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U.S. Peavey Club

#11,442
geoff_in_nc said:
18v to 9v conversion. What's the benefit? I don't consider my battery expenses to be that much. Does it offer something more?
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For the most part and to the average ear, 18V really doesn't add much that is noticeable. From what I understand, 18V increases headroom a little-maybe up to 6dB. This is mostly noticed if you boost the EQs, particularly near their maximum clockwise limit and/or play a very aggressive, transient laden slap style. Also, some preamps that run 18V actually have shorter battery life, like Bartolini. Boosting the EQ drains the batteries faster, too.
All my active basses are 9V and ran flat 98% of the time. I change the batteries once a year and most of them are still at 9+ volts at the end of the year. Those basses keep the battery for another year. Once they dip into the 8.X volt area, it's changed. My main Jazz V sometimes dips around 8.8V at the end of the year. Once it went about 4 years, I noticed the tone was getting dirty and quiet. That battery was at 7 volts!
FWIW, a fresh alkaline 9V is usually around 9.5V.
 
#11,448
I think I didn't understand clearly what was being asked. We (Modulus) made the Brian Bromberg necks. The G bass is something I've forgotten about, and would need to think a little more, but if it's what I remember, we weren't involved.

to paraphrase what I emailed Chuck this morning:
Problem with these kind of things is you’re dealing with different companies. As far as I know, Modulus made all the Bromberg necks. Whether or not James Bond 007 made some necks secretly I cannot say. There can always be some weird stuff going on around the edges.
 
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#11,449
Chuck M said:
For years folks have said that the necks with the weave pattern were made by Modulus and that the plain ones were made by Moses.
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It's a rumor that has continued for a long time, it's not true.
I confirmed that with a long time Peavey employee and then with a long time employee at the gun stock company that made the necks.
Bell & Carlson is listed right on the Peavey build sheet for my G bass.
Bell & Carlson told me they made both the weave and the black necks.
 
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58kites said:
It's a rumor that has continued for a long time, it's not true.
I confirmed that with a long time Peavey employee and then with a long time employee at the gun stock company that made the necks.
Bell & Carlson is listed right on the Peavey build sheet for my G bass.
Bell & Carlson told me they made both the weave and the black necks.
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Interesting for sure. All these years and I had never heard that Bell & Carlson was involved. Perhaps the misinformation started because Modulus made the necks for the Bromberg bass.
 
#11,455
With the warmer weather finally here, I decided to check the setup on my Foundation fretless. The saddles always seemed high, so I decided to take the micro-tilt all the way down and start over. I took the neck off to make sure the tilt screw was all the way down, and I found this:

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Peavey neck underside by thaddeusthompson, on Flickr

Sandpaper stapled to the front of the heel? This can't be stock, can it? All of my shims have been at the back of the heel. Should I get a staple remover and pull that sucker off?
 

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