U.S. Peavey Club

[Raw N Low]

It's not so much the losing of the inch that matters. It will through off the intonation of the bass because the frets will be in the wrong position relative to the scale length.

I learn something new every day! I've never replaced a neck in my all my years of playing, so it's refreshing to gain an understanding of the engineering principles that come into play.

My gratitude to those who are patient enough to suffer through my ignorance.

 

[TinIndian]

Neck shims are a very common practice in basses with a bolt on neck. My purple Ibanez had shims from the factory. How do I know they were from the factory? They said Ibanez on them!

 

[TinIndian]

I learn something new every day! I've never replaced a neck in my all my years of playing, so it's refreshing to gain an understanding of the engineering principles that come into play.

My gratitude to those who are patient enough to suffer through my ignorance.

Have you ever taken a neck off?

Assuming then neck is flat and the truss rod works you would need to place a thin shim under the end of the neck. I use a business card and cut about a 3/8" wide strip then reinstall the neck. Don't get crazy tightening the neck bolts. The tilt of the neck should now have the strings a little closer and that should also give you more adjustment out of the bridge saddles.

 

[Relsom]

Neck shims are a very common practice in basses with a bolt on neck. My purple Ibanez had shims from the factory. How do I know they were from the factory? They said Ibanez on them!

I like to cut up that card stock folder that comes with Sweetwater orders in the shape of the neck pocket and graduated lengths to make a tapered shim.

 

[TinIndian]

This is a good video from Stew Mac using their full size neck shims. Pretty much shows you everything you need to know about installing a neck shim.

 

[58kites]

This is a good video from Stew Mac using their full size neck shims. Pretty much shows you everything you need to know about installing a neck shim.

I use those, and ignore the micro-tilt.

 

[afireinside]

Here is my $80 90s usa foundation neck plate. Does it seem like the screw heads stick out more then normal? They are cranked down

 

[Raw N Low]

Have you ever taken a neck off?

Assuming then neck is flat and the truss rod works you would need to place a thin shim under the end of the neck. I use a business card and cut about a 3/8" wide strip then reinstall the neck. Don't get crazy tightening the neck bolts. The tilt of the neck should now have the strings a little closer and that should also give you more adjustment out of the bridge saddles.

Yes, but only a few times. When I had the B-90, I took off the neck to adjust it and inspect the neck pocket.

Good news - I got a call back from the Luthier and he did a great job setting up my Mill. For clarification, it plays great and feels great. He told me the neck is shimmed and he did reseat and level some of the frets. He told me (emphasizing his words) that the neck really needed to be set up and sat for too long. He confirmed my suspicion that the flatwounds were cut way too short and added a lot of tension to the neck. He had to put blocks on the neck and reset the truss rod to coax the neck back into position before adjusting the truss rod.

He told me that the neck is fine and will be ok for the foreseeable future and told me to keep an eye on it. He's done some work for me in the past and does a great job setting up and performing mods for me. I'm happy that he worked on it because - simply- it was out of my wheelhouse and I didn't have any of the tools at my disposal to work on it.

The neck work he did was similar to what Chuck had to do on the Palladium bass he worked on a few weeks back. Turns out that the tech is a HUGE PEAVEY fan and is a fellow bass player. We talked on the phone this morning for close to an hour and I'm confident that I'm in good hands. Of course, I will be keeping in touch with you folks for recommendations and help going forward.

PS - I'm very OCD about my instruments - so please bear with me if it seems like I'm going through extremes from time to time. The truth is - I don't have kids or people to inherit my possessions, so I try to take care of them the best I can so that future players can enjoy them as much as I have. I'm just a curator on steroids.

 

[TinIndian]

PS - I'm very OCD about my instruments - so please bear with me if it seems like I'm going through extremes from time to time. The truth is - I don't have kids or people to inherit my possessions, so I try to take care of them the best I can so that future players can enjoy them as much as I have. I'm just a curator on steroids.

No worries here! I never did ANY of my own work for a very long time. I had a great tech at my disposal at a local shop. Didn't hurt that we were friends as well. Anyway, I ended up moving to Atlanta for a few years and couldn't find anyone I was comfortable with so that forced the issue with me. Now it's mostly no big deal to tear into one at this point.

 

[JTbass44]

Anyone in NYC metro or northern NJ? Only $80? [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[JPaulGeddy]

The EX is the bottom-of-the-line, can pick them up for $80-100 all day. Think they were only like 150 new, in a package with a cheap amp.

 

[mb94952]

There's a good deal on an Axcelerator and Gbass on GC used today (Feb 7, 2020)

 

[Chuck M]

The Fury V arrived. Two surprises:

1. It came in a hard case...nothing great but not bad and not mentioned on the website.

2. The strings seemed to be small in diameter and the bass came with the strings loosened. I tuned it to pitch and it sounded lousy and buzzed everywhere. I got out my caliper and measured the strings and it is strung E-C rather than B-G. I corrected the tuning and now it plays pretty good and sounds quite good.

I'll clean it up and string it B-G when I get time. It is in quite nice condition but does have one chip in the finish near the control cover that I did not see on the photos. As you know, the photos and description of used basses on GC's website is not great. It is a perfectly usable bass for a low price so I am pleased. Photos after I clean it up.

 

[AudioTaper]

Saw this on Craigslist, may be worth checking out if any of you are in the area. Looks like a Foundation 5. I would guess they dont know much about it since they dont know how to wind the G...
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[Raw N Low]

I see that slate grey B-Ninety I returned with the s curved neck has returned to GC's website.

 

[Giffro]

I'm just stating a fact that I own a Fender P 4, Fender Acoustic 4, Samick 4, Sterling MM SUB bass, Ric 4003, EBMM Stingray 5, 1991 Peavey Dyna Bass 5, 1979 Peavey T-40 and the only 2 basses from my collection with perfect necks, excellent intonation and lowest action without any fret buzz or problems are both my Peaveys. Had the Dyna for more than 30 years without any truss rod adjustments using mainly Rotosound roundwound strings and the neck is perfect. The Dyna has been my constant gigging bass since 1991. The T-40 has probably the finest neck and lowest action of any bass i've ever owned since the 60's. Both basses together cost me less than half the cost of the EB Stingray.
I couldn't recommend Peavey bass guitars highly enough, and I consider them the finest USA made basses ever produced, and I don't think it's just a case of "I got lucky" and received 2 basses without any problems. Back when these 2 basses were made Peavey had a Quality Control and excellent manufacture to equal and better most instrument makers in the US and worldwide. This is just a statement of fact. Peavey development, design and manufacture of the highest quality has always been a cut above all other musical instrument manufacturers and something to be proud of. I am not affiliated with Peavey at all..just a grateful working musician who owns 2 of the best bass guitars ever made.

 

[geoff_in_nc]

Here is my $80 90s usa foundation neck plate. Does it seem like the screw heads stick out more then normal? They are cranked down

Looks to me like the countersink shape on the plate doesn't match that of the screws, like they weren't made for each other.

 

[afireinside]

Looks to me like the countersink shape on the plate doesn't match that of the screws, like they weren't made for each other.

Kind of what I was thinking

 

[mech]

The Fury V arrived. ...and sounds quite good.

Quite pleased with the way mine sounds stock. FWIW, the pickups are flat top humbuckers and sound a lot like the ones used in the 2nd model Dyna Bass and TL-5 to me. Totally different preamps, of course.

 

[bigtone23]

Well, first gig for the Foundation T/T42.5 tonight! Whoo hoo!
Thought about using the BEAD Dyna as the 'other' bass, as I have many times in the past. However, the 'other' bass will be one of my non Peavey 5 stringers, instead, since I don't have a Peavey 5. I like to swap basses as little as possible, and not having the G keeps the BEAD bass cornered for only the low B string songs.