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U.S. Peavey Club
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I think 'generic' is selling the 2nd gen Fury short...for the price, the overall workmanship is great, the necks are typical Peavey 80's quality and the fact you have a giant selection of Fender pickups you can drop in make it a huge plus in my book.
Duncan SPB1 vintage P pickup brought this bass to life!
Simple design and easily sourced parts are a huge plus....mine is not too heavy either.
I dont see any better P style bass with a J neck than the 2nd gen Fury in its price range (under $200 all over the midwest, sometimes $100 or less)....although i wouldnt mind a Foundation S to go along with my 85 Foundation black on maple.
Some of the Peavey stuff is way too complicated for me along with parts sourcing being an issue.
My 89 Fury had a Duncan SPB2 Hot P pickup which was awful....in went a plain Duncan SPB1 Vintage P pickup, problem solved...im not crazy about some of the Schaller pickups used by Peavey when they went Fender style pickups late 80's..same with my 89 Tracer pickups...some of the 90's Peavey stuff...well, Eddie Van Halen wasnt wrong when he went off on Hartley in the mid to late 90's about workmanship on some (though the high end stuff was apparently very good to excellent).I think everyone here is willing to let one misrecollection pass....I've read lots n' lots of your posts and you are always full of good accurate information, sometimes little known details, and are willing to give advise to people in other (non Peavey specific) threads who have Peavey questions about price, quality or what is what in Peavey world.
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I find the Gen 2 Fury to be great alternate choice to a Fender Precision bass.
IMO the Gen 2 body shape is nicer than a P Bass and the neck feels better than almost any bass.
Love the sound of split P pickups so Gen 2 and 3 Furys can be great.
I will admit to being happily surprised when find one with an after-market pickup in it.
Dimarzio Model P / EMG Geezer / Duncan P
The T20 and 1st Gen Fury basses are different from a Precision in my mind.
The big honkin' SF sounds fantastic to my ears but is it's own category ...like many of the unique Peavey bass designs that are thankfully not straight copies of Fender P's and J's.
My 89 Fury is white w black hardware and headstock with a Chandler tort guard...its perfect with the Duncan vintage P pickup and Fender 9050 flats.
I actually dont recall the various Fury colors locally thru the years but ive seen lots of them in the midwest....given they dont have a lot of value i would have no issue painting to any color i choose!
@DavidEdenAria
Saying a bass " comes to life with a pickup swap" and benefits from easily available replacement hardware isn't a glowing recommendation. I go as far as it being a pretty good definition of a generic bass.
Over here you can pick up a used Vintage V4 for £120 and it requires no upgrades of pickups or hardware.
Saying a bass " comes to life with a pickup swap" and benefits from easily available replacement hardware isn't a glowing recommendation. I go as far as it being a pretty good definition of a generic bass.
Over here you can pick up a used Vintage V4 for £120 and it requires no upgrades of pickups or hardware.
OK now.
I have replaced the six electrolytic caps in my 2002 Cirrus 5 string, redwood, and installed a set of LaBella 760FL-B strings and played her at my gig last night.
This is not the same bass after the two above mentioned changes.
I used the Nichicon FG series capacitors. This capacitor is loved in the audiophile circles.
I am a hugely happy camper now with this bass.
I set the blend dead center, adjust the 3 tone controls to what I like, and from song to song rock the blend control back and forth, depending on the sound I want for the particular song. It is the simple methode, and I don't have to play between songs to "find my sound".
Have supplied a picture of this bass.
Thanks to all for the string suggestions. The EB Slinky strings were definitely
not the string for this bass.
I have replaced the six electrolytic caps in my 2002 Cirrus 5 string, redwood, and installed a set of LaBella 760FL-B strings and played her at my gig last night.
This is not the same bass after the two above mentioned changes.
I used the Nichicon FG series capacitors. This capacitor is loved in the audiophile circles.
I am a hugely happy camper now with this bass.
I set the blend dead center, adjust the 3 tone controls to what I like, and from song to song rock the blend control back and forth, depending on the sound I want for the particular song. It is the simple methode, and I don't have to play between songs to "find my sound".
Have supplied a picture of this bass.
Thanks to all for the string suggestions. The EB Slinky strings were definitely
not the string for this bass.
I'd be interested, was there any testing in between to determine which change made the greater impact?
Either way I'm glad you like it better now.
Either way I'm glad you like it better now.
Here is last night. This is not my regular band, but some folks I like to play with on Friday nights. Can't see her, but the drummer is Arial, 22, daughter of the singer, Kevin. There is a guy who is a regular that uses his phone each week to video some of the songs, and this has allowed me to hear my different basses I play there.
Having previously owned two Foundation S basses, I just scored the model I've wanted. It still needs my tech to do setup on it, this one is not unbearably heavy either. This is replacing my P style gig bass, so I have high expectations. The neck profile is very similar to my Fullerton 57 Pbass reissue I had years ago, not a bad thing.
IMO the Gen 2 Fury basses are as good or better than many Fender USA Precisions.
I like the body shape better than a Precision, it's sleeker, not as boxy.
Peavey sometimes chose great colors.
IMO the necks play as well as any bass at any price, the bi-laminated construction was great and the ones I have are very stable.
The Titan tuners are better quality than the old standard clover tuners from Fender.
As far as the split P pickups, some of the Peaveys were great and some were not, just like the Fenders...after-market pickups are a good choice with either brand.
And because we all like bass porn, here is an example of how nice those Gen 2 Furys are.
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I prefer old wood and agree, the necks on Peavey in general are standout...once the bi-laminate neck is settled and adjusted they seem set for years....very resistant to ever twisting....too many Fender copies and actual Fenders can have twisting issues.
Like any guitar the neck for me is first...then the hardware, which no question is very good on most USA Peavey...im not much interested in modern China or Indonesian copies...sure some are decent but i stick to used USA or Japan when i can with some Korean and MIM as well.
I just much prefer a 20 to 30 year old neck....my 85 Foundation was WAY bowed and beat when i found it years ago for under $50, crazy cheap, stickers & dings galore.. despite the neck being bowed and having to remove a bit of wood to access the truss nut, it finally has stabilized after at least 5 or 6 slight tightening turns over a period of months....i did perform shoulder rounding which gets it very close to my 89 Fury neck in comfort.
Roger Glover played a Foundation when i saw Deep Purple mid 80's, a pretty iconic bassist/producer who has played all of the most iconic basses in his career as well so that tells us something imo.
based on your photos (my wife likes your brick wall) and earlier it was mentioned that Fury uses a neck similar to the Foundation size, I'm guessing the body is similar to the Warmoth 'dinky P' size. If you happen to have any Ibanez SR basses, how does the body compare to those?
Yes, those are Geezers and they sound great.
I like Dimarzio Model P and EMG Geezers, and the original EMG active P pickup too.
The Warmoth Dinky P looks very much like they copied the 80's Foundation/Fury body.
Never had an Ibanez bass.
Have or had...
Fender P Bass Special, G&L JB-2, Warwick Corvette $$, Musicman USA SUB, Guild Pilot, Yamaha Attitude.
Three Peavey Furys, Peavey Foundation, Peavey T20, Peavey G Bass, Peavey Patriot.
Peavey necks are addicting.
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I like that 58kites. Not only are you addicted to Peavey basses and never saw the need to try or own other popular brands that I also have no need for, but you like pitbulls. My brother is on his second pitbull rescue and they are the sweetest, smartest dogs out there with SO much love to give. When you rescue a pitbull they rescue you, too. Oh, and those Geezer EMG's look GREAT and I bet sound just as good in your 2nd gen.
I still have the Guild Pilot, EBMM SUB StingRay, and the Yamaha Attitude to keep the Peaveys company....but the Peaveys and the Guild are the best feeling necks of anything I've had hands on.
The USA SUB is a StingRay and nothing else can cop their sound so it stays ..and the Attitude bass is just way cool in many ways.
I've had dogs since I was about 5 and I'm 60 now.
I love almost all dogs ..but once you've gotten to know a Pitbull it's hard not to love them the most.
Pitbulls will be what I bring home for the rest of my life, they are easy to train because they really, really want to please, they can be the most gentle cooperative dogs, some of them are super chill like my Loki and some of them are hilarious clowns like my daughters little female Pittie Chula .
I've taken in and found good proper homes for seven Pitties since taking in Loki ten years ago.
My daughters dog is one I took after she was seized as evidence (along with 26 others) in a fighting ring bust.
This dog is a clown, she loves harder than any dog I've ever seen, she is a beast but the cutest beast you ever met, she lives every minute at 100% in everything she does.
My daughter took Chula from me when she moved into a place alone for the first time in ten years, and Chula did rescue my daughter after a bad year or two in an abusive relationship, they both needed a best friend and they really helped each other.
I really like that blue Fury.
The GZR's were a surprise, I bought them because I heard them (advertised) behind Geezer Butlers rig and they sound so muscular, but they are also pretty vintage sounding when they are not being pushed, they don't sound like hot overwound pickups all the time, to me they sound like you imagine all the best vintage Precision pickups sound.
But I think EMG has made a bunch of great pickups over the years.
