U.S. Peavey Club

[bigtone23]

Happy Winter Season Thingy to you all! May all be well and peaceful.

As mentioned before, this is also my home group. Pretty much any time this site is visited there is a notification from here. It was a great day when I got that first Foundation and started posting as a member vs lurking as a creep. haha

 

[bigtone23]

I guess iam joining the club. I scored 90s Peavey Fury for a decent price last week. This thing is pretty roadworn and has a repaired neck and is desperate for setup. But man, its a fun bass to play! So far I really dig it, maybe I could change the pots, they dont feel very precise... And strings, previous owner strung it with cheap warwick steels. I wanted to try flats, probably ghs precisions. I kinda dig the feel of old and worn steel rounds lately, is it a way to go?
Gonna include photos later.

I have 3 string groups on my basses: fresh & bright rounds, old rounds and flats (which all get really old and thumpy). Old rounds have a cool feel and get kinda thumpy, too. Old rounds is the Eric Avery tone.
On the old round tip: I had a set of those DR neon green strings on my RicRiot (modified Patriot)--when new, they were like a middle of the road round wound, but when old and worn, they were dark and thumped like a moderately broken in flat! I left them on for a flats gig and it did great, but I also discovered that those neon strings have a dulling effect on the magnetic field. They most certainly have less volume. Switching between the RicRiot and my Foundation with Cobalt flats was an exercise in volume disparity.

if anyone would know you guys would. for a mid 80's Foundation with the Super Ferrites, is there a noticeable difference between maple & rosewood necks? Sound/playability/'other' that could quench my most recent gas?

In my experience the answer has been "it depends on the bass". A lot of these old Peavey basses had individual character that defied the standard maple v. rosewood argument. Personally if you got the money, go for another one and keep the best one.

I agree, it's much more about the gestalt of the bass vs the fingerboard wood. TBH, I pick fingerboard woods for the look. Get both, make one your round wound bass and the other the flat wound bass.

Or carve a T40 pickup or two into one.

 

[Runnerman]

Merry Christmas to all and with 2019 almost in the books and the end of another decade!!! Here's to a great 2020 and that means all USA Peaveys are minimum 25 years old so this officially a "vintage" club.

And I think we have a few vintage members too

 

[JEDI BASS]

Merry Christmas from Tennessee!!

Maple vs Rosewood: I have noticed a stark difference on some other brand basses. But, I can’t say that I have heard it on my Foundations. I was a “maple is best” guy for a long time. But, now it’s just an aesthetic choice.

 

[Shawn Luckman]

All the best for Christmas & the New year from Bolton UK .

And a big thank you to everyone who makes this club a great place to be a part of.

 

[Madhouse27]

if anyone would know you guys would. for a mid 80's Foundation with the Super Ferrites, is there a noticeable difference between maple & rosewood necks? Sound/playability/'other' that could quench my most recent gas?

I’ve got one of each, black bodies and both necks are a real pleasure to play. The older of the two has a maple board and I believe an ash body, it’s definitely heavier (but not heavy). The rosewood one is lighter so maybe alder. The rosewood board and fretwork are very nicely done. Maybe we can track down what body wood was used during different years of Foundation basses as this may play a part in your decision as well.

 

[58kites]

Most of the opaque painted Peavey basses are poplar.
Similar to alder in weight and sound ...if you believe in tonewood.
Like alder, poplar behaves well in machining, sanding, sealing, and painting.
Poplar is not pretty with clear or trans finishes, alder is better but still nothing special.
Some of the more exotic Peaveys are Ash, Maple, Mahogany, Koa.

 

[kodiakblair]

that means all USA Peaveys are minimum 25 years old so

?? Plant started closing in 2010.

 

[DavidEdenAria]

if anyone would know you guys would. for a mid 80's Foundation with the Super Ferrites, is there a noticeable difference between maple & rosewood necks? Sound/playability/'other' that could quench my most recent gas?

Ive had such great luck with Peavey necks in general (guitars included) that i never consider one fretboard type over the other!

Other than a Peavey Tracer needing the locking nut raised a bit and several other basses needing quite a bit of gradual trussrod tightening (never had one that needed loosening), every Peavey neck has been remarkably playable with virtually no fret leveling needed.

I happen to know a fellow that grew up with the Van Halen brothers (and played guitar with David Lee Roth early 90's) and he commented how nice the necks were on Peaveys in general....Eddie Van Halen felt the same, he gave this fellow a set of Peavey 5150 stacks to use with Roth but the dude (Terry Kilgore) already had an endorsement with Washburn or he likely would have played some Peavey with a giant neck (huge hands).

I dont know when Peavey quality started slipping but i have never seen a USA Peavey neck i didnt like....rarely sharp fret ends, un-level frets, dead spots etc.

Dont worry about fretboards on USA Peavey....they knew Fender was producing great necks on Fender Japan guitars in the early 80's and Peavey was very close if not right there until late 90's at least.

 

[Fialka]

 

[Fialka]

I initially wanted to refurbish the bastardized pickguard, but it kindof works with the overall worn look. And yeah this thing is pretty light and nicely balanced.

I have 3 string groups on my basses: fresh & bright rounds, old rounds and flats (which all get really old and thumpy). Old rounds have a cool feel and get kinda thumpy, too. Old rounds is the Eric Avery tone.
On the old round tip: I had a set of those DR neon green strings on my RicRiot (modified Patriot)--when new, they were like a middle of the road round wound, but when old and worn, they were dark and thumped like a moderately broken in flat! I left them on for a flats gig and it did great, but I also discovered that those neon strings have a dulling effect on the magnetic field. They most certainly have less volume. Switching between the RicRiot and my Foundation with Cobalt flats was an exercise in volume disparity.





I agree, it's much more about the gestalt of the bass vs the fingerboard wood. TBH, I pick fingerboard woods for the look. Get both, make one your round wound bass and the other the flat wound bass.

Or carve a T40 pickup or two into one.

Thank you, this is my second bass, my Sire V7 is strung with old super brights, so iam gonna put a set of pro steels on this. I have already bought these with nice discount... It
is nice to have bass with simple settings in turn, one pickup, volume, tone, no baterries, there is certain beauty in it.

 

[Runnerman]

?? Plant started closing in 2010.

Haha...yeah...a little brain dead there.
I wasn't thinking of the Millenium and Cirrus lines for some reason. Oh well.

 

[tindrum]

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That's a lot of awesome right there. Missing truss rod cover and all. Heavy with the mojo.

 

[JTbass44]

I'm considering the purchase of a 1992 Fury (at least that is what the posting states as the year). But, I'm wondering if others have encountered the script writing on the head stock, but not the black line bordering the entire head stock, which is the more common version we see out there? Peavey logo is towards the end of the head stock. Any help in identifying is appreciated.

 

[Shawn Luckman]

My 92 Foundation had the script logo, thought it looked better than the block logo.

 

[JTbass44]

My 92 Foundation had the script logo, thought it looked better than the block logo.
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Thanks. Yes, I agree that it looks better than the block. I have seen other '92 Furys for sale that had the block lettering, however. So, was confused and didn't know if there was a switch that year when some of them had the script and others had the block lettering?

 

[Shawn Luckman]

Thanks. Yes, I agree that it looks better than the block. I have seen other '92 Furys for sale that had the block lettering, however. So, was confused and didn't know if there was a switch that year when some of them had the script and others had the block lettering?

Not 100% sure but I think the block logo was from 93 onwards, someone else here may have a better answer.
Nice Fury though .

 

[MNAirHead]

The cursive was a short-lived marketing campaign... Seemed as if they were trying to ditch the pointy image...

There were singe good instruments at this time

 

[MNAirHead]

Fixed, thanks.

Thanks.

 

[Chuck M]

On the 24th a generation 1 TL5 popped up on either Reverb or Ebay for $375. I had company arrive just as I found it and had no time to look at the auction to decide if it was one to buy. After the company left the bass had been sold. I should have excused myself and checked the auction before settling down with my visitors. Oh well. I guess I will have to be happy with my pair of generation 2 TL 5's. I'll post photos in a while.