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U.S. Peavey Club

#11,081
Mark Andrew said:
Am loving the sustain on the T40 ok it's heavy but the notes seem to just go on for ever and the playing is effortless...... Just wow.....how is everyone not playing these?
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The looks turn off lots of people, I think. I know that I thought they were ugly as homemade sin, 20 years ago. Now, they’re vintage cool looking to me. And, knowing how amazing they sound makes them more attractive as well. Kinda like how the homely gal becomes somewhat pretty once you realize she has a great personaity.
 
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JEDI BASS said:
The looks turn off lots of people, I think. I know that I thought they were ugly as homemade sin, 20 years ago. Now, they’re vintage cool looking to me. And, knowing how amazing they sound makes them more attractive as well. Kinda like how the homely gal becomes somewhat pretty once you realize she has a great personaity.
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Well it was the first bass I have where the wife immediately said "can I hang that on my wall.."? I think the vintage charm makes it attractive but it's not what I would call elegant but hey.....
 
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Ha! It's good to have the T series basses get some love from an asthetic point of view. They do have a distinctive look, and the ash bodies are really good looking. I know I like the T basses because they are built well and have great sounds. What I thought was a little goofy looking 35 years ago is now vintage cool.
I feel the same way about the amps, I love the blue/white/grey/black knob Peaveys of the early/mid 80s, but those aluminum knob versions of the late 70s is even cooler to me. They have that vintage cool look with a really cool sound.
 
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the T-40s are like pretty girls with a bit of chunk, some pull it off better than others and the couple of beautiful burst buys that have been displayed here of late (including mine YAY!) have everything proportioned just right to make them irresistible. then top it off with the great sound they put out and it's like the big broads can also sing like angels... yep, gotta luv'm!
 
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The T-40 I passed on in the early 90s because I thought it was grotesque, was a 3 tone burst with RW board. Now, that’s my favorite look for a T-40! Times, people, and tastes change for sure!

The salmon (it’s friggin pink!) Foundation, I was lucky to get from Ken R recently, would have been the last bass you’d have seen me playing 10 or so years ago, and definitely a “no way” in the 90s and 2000s. Now, I can’t wait to gig with it!!
 
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And I'm in, thanks to the really awesome folks at Atlanta Vintage Guitars I got a great deal on millennium 5. Love the sound on this thing, and best of all, it quelled my GAS for a Bongo (for at least the rest of the week).

Never mind the mess I'm redoing everything while I'm getting a cab serviced.
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#11,089
JEDI BASS said:
Beautiful bass, and how do you like the Magellan amp?

And, no offense, but nothing can do a Bongo! Best bass ever built by EBMM, IMO.
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I prefer the Magellan to my lmt800. They basically have identical features except that the genzler has a drive channel and the lmt has two inputs and drilled for rack ears. I get more of the tone in my head from the magellan though.

When the bongo came out, I couldn't stand the looks but that firemist purple won me over (plus it sounds awesome). I played one yesterday at GC Atlanta and all their basses were set so high that they were unplayable, so that also helped my wallet out.
 
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#11,090
sigterm said:
I get more of the tone in my head from the magellan though.

I played one yesterday at GC Atlanta and all their basses were set so high that they were unplayable, so that also helped my wallet out.
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I’ve been a Genz user for over 10 years: Shuttles and now a Streamliner 900, which I am crazy about! I’ve been curious about his latest tubeless stuff.

As for GC, they seem dead set on going out of business! I mean, if I worked there, I’d spend part of every shift setting up instruments. That should be paramount, in my opinion!

That said, every EBMM bass I’ve handled needed nut slot filing/deepening. I’ve done all of mine using sandpaper wrapped around bass strings. You should be able to capo at the first fret and gauge the string height at fret 2. That height should be the same for the open string at fret 1.
 
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I own both a Bongo and USA Millennium and though the Bongo has been my main gigging bass for the past 7 or so years the Millennium goes with me to most gigs of late where I play it a full step down on a couple songs. In some ways the Millennium is meaner, rawer and has a higher output than even the Bongo pre. And the range of tones is probably as good or better with the mid-sweep function. The grunt and meatiness of the neck bucker in the Bongo is pretty hard to beat though.
 
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Runnerman said:
I own both a Bongo and USA Millennium and though the Bongo has been my main gigging bass for the past 7 or so years the Millennium goes with me to most gigs of late where I play it a full step down on a couple songs. In some ways the Millennium is meaner, rawer and has a higher output than even the Bongo pre. And the range of tones is probably as good or better with the mid-sweep function. The grunt and meatiness of the neck bucker in the Bongo is pretty hard to beat though.
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My Bongo is a family reserve with all rosewood neck, that I lucked into owning somehow. I’m a huge maple fan, but there’s something special about the unfinished chocolatey neck and the sound it generates. I think all bongos sound fantastic, but this one is special. I’ve taken it to every gig and rehearsal for the last 3 years, tuned a half step down. That said, the pink Foundation I just got could displace it. It’s sounds amazing!
 
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JEDI BASS said:
The looks turn off lots of people, I think. I know that I thought they were ugly as homemade sin, 20 years ago. Now, they’re vintage cool looking to me. And, knowing how amazing they sound makes them more attractive as well. Kinda like how the homely gal becomes somewhat pretty once you realize she has a great personaity.
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See, i think it was Ross Valory i saw playing a T40 (i think) in 78 with Journey...Steve Perry had just joined, the band was just hitting the charts, Ronnie Montrose and Van Halen opened...i mean cmon, my mind was blown that night.....maybe it was the next Journey show in 79 with the T40?

I distinctly remember Neil Schon used Peavey gear as well (maybe amps).

It was at that point that i now considered Peavey to be really innovative....when i saw Foundations in the hands of Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover in both Rainbow and Deep Purple, that kind of sealed it for me...Peavey was cool to me now...it wasn't just Skynyrd (who were still using Marshalls a lot).

Btw, just played a near mint T15 that was super lightweight for $210.
 
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DavidEdenAria said:
It was at that point that i now considered Peavey to be really innovative....when i saw Foundations in the hands of Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover in both Rainbow and Deep Purple, that kind of sealed it for me...Peavey was cool to me now...it wasn't just Skynyrd (who were still using Marshalls a lot).
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The Michael Anthony signature head and 810 is probably the hottest thing since charcoal. Once I saw a pair of them on stage with chickenfoot, I had severe GAS.
 

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