a new jack a few months ago and cleaned the pots but they are getting tired. Still, I can solder a wire but so many caps. I have been thinking about just making a complete new control assembly. I was wondering how the super fs would sound without the volume caps.
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Personally I'd just use cleaner on the pots again. It sometimes takes more than one application to get them where they work right again. Turning the controls through their full range every now and then will go a long way toward keeping the carbon track and wiper in the pots clean. The controls sitting in one spot for a long time lets the "stuff" build up that causes the static.

Eliminating the bypass caps on the volume controls will make the bass a taste darker when not at full volume. They add the little sizzle that's lost when the volume is backed off and there is a large resistance in series with the PU. Don't think I could hear the difference anymore unless it was in a quiet room and tweeters and a kilowatt amp were involved.
 
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mech said:
Personally I'd just use cleaner on the pots again. It sometimes takes more than one application to get them where they work right again. Turning the controls through their full range every now and then will go a long way toward keeping the carbon track and wiper in the pots clean. The controls sitting in one spot for a long time lets the "stuff" build up that causes the static.

Eliminating the bypass caps on the volume controls will make the bass a taste darker when not at full volume. They add the little sizzle that's lost when the volume is backed off and there is a large resistance in series with the PU. Don't think I could hear the difference anymore unless it was in a quiet room and tweeters and a kilowatt amp were involved.
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LOL!, NOW..... That's what I call a project.
 

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