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U.S. Peavey Club

#13,061
BassikLee said:
Yes. If you don't need the bling, they also did a Dyna Unity in both sprayed opaque finishes, and Koa with purple heart in an oil finish. All those had black hardware. There's also a Unity series, which were very similar basses, but passive. P/J pickups, two volumes, one tone, and a rosewood board. The Dyna Unity, OTOH, had ebony boards like the TL stuff.
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Thanks for the info, Lee ! I love the fact that Peavey used ebony fret boards on the DU basses. With the oval inlays, it's like an Alembic fret board. I'd love to find a TL4.
 
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#13,062
I really miss my TL (this is one that had an OBP3 installed.)

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thanks to all who offered advice and information , its much appreciated . I will have to find a 5/16" tool that is similar to the Peavey made one in order to get to the truss rod nut. I called one of the local GC and they had nothing in stock from Allparts ,etc. So I'll have to wait until I get the proper tool to do this and be able to play the bass the way it should be played. Its tough for me to even noodle on a bass that isnt setup properly..lol..it drives me insane !
 
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#13,077
JEDI BASS said:
Miss the looks and feel of the Sarzo quality, but remember how unimpressive it sounded. Sad honestly :-( . Every company has failures I suppose.
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Back in 1988 ,I bought a brand new Rudy Sarzo signature Aria Pro II (this could be a whole new topic in itself). and it was THEE BEST sounding /playing bass I've ever had in the 41 years that I have owned and played bass. Of course I was 21 when I had that bass and like most people I made the mistake of selling it to get a different style/sound bass to suit my needs when I got into a different band playing a different style /genre of rock/metal etc. I have been fortunate enough to have met Rudy Sarzo out at NAMM back in 2007. I also talk to him occasionally via FB Msngr, and I will have to ask him why he was with Aria for only 1 short year with that SB Elite model and jumped over to Peavey in 89 to endorse a lesser quality bass. Im assuming maybe Aria only endorses artists for a 1 year term on signature models and Peavey gave a better /longer endorsement deal ? If I ask Mr Sarzo and he tells me the story I will share it with you all. But if you ever get a chance to grab the Aria Pro II version of the Sarzo sig model , jump on it . I uploaded the ad for that bass . Peavey took the asthetics of the bass Aria made and copied it almost identical with the exception of contours and electronics. Not sure on the woods if they were different or not.
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#13,078
Chuck M said:
The Sarzo bass has a reputation of having a thin tone with little bottom quite unlike the TL 5/6 or the Cirrus basses.
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I guess I was mistaken since never having laid hands on a TL. I ve had a sarso and thought it was very well constructed and had a fantastic neck. Is it fair to say that the Sarzo is like a TL with Dyna Preamp and Pickups? Never had a Dyna either.
 
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It's interesting that a Signature bass would have a reputation for sounding so thin. Makes me wonder what happened. Was it beta tested on Sarzo's huge amp and stadium PA systems vs combos and smaller amps of the layman?
Also, it's interesting that some of the high profile players of the time jumped endorsement deal to endorsement deal rather quickly and rather often.
 
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