Especially since digital modeling and plug-ins rule the roost when it comes to modern recording and synth effects. I gotta hand it to Peavey to though for implementing the design.
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Especially since digital modeling and plug-ins rule the roost when it comes to modern recording and synth effects. I gotta hand it to Peavey to though for implementing the design.
wonder if his family knows we pine away over his accomplishments?
Steve's midi design had been through a few hands before Peavey,Valley Arts and Wal Bass spring to mind.
I learn something new everyday. I remember coming across that name in an article when I was researching the B-Ninety a few months back.
Steve Chick is the brains behind the Midibass,it's still in production today.
First time I saw it was British Music Fair maybe 1988. Steve had licensed the tech to Wal back then. Mike Donner was involved with the Wal Midibass and later worked with Peavey on the same thing.
Where did you find information on body wood for the G-V?
Walnut is expensive isn't it? What made you guess walnut and mahogany?
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
I replaced tuners on one of my G-Vs years back, and saw the inside of the headstock. I would think the rest of the neck is that way, like Zon, and the old Parker Fly guitars. It looks like walnut or mahogany sandwiched in between the carbon.
I can't find the manual PDF but the Peavey Guitars book cites alder bodies.
Neither walnut nor mahogany are hugely expensive. I'm less than £20 for walnut neck blanks,that's from a small supplier. Big outfits like Peavey would buy in bulk with healthy discounts.
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
But Peavey didn't make the neck, so who knows. Walnut is not a common neck wood, and is more expensive than mahogany, so I would be surprised if it was walnut.
NicJimBass
Flossin'? I thought your name was Munson!
NB(Q)D!
Here she is folks! Serial number indicates it was born in 1995. In surprisingly good shape... A few dings on the body, and some rash on the headstock, but the back of the neck looks nearly pristine. Preamp has been replaced with a Bartolini NTMB, bridge is either an ABM or (likely) a knockoff. Two tuners were replaced, and the screw mounting holes on the tuners themselves at at a different location than the stock tuners, thus the reason they're crooked. I have some I can replace them with. Neck is straight as an arrow, despite not having a truss rod.
Here she is folks! Serial number indicates it was born in 1995. In surprisingly good shape... A few dings on the body, and some rash on the headstock, but the back of the neck looks nearly pristine. Preamp has been replaced with a Bartolini NTMB, bridge is either an ABM or (likely) a knockoff. Two tuners were replaced, and the screw mounting holes on the tuners themselves at at a different location than the stock tuners, thus the reason they're crooked. I have some I can replace them with. Neck is straight as an arrow, despite not having a truss rod.
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
Try Gotoh Res-o-lites...model GB350...a little lighter, than Ultralites, but a little pricier, too (I think). I love Hipshot's customer service, though, so I just don't steer towards Gotoh. They're nice and smooth tuners, though.
Peavey did make the necks,only the carbon wrap process was farmed out.
As for the walnut/mahogany price difference,when buying in tonnes of timber it amounts to about $2 difference per neck.
When mech asked his old work mates that's the name which came up.
songwriter21
I have an obsession for wood. The musical kind.
Yes, they make carbon gun stocks. My guess is that they were cheaper to process, from a rather unknown company in the guitar biz, versus Modulus, Zon, Moses, etc. Although, Modulus necks were/are? made by Jerry Dorsch, who founded Modulus with Geoff Gould, and has run Graphite Guitar Systems for some time (at least when he left Modulus years and years ago).
Maybe alder was a better counterbalance for the five string neck?
The basswood body for the G should have been poplar or alder as well IMO, would be better balanced.
With all the recent leftovers and defectives that Derrick got, I wonder if he has a defective that shows whats what, or if he would agree to cut a junk one up.
So, the headstock gets a wood core, but has anybody actually seen the core of the rest of the neck?
Yes, Bell & Carlson...I got that information straight off the build sheet for my G Bass, Peavey customer service gave that information to me, and then I called Bell & Carlson and got confirmation that they did the G Bass and G-V necks in both the weave look and the black as well.
Here is a link to Bell & Carlson that describes some of their construction techniques/abilities.
Bell and Carlson:
They talk about their "solid throughout composite stocks".
There is no wood in these stocks, but they are able to do composite around various metal parts.
The basswood body for the G should have been poplar or alder as well IMO, would be better balanced.
With all the recent leftovers and defectives that Derrick got, I wonder if he has a defective that shows whats what, or if he would agree to cut a junk one up.
So, the headstock gets a wood core, but has anybody actually seen the core of the rest of the neck?
Yes, Bell & Carlson...I got that information straight off the build sheet for my G Bass, Peavey customer service gave that information to me, and then I called Bell & Carlson and got confirmation that they did the G Bass and G-V necks in both the weave look and the black as well.
Here is a link to Bell & Carlson that describes some of their construction techniques/abilities.
Bell and Carlson:
They talk about their "solid throughout composite stocks".
There is no wood in these stocks, but they are able to do composite around various metal parts.
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Modulus necks were always expensive,even to those in the trade,think $500 each. Peavey were left with quite few B-Quad necks when it was dropped. Hartley would not make that mistake twice
Modulus necks were always expensive,even to those in the trade,think $500 each. Peavey were left with quite few B-Quad necks when it was dropped. Hartley would not make that mistake twice
I would have thought poplar too. It's way cheaper than basswood which fits with the G-bass design. I guess they were gauging sales before upping the ante for the G-V.
Supposedly the inside of a Steinberger neck is made of balsa. No idea if that its true or legend. When I had a Steinberger, it was my only bass, so I certainly wasn't too curious about what was inside.
