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U.S. Peavey Club
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IIRC Peavey no longer has the cover. If you can’t find one contact me and I will trace around one to give you a pattern to make one.
print so it's 30mm wide and 40mm long. Slight back bevel round edges.
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Also changed strings to EB cobalts. Love them so far. Brings out the double pbass pickup configuration. Punchy and lots of growl.
Managed to find a nice Peavey Dyna bass from TBer on here. Hopefully get it sometime next week? Had one of these back in mid 80's. Nice Pearl White,with OHSC. Actually have a TKO115 Peavey Combo. Thought I would share picture.
A 1994 Axcelerator Plus in sunburst and very interesting tort just arrived, all the way from Medicine Hat, Alberta. (Thanks Steve!) Very punchy and articulate instrument with the active (Cirrus-like) VFLs and a nice 18V, 2-way EQ. It's interesting that the headstock is tilted back 8° so there's no string tree. Slightly blingy gold light tuners, heavy-ish bridge and heavy knobs. Very slender J-wide, thin-through neck with pau ferro fingerboard. I was surprised that it only weighs 7.9 lbs. The Pluses were apparently made from swamp ash but chambered somewhat under the pickguard for weight and body resonance. I'll have to have a look. It's certainly very resonant and loud when not plugged in. It reminds me *a lot* in sound and character of a Guild Pilot I (twice) had, but better put together. That bass was, I think, made from poplar.
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The 4&5 string Axcelerators have the same pickups as a Cirrus. The 6 string has unique flat top pickups unlike the curved top pickups used in the Cirrus. The 5&6 string Cirrus use the same pickups but the 4 is smaller.
Beautiful bass you have there. I had an Axcelerator 6 and it was wonderful.
Beautiful bass you have there. I had an Axcelerator 6 and it was wonderful.
It's chambered for the electronics and this is what you're going to see.
I have one just like yours.I was about two days from pulling the trigger on a T-20 and found a really good deal on a T-25. And I have a new semi hollow coming tomorrow. Looks like I won’t be joining the Peavey bass club for at least a few months. My wife’s great, but three at once might be pushing my luck.
Man that’s pretty. Is it Made in America?
I’m conflicted. The older basses have Super Ferrites and those great metal Peavey knobs, but the newer MIA basses have such great finishes. How is the sound compared to the Super Ferrites?
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Yup, all-American goodness. This particular bass has surprising mid-range bite and I was remarking to myself today how much it reminds me of my Super Ferrite Foundation. That said, the pickups are more detailed and have an EMG-like clarity. In short, it sounds great.
Yup, all-American goodness. This particular bass has surprising mid-range bite and I was remarking to myself today how much it reminds me of my Super Ferrite Foundation. That said, the pickups are more detailed and have an EMG-like clarity. In short, it sounds great.
I may have to look for one of those. That's a sweet looking bass and I like light. Are they rare and/or expensive? Can't say I've ever seen an Axcelerator or Axcelerator Plus bass in the flesh. I've been wanting a Patriot in Worn Brown (or natural, or walnut, or whatever Peavey called it) but your looks awfully sweet and should be even better built.
I go through phases. I’ll resolve to leave the higher grade basses to gigging musicians, all I want is a Patriot and maybe a Matsumoku of some sort. Then I see something like this and I go all gimme gimme gimme.
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Peavey called it Mahogany....because it is a Mahogany body made of Mahogany Wood with a natural matte finish to show off the Mahogany Wood.
They’re rarer than a lot of other US-made Peaveys—but they do pop up, the Plus less often. I’d never touched one either until this one arrived. It’s a very nice instrument with unusual detail touches—right down to gold strap lugs (now Schaller locks in the photos above). Not terribly expensive, although I paid a little more than ideal for this one due to some extenuating circumstances.
Gold hardware is something I really dislike as a rule. But seeing that, I want one.
I really don't know why more people aren't still gigging with Peaveys, they sound great and they're built like tanks.
Well . . . surely there must have been some other reason.
The white & gold look, just looks classy
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I don't disagree. I can take gold hardware against white or even black pretty well - it DOES look classy - and occasionally against red or blue too. Especially with basses; for some no doubt irrational reason I like gold better on basses than on guitars. I probably even have one or two with gold, although I can't recall any offhand. But I'd always prefer chrome or nickel. However, Jmlee's bass is the first time I can ever recall thinking that the gold hardware is the choice I'd make if ordering new, including guitars. And the first time I can ever recall liking gold against a burst finish. Must be the pickguard, but for some reason the gold just really works for me with this bass, to the point that if I were choosing between two, one with gold and one with silver, I'd choose the gold.
The white & gold look, looks classy
I gig my Peaveys. My main bass is a black GV with a Millenium preamp installed.
