U.S. Peavey Club

[MNAirHead]

Blues? I have the blues.

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Front is Foundation Deluxe and very late TL-5, back is Cirrus Peacock Blue 6 and Millennium Plus 4 J/J.

I seem to attract blue Peavey basses and that is fine with me as you can see.

On second thought... the Millenium would be excellent with a Canadian tuxedo.... plz send it this way

 

[Riff Ranger]

Blues? I have the blues.

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Front is Foundation Deluxe and very late TL-5, back is Cirrus Peacock Blue 6 and Millennium Plus 4 J/J.

I seem to attract blue Peavey basses and that is fine with me as you can see.

Those look sharp, lined up like a bunch of blue ducks in a row.

Other than my Precisions (both three-tone sunburst), the only basses that stock to me are black. I tried a cherry Thunderbird and an orange-quilted-maple Spector, and they just couldn’t cut it.

 

[Jackcrow]

I’ve had this for a couple months, but I guess I can join the club!

 

[JEDI BASS]

I’ve had this for a couple months, but I guess I can join the club!

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Beautiful!

 

[bigtone23]

Yeah Ross is a huge Jaco fan - so on a lot of their stuff, he’s got that ‘Jazz with the bridge pickup soloed’ tone going on. Unusual tone for the style of music but it really works on the prominent bass lines.

That makes a lot of sense. Always thought his tone was the most extreme bridge pickup tone in rock/pop. The T40 bridge pickup in humbucking mode is great for that tone. My T42.5 sounds really good in bridge humbucking mode, which is a pickup selection never used on my Js and Foundations.

 

[edr]

Hey!

Didn't occur to me to say hi here.

My first bass was my father's bright red peavey patriot (1986 or 1987, I forget). I still play it, now it has flats on it. When I was young and naïve I assumed it was crappy because it was his starter instrument, but as I've grown I've come to love it more and more.

I'm looking into a refin 1984 foundation right now. Since these aren't exactly vintage fenders as far as collector value goes, I'm assuming a refin would have a smaller ding in terms of value. The refin looks cool to me (basically silver mirror) but the finish isn't exactly in pristine shape. Plenty of scratches on the back. It should play fine (I'll verify that myself tonight). How big a ding should the price take?

 

[Runnerman]

Hey!

Didn't occur to me to say hi here.

My first bass was my father's bright red peavey patriot (1986 or 1987, I forget). I still play it, now it has flats on it. When I was young and naïve I assumed it was crappy because it was his starter instrument, but as I've grown I've come to love it more and more.

I'm looking into a refin 1984 foundation right now. Since these aren't exactly vintage fenders as far as collector value goes, I'm assuming a refin would have a smaller ding in terms of value. The refin looks cool to me (basically silver mirror) but the finish isn't exactly in pristine shape. Plenty of scratches on the back. It should play fine (I'll verify that myself tonight). How big a ding should the price take?

Under $200 in my opinion. That's a desirable year especially if it still has the aluminum lightning knobs. If they are missing, I'd go even lower.

 

[Runnerman]

I’ve had this for a couple months, but I guess I can join the club!

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@Jackcrow I've gone ahead and assigned you a member number....beautiful T40!
You are member #428
Welcome to the Club!!!

 

[edr]

Under $200 in my opinion. That's a desirable year especially if it still has the aluminum lightning knobs. If they are missing, I'd go even lower.

Under $200 in my opinion. That's a desirable year especially if it still has the aluminum lightning knobs. If they are missing, I'd go even lower.

These guys?

 

[edr]

Also here’s my peavey patriot. Can I get a number too?

 

[edr]

Update: seller of the Foundation says it’s not a refund, it’s the stock black finish. but he had just polished it up a bunch and the photos were outdoors and that led to the confusion.

 

[DonovanJM]

Under $200 in my opinion. That's a desirable year especially if it still has the aluminum lightning knobs. If they are missing, I'd go even lower.

Did they all come with the aluminum lightning knobs? Mine has the clear plastic knobs with the rubber band around them. I have seem quite a few pics of Foundations with those knobs so I thought they were original.

 

[edr]

Did they all come with the aluminum lightning knobs? Mine has the clear plastic knobs with the rubber band around them. I have seem quite a few pics of Foundations with those knobs so I thought they were original.

I assume those are the late 80's ones. My patriot was '87 I think and it has the knobs you describe. Other Foundation listings I saw online from later in the decade had the plastic knobs too.

 

[DonovanJM]

I assume those are the late 80's ones. My patriot was '87 I think and it has the knobs you describe. Other Foundation listings I saw online from later in the decade had the plastic knobs too.

I'm pretty sure mine is an 85 model. Maybe someone swapped em out.

 

[bigtone23]

Pretty sure the metal knobs were phased out during 1985.

 

[Jackcrow]

@Jackcrow I've gone ahead and assigned you a member number....beautiful T40!
You are member #428
Welcome to the Club!!!

Thank you very much!

 

[drumsnbass]

Peavey G Bass 4 String Bass Guitar USA Made Graphite Neck by Modulus 18v Active | eBay

G Bass up on ebay

 

[TinIndian]

My 86 Foundation came with the speed knobs with Rubber grips so the phase out if the metal knobs in 85 makes perfect sense .

 

[TinIndian]

Peavey G Bass 4 String Bass Guitar USA Made Graphite Neck by Modulus 18v Active | eBay

G Bass up on ebay

Thats a nice green one like mine. Exposed weave so doesn't that make it a first year one? 97?

 

[58kites]

Thats a nice green one like mine. Exposed weave so doesn't that make it a first year one? 97?

Yours is a 1997 as well.