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U.S. Peavey Club
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I'm not worried... yet. There's a hairline split, but someone filled it at some point. It looks pretty hard and doesn't show well in my photo. I'll take it easy when making micro-tilt adjustments; @mech gave me some pointers.
A little general info on the neck tilt. The screw is a 10-32. The 32 means it has 32 threads per inch or that each thread is 1/32" linear distance from the next. One full turn moves the screw 1/32" or about .032" in decimal. The average I have had to shim any bolt on neck with no neck tilt has been 1 (or two at most) thickness of business card. The average business card is .010 to .015" thick. Turning the tilt screw 1/3 to 1/2 a turn after it seats firmly on the slug in the neck will add about the same tilt as one thickness of business card. With the distance involved from the topnut to the bridge and the fulcrum being close to center, you can see that a little adjustment goes a long way. I usually adjust for more tilt than needed and bring it down. I find that only the two screws on the body end need to be loosened and re-tightened. This also helps keep the neck from shifting when all the screws are loose. If you overshoot and have to add tilt, loosen ALL the screws.
Several of my Peavey basses have the neck tilt adjuster but I have had to use it on only one bass and that is my Foundation 5 string and EVERYTHING was out of adjustment when I got that bass. Someone who did not know what he was doing must have turned every adjustment screw on that bass. It was unplayable when I got it and plays like a dream now.
I believe I have only one Peavey with the 2 piece neck and it looks fine. I've owned several through the years and never had a problem with one.
I believe I have only one Peavey with the 2 piece neck and it looks fine. I've owned several through the years and never had a problem with one.
I hope I don't get flamed for this... 
I had to get this 94 Forum Plus not only because it's my favorite color, green, but also because it was a smoking deal and I had a want for a passive P/J to compliment my active 1999 US Dlx Precision. The Forum's factory pickups are Peavey's version of an EMG. If one didn't fully know, one could easily mistake these for EMG, even the wires look like EMGs of the era. I had not played these pickups before, but my experiences with Peavey pickups have been very positive.
I bought this bass to become a utility bass and keep my more expensive and precious basses safe at home. Love the bass, the neck is killer, great weight, nicely balanced and the color is really nice. No matter what I did, I couldn't bond with the factory pickups. They have a pointed, focused tone to them and sounded really weird and phasey when blended. The soloed P sounded great, the soloed J was fairly thin. Nothing too out of the ordinary with many P/J basses I have played. They were also really hot, so hot that only a couple other of my specialty basses mixed well with it. I have EMGs and love them, but didn't want to drop those in this one.
Anywho, I ordered a P/J set of Wilde (Bill Lawrence) pickups, the P46 and J45L since I have heard great things and wanted to give them a try. Installed them last night with an ungrounded 250K M/N blend, CTS 500K audio tone with .068uF cap and a 500K audio CTS push/pull volume. The push/pull puts the P46 in parallel mode when pulled up and series when down.
Gotta say, the bass sounds much better. Great sounding P tones, the blends are much less comb filter-y sounding. The soloed J45 is warm and fat, which is a plus considering it's location is further back than typical 70s position! The P46 in parallel really has a Jazz style PU clarity and bite. Both pickups blended with the P46 in parallel mode is the best faux J tone I have heard on a P/J bass! It's also in the same ballpark in terms of output with my other main squeezes.
All that and I supported a really cool small business.
While I was at it, I ordered a matte black single ply guard for it from Chandler. The original white guard was pretty trashed. I also put my 80s P knobs on it. They look OK, but I may just put some standard chrome domes on it.
It's a keeper and now complete! Gonna take it to the gig tonight.
I had to get this 94 Forum Plus not only because it's my favorite color, green, but also because it was a smoking deal and I had a want for a passive P/J to compliment my active 1999 US Dlx Precision. The Forum's factory pickups are Peavey's version of an EMG. If one didn't fully know, one could easily mistake these for EMG, even the wires look like EMGs of the era. I had not played these pickups before, but my experiences with Peavey pickups have been very positive.
I bought this bass to become a utility bass and keep my more expensive and precious basses safe at home. Love the bass, the neck is killer, great weight, nicely balanced and the color is really nice. No matter what I did, I couldn't bond with the factory pickups. They have a pointed, focused tone to them and sounded really weird and phasey when blended. The soloed P sounded great, the soloed J was fairly thin. Nothing too out of the ordinary with many P/J basses I have played. They were also really hot, so hot that only a couple other of my specialty basses mixed well with it. I have EMGs and love them, but didn't want to drop those in this one.
Anywho, I ordered a P/J set of Wilde (Bill Lawrence) pickups, the P46 and J45L since I have heard great things and wanted to give them a try. Installed them last night with an ungrounded 250K M/N blend, CTS 500K audio tone with .068uF cap and a 500K audio CTS push/pull volume. The push/pull puts the P46 in parallel mode when pulled up and series when down.
Gotta say, the bass sounds much better. Great sounding P tones, the blends are much less comb filter-y sounding. The soloed J45 is warm and fat, which is a plus considering it's location is further back than typical 70s position! The P46 in parallel really has a Jazz style PU clarity and bite. Both pickups blended with the P46 in parallel mode is the best faux J tone I have heard on a P/J bass! It's also in the same ballpark in terms of output with my other main squeezes.
All that and I supported a really cool small business.
While I was at it, I ordered a matte black single ply guard for it from Chandler. The original white guard was pretty trashed. I also put my 80s P knobs on it. They look OK, but I may just put some standard chrome domes on it.
It's a keeper and now complete! Gonna take it to the gig tonight.
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They are EMGs. Peavey didn't make any active PUs in house. Great color on that bass. Never seen it before.
Really? Who made the other active pickups? The cirrus stuff, GV too, same pickups. Millenium. Inquiring minds
Don't know but probably offshore after the mid/late 90s when the wording changed to "Crafted In The USA" and others similar.
The hook up wire bearing a Korean name isn't solid evidence but I've saw quite a few Cirrus preamps bearing the Korean company "Song U".
Taken together ? I'd guess Korean is likely.
Looking through these threads regarding the late 70's to late 80's Peavey basses and their commitment, to building the best basses they could I wonder if they built them at a loss? The hardware was top quality during this time & the famous Super Ferrite pickups were made in house, I wonder how much a Foundation or Fury bass would cost today if they were still made like they were back in the 80's.
I wonder that, too. Given that a American Professional J or P is $1400-1500, I would guess a Foundation or Fury would maybe be around $1000 to have the Peavey effect of value..?
Well, that explains that. Not like Peavey to copy something to that detail.
I was looking for a Foundation S, but came across this Forum Plus. The color was the main reason I got the bass. Green is my favorite. Being that it was a P/J was icing on the cake.
90's - slimmed body, 2 piece neck and the cheaper hardware, sort of a paddle like headstock....lost the sharp edges. Just like mine except color. Mine is a '92 and is a great bass.
When I say cheaper hardware, it's equivalent or better than Fender of the time just not the earlier really heavy duty stuff.
Here's a heads up... I was trying to order a new truss rod wrench and the Gibson 5/16 was out of stock at Stewmac. I found this one at Allparts for $6.49 and the cool thing about it is that it has a Philips screw driver on the other end for truss rod cover screws. Nice design.
