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#13,481
Supadope said:
They are. And other than being heavier than a Sherman tank, my my Forum 5 is the best!
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I have actually thought about another body for my 85 Foundation, something very lightweight as everything i like about the bass....not worried about neck dive, i have several wide suede straps to compensate.

Any ideas for a light body for an 85 Foundation, maybe a longer upper horn?
 
#13,482
DavidEdenAria said:
The wide nut is 1st Gen only....not nearly as many of them around here in Peavey country.

Not exactly sure how many and what years the 1st Gen was produced?
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84 to 86 were production years. They must have built plenty or there'd be no way I could find one in Scotland for $120.

TBH I'm not a big fan of the 2nd & 3rd gen Furys. OK the 1st gens look a bit dated but the slant pickup makes it stand out,sadly the same can't be said for the later models.

As for the Foundation body, use paulownia. It's very light but can be quite soft. Bore and fit dowels for bridge and strap pin screws before finish. Give it several coats of poly,no need to worry about dents then.
 
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#13,483
kodiakblair said:
84 to 86 were production years. They must have built plenty or there'd be no way I could find one in Scotland for $120.

TBH I'm not a big fan of the 2nd & 3rd gen Furys. OK the 1st gens look a bit dated but the slant pickup makes it stand out,sadly the same can't be said for the later models.

As for the Foundation body, use paulownia. It's very light but can be quite soft. Bore and fit dowels for bridge and strap pin screws before finish. Give it several coats of poly,no need to worry about dents then.
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Well, 80's Peavey basses never have brought much money LOL, 90's even worse save for the upper end stuff...not surprised at $120, i've seen them hang on racks for years at a time in the midwest USA until the past few years....i see way more later Fury basses (which i like fine) and the earlier T basses fwiw.

I'm sure 1st Gen Fury are on Ebay, Reverb etc....not rare, but until recently, not desirable from what ive seen past 30+ years.

Paulownia is a definite possibility....i dont care if it dents at all, but i wouldnt mind some nice grain in a 1 or 2 piece body with a clear coat....likely will do Tru Oil which i've had much success with before and its so easy to use and repair if need be.

I'm apparently among the few that actually likes dented up guitars LOL! Not that i would intentional mis-handle or abuse a guitar but dings are not a deal breaker for me overall. Playability and tone are foremost....but yea a nicely grained 1 or 2 piece Foundation body with a longer upper horn would be very cool imo.
 
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DavidEdenAria said:
I have actually thought about another body for my 85 Foundation, something very lightweight as everything i like about the bass....not worried about neck dive, i have several wide suede straps to compensate.

Any ideas for a light body for an 85 Foundation, maybe a longer upper horn?
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I have several NOS Foundation and Dyna bodies, if you're thinking stock. Your post reads like you're not, but I thought I'd put it out there.
 
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Hey all, my Palaedium has the "cursive script" logo instead of the block letter font logo as seen in the magazine ads and most production models. Is this a sign of it being an early run? A late run? Serial number is 05283405, which I believe is 1992. Is there any knowledge of how many of these were made per year?

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BassikLee said:
I have several NOS Foundation and Dyna bodies, if you're thinking stock. Your post reads like you're not, but I thought I'd put it out there.
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They would have to be super lightweight (for Peavey!).

I can still find complete 80's Foundations under $200, so unless the body is lightweight or some cool color, its not as tempting, but thanks!
 
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DavidEdenAria said:
The wide nut is 1st Gen only....not nearly as many of them around here in Peavey country.

Not exactly sure how many and what years the 1st Gen was produced?
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Yeah, don't see many 1st gen Furies. There can't have been many sold.

This one was an '84, which may have been the first year for them. Or possibly '83, but not before then, I would think. Note the Foundation bridge.....'83 being the first year for the Foundation.

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Darth_Linux said:
Hey all, my Palaedium has the "cursive script" logo instead of the block letter font logo as seen in the magazine ads and most production models. Is this a sign of it being an early run? A late run? Serial number is 05283405, which I believe is 1992. Is there any knowledge of how many of these were made per year?

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I would say that the cursive logo would be an earlier production run. Peavey ditched the "lightning bolt" logo for the block letter type later on. The cursive models still has the lightning bolt Peavey logo. For the record, I've seen many more Palaediums with the cursive logo than the block logo.

I don't think anyone knows the production numbers except Peavey.
 
#13,494
jjk2007 said:
A good question....
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Contact core/exposed core/taper core were all the rage for a while. Ken Smith was an early advocate IIRC. I believe he shipped his basses with taper core strings...B and E.

I've tried them several times through the years and always go back to fully wound strings. The last set of contact core stainless strings that I tried were on my G. Gould ggi6. Geoff prefers contact core strings and I didn't care for them at all. I put a set of D'Adarrio XL's on that bass and it sounds fantastic. However, one of my friends also bought a ggi6 and he liked the stainless contact core Gould strings just fine and he certainly sounded great playing that bass with the OEM strings.

So, I am not much help. Most of my basses have XL's on them. By the way, D'Adarrio XL's are the OEM strings for Roscoe and Keith recommends NOT using contact core strings because he says they do not intonate correctly. That has been pretty much my experience. YMMV
 
#13,495
Chuck M said:
Contact core/exposed core/taper core were all the rage for a while. Ken Smith was an early advocate IIRC. I believe he shipped his basses with taper core strings...B and E.

I've tried them several times through the years and always go back to fully wound strings. The last set of contact core stainless strings that I tried were on my G. Gould ggi6. Geoff prefers contact core strings and I didn't care for them at all. I put a set of D'Adarrio XL's on that bass and it sounds fantastic. However, one of my friends also bought a ggi6 and he liked the stainless contact core Gould strings just fine and he certainly sounded great playing that bass with the OEM strings.

So, I am not much help. Most of my basses have XL's on them. By the way, D'Adarrio XL's are the OEM strings for Roscoe and Keith recommends NOT using contact core strings because he says they do not intonate correctly. That has been pretty much my experience. YMMV
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Not for everyone... to make it worse (for most players) is that I put them on carbon fiber basses... every perfect or imperfect thing is amplified.... probably less forgiving than a telecaster (or t60)

Only strings I have challenges with tuning and intonation are HiBeams (on an accelerator)
 
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