The Foundations were a low cost alternative to the jazz bass so all have jazz width nuts. Over the years the neck profiles differed slightly.
Not sure what you mean by " true up by neck pickup ". Do you mean "thumb rest" ? if so then none have them.
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Not sure what you mean by " true up by neck pickup ". Do you mean "thumb rest" ? if so then none have them.
There is allot going on in the thread today but after a few hours of playing the t40 (old strings still) I can conclude I should have bit the bullet and got one allot earlier. The neck is super, nicely between a fury and precision so it's not much of a switch for me. Feels very natural. Puts the fender to shame with its sturdyness and supple neck.luckily she has been cared for previously. As far as I can tell with old strings pbass tone is close enough for me. #betterlatethannever
I think 2000 was the last year, there was a Foundation 2000 model released.
Pickup positions are 700mm from the nut to centre of neck pickup ( imaginary 29th fret)
800mm to centre of bridge pickup (imaginary 46th fret)
The Jeff Berlin Palaedium model has wide spaced pickups 680mm to centre of neck ( 26th fret) and 810mm centre of bridge ( 48th fret)
I'd luv to tonally A/B our twins, your maple board vs my rosewood, to quell my overt interest in possible differences.
yep, compared to a Fender the T series in general just stomps the competition except for the few most outstanding examples by Leo. the Peavey is substantial, have fun with all the knobs and options!
So I went to adjust the truss rod on my new T20-FL - and I don’t think the truss rod was ever touched on this bass. My big problem is that the rod is set down far enough in there that I can’t get my Gibson 5/16 truss rod tool onto the nut. The only thing I can think to do is to get a 5/16 socket and probably end up grinding the outside diameter down until I can get onto the nut. Has anyone else ran into this issue? Any suggestions? My only gripe with the old us Peaveys are the truss rod access ...
If the nut is super deep, it's probably been tightened down. My peaveys with good necks have reachable truss nuts.
@richntiff
You best get a thin wall socket like JB posted photos of. I've experienced it myself on older USA Peaveys.
You best get a thin wall socket like JB posted photos of. I've experienced it myself on older USA Peaveys.
I think you listed the wrong socket by mistake - that appears to be 1 and 5/16", and 1/2" drive...
The truss rod nut is sitting flush with the top of the rod - I’m thinking it’s never been tightened.
Thanks for the links - I’ve never seen thin walled sockets before - I’m also ready to break out the Dremel if need be to get better access into the well.
Thanks for the links - I’ve never seen thin walled sockets before - I’m also ready to break out the Dremel if need be to get better access into the well.
Pawn shops are a good source for Craftsman and other thin wall 1/4" drive sockets. Get the thinnest wall you can find. I made this with pawn shop parts when I didn't have a good Peavey wrench. Cut off 5/16" Allen and the end of a 5/16" thinwall deep socket, Cost $2.00 and some hacjkaw work.
One could do the same thing by cutting off a section of the shaft of one of these screwdrivers, and using that with a 5/15" allen wrench:
HDX 3-1/4 in. 6-in-1 Screwdriver-120SD12D - The Home Depot
Slid a depth gauge down the TR cavity on a T20 and T45,both from 83,got 15mm from the timber to top of the TR nut.
Sadly my trusty old Gibson key only has 12mm till the shaft stops it going any further. I use either a 2"long thin wall socket or a 3/4" long dropped down the cavity onto the nut.
A real PITA, sometimes string trees need removed to get a straight line to the socket.
BTW the T20 and T45 were just the 2 nearest at hand with no TR covers.
Sadly my trusty old Gibson key only has 12mm till the shaft stops it going any further. I use either a 2"long thin wall socket or a 3/4" long dropped down the cavity onto the nut.
A real PITA, sometimes string trees need removed to get a straight line to the socket.
BTW the T20 and T45 were just the 2 nearest at hand with no TR covers.
I have a few that are deep, too. The only "easy" tool is a real Peavey TR wrench. Had the fortune to acquire a couple of good ones over the past few years.
Guard them closely. The Atlantic ain't much of a hinderence to the determined Peavey player who can doggy paddle
Yeah, I'm more than a little unhappy that Peavey stopped selling those wrenches. At current count, I have six basses that could benefit from one of those. My collection isn't huge, by any means.
You are correct. I meant to grab an image of a 5/16.
IIRC, the original Peavey tool was a long (like 10 or more inches) T handle tool, correct?
I may weld a deep, thin wall socket to the end of a long Fender Allen Head truss tool.
