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U.S. Peavey Club

#8,901
@RED J
Aye it's the 1st gen Fury with the big saddles. I'm thinking about raising the saddles and using the neck tilt on the Fury and T-20 as the saddles on them are right down. Figure I'll have more control that way if I decide to change string gauge.

That said the 1st gen Fury and Fender flats is hard to beat :thumbsup:
 
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#8,902
58kites said:
On your old one, I changed the saddles to a smaller diameter set and it allowed me to dial back all that micro-tilt the Forum neck needs with the Foundation S body.
I figured the heel thickness was much less on the Forum neck than the original Foundation S neck, and that's what made it require all that tilt to work with the original trapezoidal shaped bridge with the fat saddles.
I have a Fury neck that I'm gonna put on it and see if the geometry is better, because it would be cool to use the correct stock saddles that belong on the original bridge.
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I'm curious to see if anyone else chimes in too. I've had Peavey's with regular saddles that could go either way too that is, tilt or not. Even with CNC there are so many variables. I'm going to measure the depth and thickness on both this and my Foundation and see what I find maybe we can all compare notes.
Micro tilt was offered as a solution to shims, and Fenders can go both ways too.
Curious to see if anyone else jumps in.
 
#8,908
RED J said:
I just wish everyone could see this thing in person. It is truly breathtaking condition for it's age and the natural aging of the maple, man. This might be the nicest score I have ever made.
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My wife's digital camera (mine is 40 years old and takes film) and the natural light on our front porch are a combination that produces pics that show pretty well how good a bass looks and also shows any flaws.
That makes it easy to share my new toys here.
What I really want to know is the story of how you came upon this beauty and how you snatched it from it's owner.
 
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#8,909
Runnerman said:
The slant Fury is a different bridge to the T-20. Similar in that its trapezoidal and has the large saddles but it is a different shape.
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A similar enough that it doesn't need saddles filed to attain a low action,if it's properly set up. Same goes for T-20 and Foundation S, if the set up is done right there's no trip to the machine shop.
 
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#8,910
FURY PICKUP TIP - Rattly Pickups
Some of the fury and early import milestones have magnets that rattle... This sound will also send rattle sound to your amp.

The adhesive they used "dries out" and allows the magnets to move.

Periodically I'll see folks (Or get PMs) about swapping the pickups. This is not necessary.

It's super simple... Just open it up. Center the pickups.. Then get out your hot glue gun. NOTE: Do not put the glue UNDER the pickup. Just put a small amount to bridge OVER the magnet to hold it in place. It doesn't take a ton ... Just enough to stop the rattle.

The reason for hot glue is that if you want to change it, it's easy to remove.

Hope this helps someone with a $60 score not put 160 more into an unnecessary pickup.
 
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58kites said:
What I really want to know is the story of how you came upon this beauty and how you snatched it from it's owner.
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Really a pretty classic "luck out" story. I looked at Reverb, it had been listed for a month. The seller called it excellent, and the pics seemed to confirm that. Apparently other Peavey lovers weren't interested. I don't think the "S" is one of the more sought after Peavey models for some reason. It's my favorite.
The other cool aspect is that this was a last buy before I put my self on a no buy just sell for one year moratorium.
This and my Foundation could theoretically could let me let go of four other basses that do the same thing. We shall see.
 
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#8,913
Got me a '99 Peavey Cirrus 5 Custom :D Gonna be a great bass, but I'll have to send it to "my" luthier for a plek and a countersinking of the bridge (Seriously, thoose ABM Bridges where hopelessly installed / A hopeless choice by Peavey).

Gonna send my 4 string for the same treatment :)
 
#8,914
Thunder_Fingers said:
Got me a '99 Peavey Cirrus 5 Custom :D Gonna be a great bass, but I'll have to send it to "my" luthier for a plek and a countersinking of the bridge (Seriously, thoose ABM Bridges where hopelessly installed / A hopeless choice by Peavey).

Gonna send my 4 string for the same treatment :)
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Or you can file the bridge inserts... hold them with a vice grip.

Sometimes they get out of order by a well-intentioned weekend warrior.
 
#8,916
I'm still finding the ABM/low action issue perplexing. Armed with just Allen keys I dropped the string height, I stopped at 1.5mm on E and 1.25mm on G as any lower and I'd need to drop the bridge pickup height. Now 1.5mm - 1.25mm isn't super low but I'd say an acceptable height.

If you look at these very poor photos,brass is terrible if you can't turn flash off, you'll see there's still plenty of play to drop the saddles further. My guess is at least 2-4mm before they bottom out. Pictured are a USA Standard and USA Custom.
Cirrus Bridge Saddles (1).JPG Cirrus Bridge Saddles (2).JPG
If folks are talking about sinking the ABM bridge, how low an action are they using ? I don't normally take measurements rather go with what suits the bass.
 
#8,919
I didnt even think about that..Maby I'll try filing them. I had A hipshot A Style installed on my Cirrus 6, a great bridge wich gave me some leverage, but it requires new holes to be drilled, on the 4 and the 5 the sadles are all the way down and still is far off from where I can have the action and play cleanly on the 6er.
 
#8,920
RED J said:
I'm curious to see if anyone else chimes in too. I've had Peavey's with regular saddles that could go either way too that is, tilt or not. Even with CNC there are so many variables. I'm going to measure the depth and thickness on both this and my Foundation and see what I find maybe we can all compare notes.
Micro tilt was offered as a solution to shims, and Fenders can go both ways too.
Curious to see if anyone else jumps in.
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The original instructions which came with Peavey basses with the micro-tilt were adamant that the tilt feature be predominantly used to address action issues. As an exercise, I've used both methods on a T-40, a Foundation, and a '95 Fury to see if there was an audible difference in the response of the instrument with either (i) the tilt screw fully retracted and not playing any part in neck support (saddles low), or (ii) the tilt screw substantially engaged, partially supporting the neck (saddles high). For my part—and as usual YMMV—I could not hear a difference, either acoustically or plugged in and to my mind that confirmed Peavey's assertions.
 

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