Agreed on all of the above, and will add: IMO/IME, whomever was doing their necks and fretwork back then knew what they were doing - as I've found them to be consistently of very good quality...
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Agreed on all of the above, and will add: IMO/IME, whomever was doing their necks and fretwork back then knew what they were doing - as I've found them to be consistently of very good quality...
I bought the bass that way. It is a 1988 and arrived requiring a little bit of help. Only after I removed the control cavity cover did I see that the bass used to be black. The previous owner (one of them at least) spent a fair amount of time modifying the bass. Body sanded down and an oil finish applied, neck defretted, Hipshot X-tender added. I cleaned it up, replaced the missing truss rod cover, repaired a seized saddle adjustment screw and added a set of Ernie Ball 2806 flat wound Group III strings. It is REALLY comfortable to play. My only nit-pick is that the bass is heavy. No getting around that, but a comfort strapp solves that problem. Also, my skills at fretless are sorely lacking, and so no fretlines makes it tough. I'd like to add some side markers in order to keep the face of the fretboard monochromatic.
The defretting job was not done by a luthier, as best I can tell, but I have no issues with it as the playability is great.
SF Foundations make great fretless basses, I have a factory Sunburst FL which were usually sunburst in homage to Jaco. Sounds like a Fretless Jazz with Attitude Balls!
In the early 1980's I grew up in a small town in North Wales that had 1 guitar shop and was a Peavey dealer, and to see all these American made guitars,basses and amps It was mind blowing & the Peavey endorser posters that were stuck on the walls, and then taking a copy of Peavey Monitor home to look through from cover to cover happy days 
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Got round to trying out the bass through my Fender Rumble 200 combo and check out the series/parallel switch, (I still don't quite understand it's function) but I am loving this bass & this is I thought. I can't comment on the saddles as these have already been changed, but I do have a lovely low action. But the switch is a mod worth doing with the switch up towards the bridge, it was the normal Foundation/Jazz sound.With the switch down there was an extra boost in sound/power made the bass sound active, if that's the right terminology. Here is a picture of the control cavity and how it is wired in.
Pretty cool, indeed. My 84 & 85 with original cases, shipping and tax, cost me the same as a new Mexican Jazz Bass with no case! This is 100% what makes me happy. 2 US made J killers for the price of an average, non US J bass.I remember the pic you posted of the '84 & '93 together when I was asking about body sizes. You are right about the build & quality of the early Foundations over the '92 onward versions. The '86 neck at the nut seems thinner than the '92 and I thought that was thin. And the overall feel of the earlier versions seems better to me. I also downloaded the owners manual just to keep in the case as well.
I'll probably keep the '92 in the case for now as it still only cost me less than the price of a New Squier Affinity bass , & the '86 with delivery was less than a New Squier VM Jazz bass. And the best part now is that I now own 2 vintage American made Peavey's for less than the price of 1 New Mexican made Fender.
I just received my green 94 Forum Plus a few days ago. I'm going through it as we speak to get it up and running the way I like it. Gotta say that I'm a little more impressed with this vs the 93 Foundation I had in terms of build quality and feel. The neck profile is pretty similar to my 85 neck (not nearly as thin and narrow as the 93), the bridge is nicer and everything is aligned properly. I'm replacing some pots and knobs, perhaps the pickguard as the original is pretty scratched up, painted black and has a few warps. The "Peavey Active" pickups sound great, the P and J don't balance too well, but perhaps that will get sorted with the new pots as the J's volume pot is pretty wonky.
Ya just GOTTA love that "Super FERRETT" pickup! 
Ya just GOTTA love that "Super FERRETT" pickup!
i prefer the Secret Squirrel, but to each their own
more from the collection.
Peavey Cirrus 4 in maple (2000)
Peavey Foundation 4 in natural (1983)
Peavey Foundation S Active (1988)
Peavey 1st Gen Fury (1984)
Peavey Patriot in mahogany (1987)
Peavey Millennium 4 Plus in Black Violet (2000)
Peavey Millennium 4 Plus in Harlequin Violet-Gold (2001)
Peavey Cirrus 4 in maple (2000)
Peavey Foundation 4 in natural (1983)
Peavey Foundation S Active (1988)
Peavey 1st Gen Fury (1984)
Peavey Patriot in mahogany (1987)
Peavey Millennium 4 Plus in Black Violet (2000)
Peavey Millennium 4 Plus in Harlequin Violet-Gold (2001)
Nice Slant Fury. 
Your Foundation is also super cool.
I want a Slant Fury or a T-20, waiting for one to turn up at a reasonable price.
Your Foundation is also super cool.
I want a Slant Fury or a T-20, waiting for one to turn up at a reasonable price.
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@Tom McClintock the flip-flop paint on that Millennium is amazing!
Looking at those metal P knobs on the Foundation & Fury I may look into getting some for my Foundation, I really like the look of them .
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Looking at those metal P knobs on the Foundation & Fury I may look into getting some for my Foundation, I really like the look of them
hope you have an extra kidney to sell
So not cheap thenhope you have an extra kidney to sell
. One thing I meant to put in my last post Tom on your 1st Gen Fury & Patriot both have a single SF pickup with the placement not to far from each other, is there a noticeable difference in sound between the 2 of them?
hope you have an extra kidney to sell
They're only $25.00-35.00 EACH on FleaBay
. Sure glad I was able to find a loaded pickguard from a T-60 locally with all the knobs still intact. It saved me from having to turn them up one at a time at those prices.
I too would like a good description of how the Slant Fury and the T-20 stack up to the sound of a Patriot or a SF Foundation or a Split P Fury.So not cheap then
Here's one of my T20s and my only Slant-PUP Fury:
I have not noticed an appreciable difference between the two. Similar bodies, same material, similar neck, same fretboard material, EXACT same pickup (and tuners?), bridge material about the same. Can't see how there would be much of a difference, actually. These were just two models separated by a few years of production.
I have not noticed an appreciable difference between the two. Similar bodies, same material, similar neck, same fretboard material, EXACT same pickup (and tuners?), bridge material about the same. Can't see how there would be much of a difference, actually. These were just two models separated by a few years of production.
