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U.S. Peavey Club

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Soundchaser11460 said:
Hey guys I am starting a U.S. Peavey Club here at Talk Bass,please let me know if you are interested.Thanks Joe:cool:
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I want to be in the club hear is a pick of my foundation and Mark vi and 115 bw.i bought new back in the day it still kicks some ass
Soundchaser11460 said:
Hey guys I am starting a U.S. Peavey Club here at Talk Bass,please let me know if you are interested.Thanks Joe:cool:
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I want to join ,my Peavey gear I bought new back in the day all USA still functions perfect
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Jeff Siddall said:
About 30 years late to this post... This my first bass, bought new in 1987.
Pics are from when I built a new pickguard and re-oiled the mahogany last year. Looking as good as new again:

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Nice Patriot Jeff! :bassist:
Seems like 1987 was a very good year at the Peavey factory.
I like the mahogany Patriots a lot, mine has a nice tight neck pocket and everything is just straight and right and cleanly done, including the soldering work.
I know they were sold as a cheaper model, but a nice mahogany bass with a fantastic neck doesn't feel like a cheaper bass to me.
 
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58kites said:
Nice Patriot Jeff! :bassist:
Seems like 1987 was a very good year at the Peavey factory.
I like the mahogany Patriots a lot, mine has a nice tight neck pocket and everything is just straight and right and cleanly done, including the soldering work.
I know they were sold as a cheaper model, but a nice mahogany bass with a fantastic neck doesn't feel like a cheaper bass to me.
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Thanks! Yes, my experience is that these were low end because they were minimalist (single pickup, no separate fretboard) not because they were poorly made. Kinda like a Gibson "Studio" guitar.
 
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Jeff Siddall said:
Thanks! Yes, my experience is that these were low end because they were minimalist (single pickup, no separate fretboard) not because they were poorly made. Kinda like a Gibson "Studio" guitar.
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I tend to like the less fancy basses, single pickup and passive are usually the ones I find myself wanting.
I did not know that the fretboard is not a separate piece, I have to look at mine again.
 
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58kites said:
I tend to like the less fancy basses, single pickup and passive are usually the ones I find myself wanting.
I did not know that the fretboard is not a separate piece, I have to look at mine again.
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Yes, they were a two piece maple neck which were not necessarily cheap. You will see a seam right down the middle of the fretboard if you look closely. Very stable neck. The 90's they switched to a cheaper single piece neck plus board for the maple necks.

I do agree with you on the passive basses. I just LOVE the super ferrites in pretty much any combination passive.
 
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Runnerman said:
Yes, they were a two piece maple neck which were not necessarily cheap. You will see a seam right down the middle of the fretboard if you look closely. Very stable neck. The 90's they switched to a cheaper single piece neck plus board for the maple necks.

I do agree with you on the passive basses. I just LOVE the super ferrites in pretty much any combination passive.
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What do the super ferrites give you that other pickups don't?
 
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Zant said:
What do the super ferrites give you that other pickups don't?
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They are a hot wound single coil potted pickup with an iron core. To me they have a very wide frequency range, wider thank a P and a little more aggressive. I would say my Slant PUP Fury has a better sound than my Patriot to my ears but apparently it has a bigger iron core or is a slightly different in some way. Some of these guys on here know more details. Paired up in a foundation, you have a jazz bass on steroids. Jaco tones at the ready...but can still get some deep funk tones, quite versatile.

Like I said I find the sound aggressive with a lot of bite. I find they work very well with flats. They can get thumpy like a P with flats but still retain some of the round wound zing. Just very good sounding to my ears. Some guys on here have experience with them being noisy but all 3 of my SF basses are very quiet.
 
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Jeff Siddall said:
Thanks! Yes, my experience is that these were low end because they were minimalist (single pickup, no separate fretboard) not because they were poorly made. Kinda like a Gibson "Studio" guitar.
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Runnerman said:
Yes, they were a two piece maple neck which were not necessarily cheap. You will see a seam right down the middle of the fretboard if you look closely. Very stable neck. The 90's they switched to a cheaper single piece neck plus board for the maple necks.

I do agree with you on the passive basses. I just LOVE the super ferrites in pretty much any combination passive.
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Just looked at 5 Peavey basses here that have two piece necks and no separate fretboard.
For some dumb reason (on my part) I saw separate fretboards where there were none, turns out I was seeing maple grain lines and mentally turning them into a fretboard piece.
I've always seen the center line up the back and both sides of headstock.. but never looked really closely at the center-line of the fretboard area ...Doh! :facepalm:
Happy to find out that these 5 are... what they are!!
 
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Runnerman said:
They are a hot wound single coil potted pickup with an iron core. To me they have a very wide frequency range, wider thank a P and a little more aggressive. I would say my Slant PUP Fury has a better sound than my Patriot to my ears but apparently it has a bigger iron core or is a slightly different in some way. Some of these guys on here know more details. Paired up in a foundation, you have a jazz bass on steroids. Jaco tones at the ready...but can still get some deep funk tones, quite versatile.

Like I said I find the sound aggressive with a lot of bite. I find they work very well with flats. They can get thumpy like a P with flats but still retain some of the round wound zing. Just very good sounding to my ears. Some guys on here have experience with them being noisy but all 3 of my SF basses are very quiet.
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Yeah, I really like my 80s Foundation quite a bit - totally dig the 2 piece maple neck - it's a little chunkier than my Fender Jazz basses, and in a good way(to me)... Also, those Super Ferrites are everything you said - mine isn't noisy, either... Lastly, the tuners are excellent - and the rest of the hardware is really good, too - I definitely like this one better than any of the other Foundations I've owned...
 
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Runnerman said:
They are a hot wound single coil potted pickup with an iron core. To me they have a very wide frequency range, wider thank a P and a little more aggressive. I would say my Slant PUP Fury has a better sound than my Patriot to my ears but apparently it has a bigger iron core or is a slightly different in some way. Some of these guys on here know more details. Paired up in a foundation, you have a jazz bass on steroids. Jaco tones at the ready...but can still get some deep funk tones, quite versatile.

Like I said I find the sound aggressive with a lot of bite. I find they work very well with flats. They can get thumpy like a P with flats but still retain some of the round wound zing. Just very good sounding to my ears. Some guys on here have experience with them being noisy but all 3 of my SF basses are very quiet.
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I think the Slant Fury and T-20 have the same pickup.
My (new to me) T-20 pickup has a much larger/wider lower half (under pickguard) than either Foundation Super Ferrite pickups or Patriot Super Ferrite pickup.
I think the Patriot Super Ferrite and the Foundation Super Ferrite look similar sized but I think are are slightly different sizes.
 

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