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U.S. Peavey Club

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G-bass is different. It has the Cirrus preamp so you've a mid pot.

You could well be right about the manual.

This wont be the best way of explaining things and my ears are stuck in P-bass/flats mode this weather.

Looks like nickels on the Forum. Solo'd I had an awful time getting a tone I liked,that's my fault not the bass.
So I stuck on Siouxsie & the Banshees "Happy House" as I know it was recorded using a ray,best for me was bass about centre and the high boosted slightly past centre. That worked well.Funny thing is I was using my index finger to pick and Severin used a plain o'le plectrum. Again this'll be my preferrence for deeper,darker tones more than anything else.
 
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kodiakblair said:
G-bass is different. It has the Cirrus preamp so you've a mid pot.

You could well be right about the manual.

This wont be the best way of explaining things and my ears are stuck in P-bass/flats mode this weather.

Looks like nickels on the Forum. Solo'd I had an awful time getting a tone I liked,that's my fault not the bass.
So I stuck on Siouxsie & the Banshees "Happy House" as I know it was recorded using a ray,best for me was bass about centre and the high boosted slightly past centre. That worked well.Funny thing is I was using my index finger to pick and Severin used a plain o'le plectrum. Again this'll be my preferrence for deeper,darker tones more than anything else.
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When i had my G bass I used cobalt rounds on it
 
#9,223
kodiakblair said:
G-bass is different. It has the Cirrus preamp so you've a mid pot.

You could well be right about the manual.

This wont be the best way of explaining things and my ears are stuck in P-bass/flats mode this weather.

Looks like nickels on the Forum. Solo'd I had an awful time getting a tone I liked,that's my fault not the bass.
So I stuck on Siouxsie & the Banshees "Happy House" as I know it was recorded using a ray,best for me was bass about centre and the high boosted slightly past centre. That worked well.Funny thing is I was using my index finger to pick and Severin used a plain o'le plectrum. Again this'll be my preferrence for deeper,darker tones more than anything else.
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I thought it was just the GV that had the 3 band pre, I thought the 4 string was also a 3 knob 2 band deally with a single pickup like the forum

If the high knob is really a shelving 255hz, it should be easy enough to tell, but extreme settings not close to center would be needed. Perhaps there is a YouTube demo I can search for when I get to some WiFi or after the 1st.
 
#9,226
geoff_in_nc said:
Can anyone help me with a description of the feel of the neck?
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I have a 5 string 1st model Dyna Bass neck on a 2nd model that has the same neck and a 1st model SF 5. Topnut right over 1.700". Can't measure thickness with strings on but it is a taste thicker than a 4 string. Very comfortable to me. The 2nd model Foundation/Dyna Bass 5s are a totally different neck. One piece and 1.800" topnut. Feels flat front to back. Had a Foundation 5 for a while and sold it.
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mech said:
I have a 5 string 1st model Dyna Bass neck on a 2nd model that has the same neck and a 1st model SF 5. Topnut right over 1.700". Can't measure thickness with strings on but it is a taste thicker than a 4 string. Very comfortable to me. The 2nd model Foundation/Dyna Bass 5s are a totally different neck. One piece and 1.800" topnut. Feels flat front to back. Had a Foundation 5 for a while and sold it.View attachment 1143349
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So the VFL dynas were just 2band preamps?
 
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No bites on bird yet and forum has sold. At $179 it wouldn't take long.

There has been a metallic Grey SF Dyna at one of the local GCs, but it is in rough shape, chunks missing from the pickup rings, hard to tell how it sounds because the strings are so dead. And was grossly overpriced. I should swing by there and see if it is still there and if they did any more price drops. They had it at like $379 and last I saw it had dropped to $279 I think.

Other than the different bridge, would a Dyna in passive mode sound the same as a foundation? Or is there some sort of buffer in the passive mode that changes the sound? Do they work with dead/no batteries in passive mode? If so, remove the battery and get a foundy with a kill switch ;)

I would have to sell the bird and wait for another $100 price drop. No trades, they drag you over the coals there. I still have to check out that other foundy, my old singer lives down by there and we may get together this week. He brought up the idea of an audioslave tribute for Cornell
 
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58kites said:
I was going to buy it the day they first listed it, thankfully the repair guy pulled it off the floor before I finished the transaction.
Sales team was going to leave it online while it sat in the repair area for a week.
They were not supposed to list it the first time, but they did anyway, and I had to beat them up to take the listing down while the bass was unavailable for sale.
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58kites said:
I was going to buy it the day they first listed it, thankfully the repair guy pulled it off the floor before I finished the transaction.
Sales team was going to leave it online while it sat in the repair area for a week.
They were not supposed to list it the first time, but they did anyway, and I had to beat them up to take the listing down while the bass was unavailable for sale.
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I actually jumped on this. No clue what was wrong with it?
 
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BassikLee said:
No, the dynabass preamp after the five knob, three band one was a four knob, three band. Volume, pan, stacked bass/treble, stacked mid/freq. Mech says it's very similar to the millennium preamp.
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In my next post, I asked about the SF Dyna in passive vs foundation, basically same sound when the preamp is off? And does the SF dyna work in passive mode if the battery dies or is disconnected?

Other post probably TLDR
 
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lethal dose said:
I actually jumped on this. No clue what was wrong with it?
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No, The repair guy had not looked at it when I spoke to him.
Not sure why it was determined that he needed to do something with it.
It may turn out to be in great shape, it could have needed something as simple as a truss rod barrel nut.
It looked really good in the pics.
Hope it turns out to be cherry for you.
 
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58kites said:
No, The repair guy had not looked at it when I spoke to him.
Not sure why it was determined that he needed to do something with it.
It may turn out to be in great shape, it could have needed something as simple as a truss rod barrel nut.
It looked really good in the pics.
Hope it turns out to be cherry for you.
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Indeed. Have an '81 t40, '87 fury, and '01 foundation. Just picked up the foundation as NOS and had a custom paint job performed on it. Decided to sell it, anyway. Not digging the VFLs.
 

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lethal dose said:
Indeed. Have an '81 t40, '87 fury, and '01 foundation. Just picked up the foundation as NOS and had a custom paint job performed on it. Decided to sell it, anyway. Not digging the VFLs.
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I don't love VFL's either.
Had an Accellerator which was active and a Koa RSB which was passive and neither sounded that great to me.
 
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lethal dose said:
I just think they're too noisy. Lotsa folks love them, though.
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I did have a noise problem with mine once on a stage with dirty power, not problem with both up full, but I really prefer to roll the neck back a tad for the mid bump (reduced scoop in reality) and that was all it took for noise for days. I don't own an SF one, and didn't have my jazz, so maybe anything not humbucking would have done the same thing. The guitar player couldn't use his SC on his ibanez and wound up using his new to him V type so it was a dual peavey show. I used the new to me heavy relic 93 fury the whole show, no problems.

Other than that, I like the aggressiveness of the VFL pickups, but it could also be that my foundy has a maple body too.
 
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Peavey Foundation Bass Guitar 1994 Antique White

Someone with a reverb account should let this guy know that 094 in peavey world does not mean 1994. It doesent even have the straight adg string tree, and is VFL/long horn. Probably more like 99-00.

Definitely not worth $225+sh but that is an entirely different issue. Still a cool bass, but with @Aahzz and many others scoring nice SF 2pc neck models for $200 or less, it is not exactly "value" priced.

I got a bite on the bird, but so far it was just the usual "still have it?" Email
 

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