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U.S. Peavey Club
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THANK YOU - Rich Lasner
I adore this group - thank you for the education. Was a fun read.
Strangely enough, my stable is his history. I own a Modulus Flea/Quantum, Composite Acoustics, Peavey, Line6 KidneyPod etc.
I adore this group - thank you for the education. Was a fun read.
Strangely enough, my stable is his history. I own a Modulus Flea/Quantum, Composite Acoustics, Peavey, Line6 KidneyPod etc.
Supadope
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So, I have a new (to me) GV. A week ago the action became way too low. Though it might just be the change of the seasons. But, I noticed a slight backwards bow, so I gave the truss rod a quarter turn clockwise, then the next day an additional half turn clockwise. Now the bow is so bad, the strings are all laying on the frets 1-7.
Please tell me the GV necks are opposite and I'm supposed to turn left to tighten the truss rod! Otherwise, I fear the truss rod has broken.
Please tell me the GV necks are opposite and I'm supposed to turn left to tighten the truss rod! Otherwise, I fear the truss rod has broken.
On all basses I have seen a clockwise turn increases backbow. You should be loosening (counter clockwise turns) if you want to reduce backbow. Go back 3/4 of a turn (counterclockwise) to where it was and see if the backbow reduces. If so go a bit more.
For your viewing pleasure today.
Brand new never been played 1987 Peavey Foundation.
Was purchased New placed in storage with a room full of musical instruments and was to be shipped to South Africa but this one missed the boat and sat for decades I picked this up from a drummer who spent most of his life sending musical instruments to schools in Africa
Brand new never been played 1987 Peavey Foundation.
Was purchased New placed in storage with a room full of musical instruments and was to be shipped to South Africa but this one missed the boat and sat for decades I picked this up from a drummer who spent most of his life sending musical instruments to schools in Africa
You’re over-tightening the truss-rod with predictable results of increasing arching of the fingerboard. Looking down the barrel of the truss-rod: righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.
I believe the GV has the wheel truss rod adjustment at the heel of the neck. You need to loosen it to reduce back bow....insert the tool angled toward the treble side of the neck and turn it toward the bass side.
Truss rod adjustments are easy to make but if you are unsure of what you are doing you might be well advised to seek help from a guitar tech.
Truss rod adjustments are easy to make but if you are unsure of what you are doing you might be well advised to seek help from a guitar tech.
Also ... triple check the microtilt(shim) and Bridge height.
Supadope
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Thanks for the replies. I’ll try counter clockwise a little bit at a time.
Cheers, Dan
Cheers, Dan
Beautiful bass! But, why are the frets flat, if it's never been played? Is it somehow just the camera angle or something?
Got a Cirrus, a Foundation, and a T-40.
I’m wondering if that’s something Peavey did intentionally for some reason. I have a used Millennium that is in basically like new condition, but when I got it some of the frets appeared really flat. My tech said it looked like someone stopped halfway through a fret job, but now I’m wondering if they experimented with flatter fret tops for a while.
Sorry but no, those flat frets mean they’re either worn down or someone started a fret leveling/crown/polish and didn’t finish the job. No bass worth a penny per pound leaves the factory with flat topped frets... the notes won’t have good intonation.
I don't think that fret is really as flat as it appears. If you look at the reflection around the 2nd (D) string you can see it is curved all the way across the face. It is a big radius for sure, but my Patriot from the same era had similarly large radius on the fret tops. They were not flat like they had been filed and not crowned.
They seem like they have some depth to them still. If you could send over a picture of the side profile, we might be able to see if they are flat or not. I wouldn't be too shocked if it left the factory with some kind of defect.
Sometimes people punch out for Miller time and things get lost or overlooked.
Sometimes people punch out for Miller time and things get lost or overlooked.
I don’t know about the angle I can take a shot from the side but I’m showing the threats they have nowhere at all I have a few other shots of the neck and everything else and it’s gloss the perfect
