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U.S. Peavey Club
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With the Peavey having the smaller radius, any pickup the same size or smaller and with a larger radius will fit in the pocket. Mounting depth would be the next thing to consider.
Hi everyone!
I have a peavey dyna bass series. Originally, this bass has an active super ferrite pickups, I've got it for a very cheap price with conditions that the preamp was totally broken, and did haven't knobs. Days later, I put knobs on it, and the pickups were conected in pasive mode, but isn't the same (logically). So, that's drove me to think two things. 1.- Change both pickups by others, 2.- Install a preamp that supports this pickups.
Can you help me with this dilemma?
Salutations!
I have a peavey dyna bass series. Originally, this bass has an active super ferrite pickups, I've got it for a very cheap price with conditions that the preamp was totally broken, and did haven't knobs. Days later, I put knobs on it, and the pickups were conected in pasive mode, but isn't the same (logically). So, that's drove me to think two things. 1.- Change both pickups by others, 2.- Install a preamp that supports this pickups.
Can you help me with this dilemma?
Salutations!
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Back in the day I had a Dyna-Bass the same color as yours... charcoal metallic. The Super Ferrite pickups are passive and only the preamp was powered/active. The preamp was considered low noise in the 80's. However, at 70db signal to noise it is very noisy by the standards today.
As long as you have potentiometers with the correct values and wired properly your bass should sound like a standard Foundation Super Ferrite.
Here's a link to the original Peavey Dyna-Bass manual with some interesting info: https://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/80300137.pdf
The original switch allowed the preamp to be bypassed, while the volume and balance still worked. The treble control would then act as a standard passive tone rolloff.
Should be just a matter of confirming the wiring and pot values to get it rockin'
Our brother @Deaky MSG'd me last night saying he was moving on the Cirrus and T-40.
Both are safe and well with the Scottish branch of the Peavey clan
Two absolute beauties. First time I've played a T40 with blades and I'm impressed,the Cirrus is just wonderful.
Both are safe and well with the Scottish branch of the Peavey clan
Two absolute beauties. First time I've played a T40 with blades and I'm impressed,the Cirrus is just wonderful.
I dunno if this is a good deal or not but it looks pretty nice. Next thru too!
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Not mine, but I live local if someone wants a hand getting it.
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Another unplanned Peavey.
On Sunday night a good friend called with some bad news, terminal cancer and less than 3 months to live. This was bad enough but something he said
that struck a chord. He recently fixed up his 2 motorcycles and we are experiencing unusually good weather in Scotland,sadly he's too sick to enjoy his bikes
in the short time left.
Having an almost complete Peavey collection I don't want to run out of time before it's finished. I'd been looking for an Axecelerator but hit some problems,
GC won't ship used goods overseas,my cousin in America can't be bothered to purchase one for me and a recent one on Ebay.de felt like a scam ! I only know
one Axecelerator owner in the UK but I'm at a loss as to why they're so scarce. Light weight,low action due to the combination of Peavey neck and micro tilt,
35" scale so a good B string and 18V preamp.
Well on Sunday bassic.ch member jogi68 came to the rescue. He had a lovely purple 5 string for sale and was happy to ship to Scotland
So Scotland's Peavey clan has a new brother. Managed about a half hour and I'm impressed,don't normally play 5 strings but the Wilkinson adjustable
bridge will help if I struggle with string spacing.First Purple bass too
Enough yakking here's the photos
Another unplanned Peavey.
On Sunday night a good friend called with some bad news, terminal cancer and less than 3 months to live. This was bad enough but something he said
that struck a chord. He recently fixed up his 2 motorcycles and we are experiencing unusually good weather in Scotland,sadly he's too sick to enjoy his bikes
in the short time left.
Having an almost complete Peavey collection I don't want to run out of time before it's finished. I'd been looking for an Axecelerator but hit some problems,
GC won't ship used goods overseas,my cousin in America can't be bothered to purchase one for me and a recent one on Ebay.de felt like a scam ! I only know
one Axecelerator owner in the UK but I'm at a loss as to why they're so scarce. Light weight,low action due to the combination of Peavey neck and micro tilt,
35" scale so a good B string and 18V preamp.
Well on Sunday bassic.ch member jogi68 came to the rescue. He had a lovely purple 5 string for sale and was happy to ship to Scotland
So Scotland's Peavey clan has a new brother. Managed about a half hour and I'm impressed,don't normally play 5 strings but the Wilkinson adjustable
bridge will help if I struggle with string spacing.First Purple bass too
Enough yakking here's the photos
Congrats on the Barney Bass. The trick to me about playing five string is to get used to playing across the neck instead of up and down. When you get used to it you'll wonder how you did without the B.
This is just an FYI. I just received two Fury 2nd model pickguards (straight line between PU and bridge) from WD Music. They are a perfect fit, easy peel and even make the basses sound better. They will ask for a paper template to make sure you know what you need. 
First communication was a taste slow but went very well overall. Credit card # by phone.
First communication was a taste slow but went very well overall. Credit card # by phone.
I don't play a foundation, but I do play a Patriot with a single super-ferrite pickup, so this might help you, but might not.
On this bass I've used fender flats (may have been older ones, had green silks) rotosound flats, D'addario Chromes and GHS precision flatwounds. I found the fenders were pretty middle-of-the-road as far as flatwounds, even tone. The rotosounds seemed to have lower output (maybe the metal the strings are made from?) but were more mid-focused, if it weren't for the rougher feel and lower output they would be my favorite. Chromes are nice, they retain more treble than any flat ive played, but lose the high mids comparatively when broken in, and I don't like having more treble than high mids. GHS precision flatwounds were the smoothest feeling, and definitely what I think of when I think flats, broken in the treble is rolled off significantly, and it gets a big fat warm tone, though I find there to be a little less sustain (kind of thumpier) than the fenders or chromes.
I've stuck with the Fender flats mostly because I like that even response, feels like a nice gradual roll-off at the higher frequencies, than a more harsh dropoff with other flats, or slight scoop with the Chromes.
Thanks for taking time to reply !
Going by your description of each set I'm leaning toward the ghs.
Smooth feel and thump is what I'm after .. in general.
I use Chromes on my Gen1 Fury (slant super ferrite) and they sound great to me. They smooth out some of the bite of the super ferrite but still have some attack presence. Unfortunately, I can't compare to any other flats since that's the first set I put on and I'm happy....so not likely to change them.
I believe it's the same as a pickguard screw....#4 X 1/2" oval Phillips.
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