There were two "generations" of Peavey Dyna Bass five string basses. The first generation was basically an active Foundation 5 string. It has the same single coil "Super-Ferrite" pickups that many late-80s Peaveys are famous for. It has a poplar body and hard rock maple neck. There is a 3-band active EQ which has a switch for passive mode. Sounds like a jazz bass on crack. I used to have one of these. Fantastic bass. All top shelf Schaller hardware. Big neck dive. The back of the neck is painted so if you hate that, be aware. I loved it. Extremely narrow neck - string spacing is narrow up the neck.
My complaint with the bass was that Peavey didn't make new pickups, they just slapped their same super-ferrite pickups on the 5 string that the 4 string got. As such, the outside strings, the B and G, didn't get very good coverage. In the case of the "B" string, this was fine. In the case of the "G" string, on my 5 string Dyna, it was substantially quieter than the other strings. Not enough that it made it unusable, but it was annoying to me.
I liked mine despite the pickup problem. Solid and ultra-reliable bass with great tone. "B" string was a little floppy, as with many 80s era five string basses, but quite usable with the right strings on it. I remember mine was very finicky about strings. The Peavey brand stainless steel strings worked best for me.
There is a later generation Dyna-Bass also, which I don't know much about. I believe it had the same preamp circuit, a non-painted neck, and different pickups. Also made in USA, also reliable as heck.
Here's a recording of a band I was in using the 5 string Dyna-Bass. It recorded very well. Link Removed
My complaint with the bass was that Peavey didn't make new pickups, they just slapped their same super-ferrite pickups on the 5 string that the 4 string got. As such, the outside strings, the B and G, didn't get very good coverage. In the case of the "B" string, this was fine. In the case of the "G" string, on my 5 string Dyna, it was substantially quieter than the other strings. Not enough that it made it unusable, but it was annoying to me.
I liked mine despite the pickup problem. Solid and ultra-reliable bass with great tone. "B" string was a little floppy, as with many 80s era five string basses, but quite usable with the right strings on it. I remember mine was very finicky about strings. The Peavey brand stainless steel strings worked best for me.
There is a later generation Dyna-Bass also, which I don't know much about. I believe it had the same preamp circuit, a non-painted neck, and different pickups. Also made in USA, also reliable as heck.
Here's a recording of a band I was in using the 5 string Dyna-Bass. It recorded very well. Link Removed
Ordered a set of super longs.
