Personally find ash a very appealing wood.
Re: ash versus oak, the easy way to tell the difference is the herringbone pattern between the grain which you will find on ash but not on oak.
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Re: ash versus oak, the easy way to tell the difference is the herringbone pattern between the grain which you will find on ash but not on oak.
Super nice Dyna!!! Love the color.
The first Fenders (prototype "Snake Head" and including many Esquires & Broadcasters) were Pine bodies.I've been in a friendly pissing match over on Squier Talk about pine bodies, and if they'll use a crappy wood like pine, and can't imagine why (other than weight) they wouldn't use oak.
Well hell, I probably just went and started another pissing match about pine bodies !!
Ain't just Fender,plenty folks use pine. This is mine.
Longleaf pine,heavier than alder but a damn sight harder. On a par with Brazilian mahogany, janka of 870 vs 900.
Not all pines are Eastern white. Red pine and true pine are harder than rock maple,red pine is as tough as wenge.
I have a quick question about the pickups on a 1980 - 85 Peavey Fury 4-string. I'm cleaning it and setting the intonation for a friend who loves it. When I plugged it into my rig I got very little sound and could not get much tone either. I'm talking to highs or low bass - only a very narrow range of mids. I've looked up his on the net and most like his are going from $40 to $125. My question comes from when I unplugged his Peavey and plugged in my Warwick double humbucker in passive and about blew the walls down. Nothing changed on my rig. So what gives with the very low volume from his P-bass pickups and the humbuckers on my bass. Again, both were on passive. Thanks for any comments. And telling me his bass has cheap pickups is an OK answer.
Yours the 1st gen with the slanted single coil ?
That could be your answer right there, hot humbuckers going against a standard wound single.
That's what I was guessing. He wants it set up but the screws have never been moved and are locked in place. I can tune it and I've got it looking nice, but I couldn't play it in the band I'm in. No one would ever here me. Thanks for the replies. Pretty much what I suspected.
I’d pull the pickup and get those screws freed up, and reinstall, getting it very close to the strings. I’ve yet to see a bass with Super Ferrites that didn’t have string marks/grooves in them. So, it’s got to be a common thing to set them up very close to the strings. Then if the output is still super weak, I’d start troubleshooting the pots. Something is already definitely wrong with the tone pot, I’m guessing the capacitor. But, that stuff is not something I know much about.
Thanks. I don't think he sent more than $100 for it back when it was new and he's just wanting to noodle around on it. I doubt he'll want to do anything on it. If were MINE I would put in some rockin' pups and some better strings and get busy rockin. But . . . it ain't mine. Thanks anyway.
I've not seen a Peavey with a Super Ferrite pickup/pickups that had a volume problem...the T20, First Gen Fury, Patriot, Foundation, Dyna.
Basses and amps have volume controls.
If any one bass is quiet compared to any other bass, the volume control on the amp would be the very simple answer to gain parity between the two basses.
A Spector bass with two EMG CS35's and an EMG Pre is going to be a different animal than a Fender Sting Bass with the early 50's single coil pickup in it.
They would both be able to perform beautifully at home and at a live or studio gig, because we use amplifiers.
Tone is completely subjective and people have varying tastes on what pickups sound great to them, the old single coil in the Sting bass sounds great, the EMG's in the Spectors also sound great.
The slant SF pickup in the First Gen Peavey Fury (and in the Peavey T20) is a very well made pickup that sounds great to my ears and to many other people's as well, it is certainly not a cheaply made or inferior pickup in any way.
If you run into any First Gen (slant) Peavey Fury basses for $40 to $125, please let me know and I will buy as many as you direct me towards.
Basses and amps have volume controls.
If any one bass is quiet compared to any other bass, the volume control on the amp would be the very simple answer to gain parity between the two basses.
A Spector bass with two EMG CS35's and an EMG Pre is going to be a different animal than a Fender Sting Bass with the early 50's single coil pickup in it.
They would both be able to perform beautifully at home and at a live or studio gig, because we use amplifiers.
Tone is completely subjective and people have varying tastes on what pickups sound great to them, the old single coil in the Sting bass sounds great, the EMG's in the Spectors also sound great.
The slant SF pickup in the First Gen Peavey Fury (and in the Peavey T20) is a very well made pickup that sounds great to my ears and to many other people's as well, it is certainly not a cheaply made or inferior pickup in any way.
If you run into any First Gen (slant) Peavey Fury basses for $40 to $125, please let me know and I will buy as many as you direct me towards.
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you've detoxed it... verified that there isn't a corrosion problem somewhere?
if the set screws are rusted.. the rest is suspect.
if the set screws are rusted.. the rest is suspect.
This...something is amiss...the slant Super Ferrite is not lacking in tone and punch whatsoever if the height is set proper.
I'd check the resistance of the Super Ferrite. They are normally around 7-8K ohms or so. I had one that was weak sounding, it read closer to 100K ohms. Clearly had a break in the coil.
If it's a split coil, P bass type pickup, it should read around 11-13K ohms in series, each coil individually half that.
Rusty pickup screws also lead me to believe that the pots and/or jack contacts may be rusty and not making proper contact and passing strong signal.
If it's a split coil, P bass type pickup, it should read around 11-13K ohms in series, each coil individually half that.
Rusty pickup screws also lead me to believe that the pots and/or jack contacts may be rusty and not making proper contact and passing strong signal.
Thanks. The difference in volume between the Peavey and Warwick were done with the volume and settings on the amp unchanged. Both had the volume knob on full. My GK amp had all EQ knobs at noon. My bass had a ton of highs, mids, and lows. The Peavey had weak volume and only mids. The screws all over do have a slight rust look so I think a trip to a luthier would be in the future for it. I'm not qualified to do that so it's up to him.
Oh yeah ! Get something that goes to eleven !!!!
(ok,sorry, that was uncalled for. I'll show myself out
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No. The volume knob on both basses were on full. If I ran my rig at full volume here in my office you'd being reading my obit tomorrow.
Then why is it important that a one pickup single coil bass from 36 years ago be as loud as a double humbucker bass made today? ...as I said, the volume knob on the amp will get the two basses to volume parity quickly and easily.
Tone, on the other hand is subjective...I love the sound of my T20 and my First Gen Fury whereas I had a Warwick Double Buck and sold it after a month because I did not like the tones I got from it.
I think he’s trying to say there’s an obvious issue with the pickup and or electronics causing the volume issue.
I have close to 30 basses and maybe 5 SF equipped basses and an EBMM dbl humbucker Bongo. All my basses are very close in volume. I know because I take 2 to every show and pretty much never have to adjust my amp volume.
I have close to 30 basses and maybe 5 SF equipped basses and an EBMM dbl humbucker Bongo. All my basses are very close in volume. I know because I take 2 to every show and pretty much never have to adjust my amp volume.
