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U.S. Peavey Club
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Lol no worries. I'm happy with it, so that's what counts, right?I realized that then edited my post, but you beat me to it
Just shows I'm not an expert about newer models or the neck through peaveys in general. I saw a grind for $200 recently, I think they are pushing 500 new so that's a good price.
I'm not an expert in anything bass related so...
I don't think I would have shelled out $500 for it, if I even had it to spend, but yeah. I did look up new ones out of curiosity.
And anyway, there's not a mark on mine. It looks brand new. I think when I really looked it over, I found one tiny blemish in the finish that I've already forgotten where it is.
Don't worry too much about dings and scratches, that makes them multiply
Haha I'm not worried about a teensy blemish I probably can't even find now... Hopefully it (or any of my other puppies - inside joke, my instruments are like a growing litter of puppies) don't suffer any scratches or dings. Though if they do, it will likely because a certain dog got into the music room and started sniffing around.Don't worry too much about dings and scratches, that makes them multiply
Hi @Inkdork
Congratulations on the Grind BXP, $175 is a very good deal. The average asking price here in the UK is £250 ($310),
the exchange rate doesn't affect prices as the sales tax here bumps everything up 23% anyway
Congratulations on the Grind BXP, $175 is a very good deal. The average asking price here in the UK is £250 ($310),
the exchange rate doesn't affect prices as the sales tax here bumps everything up 23% anyway
Thanks.Hi @Inkdork
Congratulations on the Grind BXP, $175 is a very good deal. The average asking price here in the UK is £250 ($310),
the exchange rate doesn't affect prices as the sales tax here bumps everything up 23% anyway
It's kinda funny. My bf has 10 guitars and basses (don't ask me how many of each in that number, it's late and the bed is warm) and I never had any desire to pick them up... Then I saw the crappy photo of this one and I knew it was coming home with me if it was in good shape.
Now you need an amp. I highly suggest the current (silver cloth grille) fender rumble series because they break the "light/cheap/loud pick only 2" rule. Well they aren't cheap, but they are reasonably priced, many don't even give them a chance because of the lower price point and low gear snob bragging rights value.
Loud/cheap is usually found in the old USA made peavey amps from the 70s-90s, those weigh a ton. My rumble 200 is about 35#
You owe us the BFs gear list because you mentioned it, forum rules
Or if you have access to one of his amps for the time being, getting your hands on an old USA made peavey before the prices all shoot up (hot topic, the few who paid too much have caused sellers to start asking more). The beauty of these simple instruments, is that they had such a low price point that people equated them as beginner basses, when really peavey was just a value priced brand. And they used to make EVERYTHING in the USA, even the tiny practice amps.
Most of this thread is talk of the fury (peaveys sleeker version of the fender P bass, except for the very first version) and foundation (the closest USA peavey got to a jazz bass, being 2 single coils).
But get this, they can still be had in range of $100. Many of us 40-50+ something's have stories of selling off a peavey fury for about $100 and later regretting it. There is no better bass that frequently sold (sells) used in that range. In the early 90s they were about $200-250 new so many of us didn't realize what we had and sold them when we got into more expensive basses (for me it was "real" fender jazz basses at the time).
A regret I have recently reconciled by the acquisition of 2 of them, $72 beat up and ugly (it has mojo) and $140 in better shape and an earlier version better tuners and slightly better pickup/electronics. Until the mid 90s, even the $200range fury had USA made peavey pickups. There are many changes over the years. And some of the guys have collections and knowledge spanning nearly every permutation of headstock shape, logo/model print type/font, generation of hardware, body shape changes, neck construction style (2pc is better) , different body wood (peavey alternated wood types often) rare colors etc... The early T series basses are iconic, and finally have gone up in value, reading posts from a few years ago on this thread a $150 t40 was common, now they hover around $500 (and you think your grind is heavy?! Lol check out a vintage t40 someday)
Me I have just 3, recently was 4, but I sold my Korean made milestone II recently. It was the first peavey bass I had owned since selling the fury in the late 90s and it served as a stop gap for my obsession with getting another fury, when the need for another "p" style bass arose. $59 at guitar center covered in stickers and needing some TLC was hard to refuse at the time. When fury #2 popped up I knew it was time to sell it, not to mention I don't have much money, and depleted all funds on that 2nd fury. They are addicting. Sometimes you get lucky, a couple weeks after getting the milestone, I ended up getting a late 90s foundation with a beat up and cracked case for $40,/and thus the USA peavey quest was sparked.
It turned out that the foundation is maple, it is one of my "bright" basses, but much heavier than the furies (same body shape/size) which are alder. These things are addicting. If you go down that rabbit hole, I suggest a fury first, because a split P pickup sound is a staple, everyone should have a P or p copy, and if you ever got to the gigging stage, you will want/need at least one more bass for the "backup" role. (Strings break, inputs/pots/pickups can crap out).
But be warned, $50-150 USA made basses of decent quality, can be quite addicting, and more and more are being sold for more, even $300+, so it is only a matter of time till $100 ones become rare. I hope they don't, because peavey made a ton of these, and people beat them up because they were not expensive prized possessions. The deals on the beaters are out there, and the super steals on the clean ones are out there as well.
I may have found one of my white whale Peaveys. Lined and script logo Fury....all black including headstock and hardware with rosewood fret board. Have messaged seller and hoping I can pull a deal together. It's 2.5 hours from me so we'll see how it all turns out.
takes a few tries for those white whales. It might end up being flipped. The pinstripe I just got was the same one I missed, sans case and speed knobs were changed to strat knobs (guy basically got a case and speed knobs and $15 when he flipped it, it was $125 when I missed it and $140 was what I paid.)well...cancel that...right after I posted this the seller messaged me it sold
Speaking of strat knobs, how the #uc* do you get them off without damaging anything? I have some chrome domes (not peavey, probably allparts) I want to put on it
Is that Grind bass a 35" scale length?
Peavey confirmed that the blue Fury I just got is a poplar body.
According to Warmoth...poplar weighs just a tad more than alder and is a very similar tone wood on their warm to bright scale.
Warmoth says the poplar has a grey green color where the alder is light tan, so poplar is better for solid colors and not great for sunbursts or clear coats.
I think poplar was easy on the cutting tools and available and inexpensive for Peavey to procure, very similarly to west coast located Fender choosing alder decades previously.
As a consumer, I like alder better than poplar because it looks good with translucent finishes as well as solid colors, but I like swamp ash even more.
The whole Peavey mystique for me is their fantastic feeling necks, their neck shapes and finish are what make me want to keep touching them.
Is there a pic of it still available to been seen?
I don't know of any Alder Fury basses, I think Peavey used Poplar for many/most of the medium to lighter weight bodies.
Peavey confirmed that the blue Fury I just got is a poplar body.
According to Warmoth...poplar weighs just a tad more than alder and is a very similar tone wood on their warm to bright scale.
Warmoth says the poplar has a grey green color where the alder is light tan, so poplar is better for solid colors and not great for sunbursts or clear coats.
I think poplar was easy on the cutting tools and available and inexpensive for Peavey to procure, very similarly to west coast located Fender choosing alder decades previously.
As a consumer, I like alder better than poplar because it looks good with translucent finishes as well as solid colors, but I like swamp ash even more.
The whole Peavey mystique for me is their fantastic feeling necks, their neck shapes and finish are what make me want to keep touching them.
That is very unusual sounding, bet it's a cool looking bass.
Is there a pic of it still available to been seen?
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What works best for me is two strong forks put under opposite sides. Pad where the dining utensils rest on the body and firmly press down. Slow and steady is the key to not pulling the shaft out of the pot.
Lol I have access to his old bass amp, it's a Crate. So that saved me a few bucks in not having to find my own.Now you need an amp. I highly suggest the current (silver cloth grille) fender rumble series because they break the "light/cheap/loud pick only 2" rule. Well they aren't cheap, but they are reasonably priced, many don't even give them a chance because of the lower price point and low gear snob bragging rights value.
Loud/cheap is usually found in the old USA made peavey amps from the 70s-90s, those weigh a ton. My rumble 200 is about 35#
You owe us the BFs gear list because you mentioned it, forum rules
As to what he has decorating the walls, there's 4 Deans, a BC Rich, and a Jackson guitar. The basses are another Dean, a Bronze by BC Rich, an Ibanez 5-string , and a Yamaha 6-string.
