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U.S. Peavey Club
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So I purchased a partial set of old tuners off of Music Gear Omaha on Reverb last week (Tuesday) for my 85 Patriot. They have not shipped yet. I messaged the seller three times, first to ask a question about them before the purchase, then inquiring about when they thought the tuners might be shipped. I have received no response from the seller and the parts still don't show as shipped.
Having never purchased from Reverb, I would ask if this seems normal? Reverb has a policy that you can cancel the sale if the seller doesn't ship within three days. This seemed a bit hasty. I wanted to give them a week, but my feeling is that this store just leaves the parts up on his store because it draws viewers.
All this being said I am probably going to be back on the search for tuners. The ones on ebay use standard ferrules, not the screw to the tuner base type. Hopefully those will fit because I'd really like to play my Peavey again.
Having never purchased from Reverb, I would ask if this seems normal? Reverb has a policy that you can cancel the sale if the seller doesn't ship within three days. This seemed a bit hasty. I wanted to give them a week, but my feeling is that this store just leaves the parts up on his store because it draws viewers.
All this being said I am probably going to be back on the search for tuners. The ones on ebay use standard ferrules, not the screw to the tuner base type. Hopefully those will fit because I'd really like to play my Peavey again.
I have had times when a seller shipped merchandise but failed to note it on Reverb or Ebay. It sucks when a seller does not respond to emails but there is a chance the tuners have been shipped.
I just tried to find a phone number for your seller but had no luck. The only way I see to contact them is through a Reverb message. The seller does have good feedback so hopefully the tuners have been shipped.
I just tried to find a phone number for your seller but had no luck. The only way I see to contact them is through a Reverb message. The seller does have good feedback so hopefully the tuners have been shipped.
I noticed all the same things so I have been holding out hope. Unfortunately the Reverb messages have gone unanswered, which is surprising given the reviews that mention that they are at the very least communicative, except for one recent review which stated that, they never heard from the seller and they never shipped the parts.
Good to know. I'll have to watch for that and move back to a light set at the first sign of bowing or twisting. I don't know about quantitative tension measurements, but I chose the GHS Precision Flats because they were rated as 'stiff' in a comparison chart. I don't know if they achieve that with tension or by the construction of the string. I was hoping it was by the string construction/material. I'll be religion about having my tech check it out every 6 months instead of once a year or whenever I change something. This particular neck is a Precision style. So I'm more worried about twisting than bowing. I'll pay attention to the relief on the D and G side.
The 'other' bass (Foundation S with Dimarzio PJ), with the Daddarios XL230 Nickel Rounds, is so that I can keep them low without smacking around on frets or pickups. I wanted everything as similar to the flatwound bass as possible, except round wound. This one is really hot and has great attack. I don't pop and slap so I don't need to get under the strings. But I do need to keep them off the hardware. More mass, less movement was the idea. I'll keep an eye out for the same issues you warned about.
Just try these... please...once... D'Addario EXL170BT Balanced Tension 45-107 Long Scale Electric Bass | eBay
Consider this: music is vibrations. Let the strings move. Playing super stiff strings just might be choking off all the good things.
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Do they come in flats?
I have another foundation waiting for a new neck. Maybe I'll try the balanced strings on that one. I think your have to 'roll your own' with individual strings to build a 'balanced tension' set of flats. It can be done though.
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Just sending you the seller's details and phone number via PM now.
True enough. But at this point in the chain I think we're dealing with the conversion of the movement in a magnetic field into a signal. More movement might indeed be preferred. But more magnetic material might also do the trick. I don't know the formula. Usually velocity wins over mass in these things. More magnetically reactive material would also help. Maybe there's a EE out here that can explain all the Gauss and stuff.
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OK, so I have a FrankenPeavey project in the works. I have been sitting on a fully loaded, rosewood fingerboard T45 neck and a single good (and another weak) Super Ferrite for over a year. Seems like a waste of good parts, but couldn't get rid of them.
Well, found a loaded, black 87 Foundation project body (complete, with no pickups). It arrived, I cleaned it up, attached the neck, dropped in the SFs, strung and set it up and is great all around. Originally was going to just install the neck Super Ferrite and rock this thing like a pre-57/single coil P bass, but then found an older toaster T40 pickup, which is on the way, along with a pickup ring from Frets On The Net.
I have never mixed T40/45 pickups with Super Ferrites, can anyone else chime in on this? I tend to play on the neck pickup soloed or in a 50/50 blend with the bridge pickup. Seems that the T40 pickup has a similar output to a P pickup in series mode and a vintage J pickup in split mode. Since this is the older version, I gather that's is not quite as aggressive as the later blade version. The Super Ferrites seem just a touch hotter than a vintage wound J pickup, so I feel they will match up well. I'm going to have a push/pull pot do the split, as one of the original volume pots is pretty shot. If I run into phase or RW/RP hum cancel issues, I know of another Super Ferrite with the opposite polarity to my good one I could get, if so desired.
My primary decision is whether to rout the T40 pickup for bridge or neck position. I already have an Ibanez RB630 bass modded as a virtual T45 with a blade T40 pickup in the Precision sweet spot, so I am leaning towards the bridge location for the T40 pickup in this build, for variety.
If the T40 pickup is to be in the bridge position, I would rout out towards the neck, putting the rear coil in the current space reserved for the Super Ferrite-pretty much putting the coils in the 60s and 70s J locations. Would play with the wiring phase so the bridge side coil activates in single coil mode. This will have that J/MM look with a Meridian flair.
If in the neck position, I would rout out towards the bridge, with the front coil in the current SF rout-putting is right in the P sweet spot. Also would play with the wiring phase so the neck side coil activates in single coil mode. This would be an interesting P/J variant. A T/SF if you will...
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I welcome any opinions or experiences with pickup choice and location.
Well, found a loaded, black 87 Foundation project body (complete, with no pickups). It arrived, I cleaned it up, attached the neck, dropped in the SFs, strung and set it up and is great all around. Originally was going to just install the neck Super Ferrite and rock this thing like a pre-57/single coil P bass, but then found an older toaster T40 pickup, which is on the way, along with a pickup ring from Frets On The Net.
I have never mixed T40/45 pickups with Super Ferrites, can anyone else chime in on this? I tend to play on the neck pickup soloed or in a 50/50 blend with the bridge pickup. Seems that the T40 pickup has a similar output to a P pickup in series mode and a vintage J pickup in split mode. Since this is the older version, I gather that's is not quite as aggressive as the later blade version. The Super Ferrites seem just a touch hotter than a vintage wound J pickup, so I feel they will match up well. I'm going to have a push/pull pot do the split, as one of the original volume pots is pretty shot. If I run into phase or RW/RP hum cancel issues, I know of another Super Ferrite with the opposite polarity to my good one I could get, if so desired.
My primary decision is whether to rout the T40 pickup for bridge or neck position. I already have an Ibanez RB630 bass modded as a virtual T45 with a blade T40 pickup in the Precision sweet spot, so I am leaning towards the bridge location for the T40 pickup in this build, for variety.
If the T40 pickup is to be in the bridge position, I would rout out towards the neck, putting the rear coil in the current space reserved for the Super Ferrite-pretty much putting the coils in the 60s and 70s J locations. Would play with the wiring phase so the bridge side coil activates in single coil mode. This will have that J/MM look with a Meridian flair.
If in the neck position, I would rout out towards the bridge, with the front coil in the current SF rout-putting is right in the P sweet spot. Also would play with the wiring phase so the neck side coil activates in single coil mode. This would be an interesting P/J variant. A T/SF if you will...
. I welcome any opinions or experiences with pickup choice and location.
Is anyone sitting on a 35” scale millennium/cirrus/gv type body - 5 string.. I’m in the market
Sounds very interesting!! I have several candidates for similar builds: a T-40 and a T-45 that are completely disassembled, a set of SF pickups, and at least 2 complete Foundations that I wouldn’t mind Franken-up, or F-ing up (depends on how you view things). So, I’ll be watching the replies.OK, so I have a FrankenPeavey project in the works. I have been sitting on a fully loaded, rosewood fingerboard T45 neck and a single good (and another weak) Super Ferrite for over a year. Seems like a waste of good parts, but couldn't get rid of them.
Well, found a loaded, black 87 Foundation project body (complete, with no pickups). It arrived, I cleaned it up, attached the neck, dropped in the SFs, strung and set it up and is great all around. Originally was going to just install the neck Super Ferrite and rock this thing like a pre-57/single coil P bass, but then found an older toaster T40 pickup, which is on the way, along with a pickup ring from Frets On The Net.
I have never mixed T40/45 pickups with Super Ferrites, can anyone else chime in on this? I tend to play on the neck pickup soloed or in a 50/50 blend with the bridge pickup. Seems that the T40 pickup has a similar output to a P pickup in series mode and a vintage J pickup in split mode. Since this is the older version, I gather that's is not quite as aggressive as the later blade version. The Super Ferrites seem just a touch hotter than a vintage wound J pickup, so I feel they will match up well. I'm going to have a push/pull pot do the split, as one of the original volume pots is pretty shot. If I run into phase or RW/RP hum cancel issues, I know of another Super Ferrite with the opposite polarity to my good one I could get, if so desired.
My primary decision is whether to rout the T40 pickup for bridge or neck position. I already have an Ibanez RB630 bass modded as a virtual T45 with a blade T40 pickup in the Precision sweet spot, so I am leaning towards the bridge location for the T40 pickup in this build, for variety.
If the T40 pickup is to be in the bridge position, I would rout out towards the neck, putting the rear coil in the current space reserved for the Super Ferrite-pretty much putting the coils in the 60s and 70s J locations. Would play with the wiring phase so the bridge side coil activates in single coil mode. This will have that J/MM look with a Meridian flair.
If in the neck position, I would rout out towards the bridge, with the front coil in the current SF rout-putting is right in the P sweet spot. Also would play with the wiring phase so the neck side coil activates in single coil mode. This would be an interesting P/J variant. A T/SF if you will...
I welcome any opinions or experiences with pickup choice and location.
LOL....YES someone did say TL5. Looking at the photos of yours has me wanting Generation 1 TL5. Here is my Generation 2:
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While waiting on the T40 pickup/ring/screws to arrive, I installed the good SF in the neck, the weak one in the bridge. Other than the soloed bridge tone being a little anemic, it works and sounds pretty good, as it still gets the two pickup scoop tones. Sprayed the pots again and they all work great! Now I think I'll just do the spin-a-split on the T40 pickup since this bass has the factory S taper tone control already in place.
Pretty much decided that I will put the T40 pickup in the bridge position. The SF in the neck sounds so big! Perhaps a thicker sounding pickup in the bridge spot will inspire me to use it more. I know I don't solo the bridge SF on my Foundation as it's pretty bright.
Hi everyone,
I recently acquired this Peavey Foundation. Was wondering if anyone can tell me more about the pickups, are they still Super Ferrites? Doesn't say it on the covers. There is also something weird going on when both volumes knobs are turned to the same level; I have played jazz bases before, but the frequency cancellations on this bass are strange, almost like a phasing effect; volume goes down quite a bit, same with bass frequencies. The bass sounds definitely better when only one pickup is used, but that can't be, right?
Any insight is greatly appreciated! I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere or if this is the wrong location.
I recently acquired this Peavey Foundation. Was wondering if anyone can tell me more about the pickups, are they still Super Ferrites? Doesn't say it on the covers. There is also something weird going on when both volumes knobs are turned to the same level; I have played jazz bases before, but the frequency cancellations on this bass are strange, almost like a phasing effect; volume goes down quite a bit, same with bass frequencies. The bass sounds definitely better when only one pickup is used, but that can't be, right?
Any insight is greatly appreciated! I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere or if this is the wrong location.
