They are very niche basses and reminiscent of their time. Although I don't play the two that I have all that much, I don't see myself getting rid of them anytime soon.
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@MNAirHead & @woodyng2 I have a love hate with the T40 owned a bunch and rehabilitated several but none ever bonded.
I think the T40 pickups sound good, like lots of Peavey pickup designs but the T40 is just big and heavy and the bridge is nuts.
agreed-- also left the stock pups in my T-60
my Dyna Unity Bass
myt Nitro 1
PRedator Strat
and fury P bass.......(which truth be told is my single favoritest P bass of all time and I have had squire and MIM and MIA Fenders.....the peavey just does the job -- feels great and cost pennies compared to the MIM or MIA
my Dyna Unity Bass
myt Nitro 1
PRedator Strat
and fury P bass.......(which truth be told is my single favoritest P bass of all time and I have had squire and MIM and MIA Fenders.....the peavey just does the job -- feels great and cost pennies compared to the MIM or MIA
I don't find the split P Fury pickup to be anything special (because they are just Fender clones), their necks are effin awesome though.
I too have a relationship with the T series of instruments that could be described as "it's complicated."
The T40 and T60 were clearly born from a Fender type platform. That's great in my book.
The T40 and T60 were very original designs and assembled with high quality parts. Another big plus.
They are Peavey, were a tremendous value and very versatile. Hell to the yeah!
However, they just didn't look very sexy to me. They have a 70s vibe that strikes me in a 'meh' way. I know they were trying to fall into the instrument business and make waves, not Tsunamis. I'm just not a fan of natural wood, overdone hardware and massive pickguards of the T era. The solid color painted Ts do look better (to me).
Give me that "Post T"/2nd generation of instruments where Peavey may not have had such original designs, but the instruments were less clunky and more cool looking. I did up a couple basses that I love using some T electronics in a Foundation body and repurposing my beloved Ibanez RB into a virtual T45 (if I had a Fury that I loved as much as this Ibby platform, I would have modded it to keep it all Peavey). These are such win/win instruments, they look, play and sound much better than I could have possibly hoped.
The T40 and T60 were clearly born from a Fender type platform. That's great in my book.
The T40 and T60 were very original designs and assembled with high quality parts. Another big plus.
They are Peavey, were a tremendous value and very versatile. Hell to the yeah!
However, they just didn't look very sexy to me. They have a 70s vibe that strikes me in a 'meh' way. I know they were trying to fall into the instrument business and make waves, not Tsunamis. I'm just not a fan of natural wood, overdone hardware and massive pickguards of the T era. The solid color painted Ts do look better (to me).
Give me that "Post T"/2nd generation of instruments where Peavey may not have had such original designs, but the instruments were less clunky and more cool looking. I did up a couple basses that I love using some T electronics in a Foundation body and repurposing my beloved Ibanez RB into a virtual T45 (if I had a Fury that I loved as much as this Ibby platform, I would have modded it to keep it all Peavey). These are such win/win instruments, they look, play and sound much better than I could have possibly hoped.
Those are cool originals for sure. The bass on the right is a Foundation body, T-45 neck and T-40 pick-ups? What a great idea! How did you configure the electronics?
PICKUPS -- if you ever find a fury with weak pickups, check to see if the magnet is glued to the back of the winding (they get brittle and fall off)
FENDER - yea, your Fury(s) are better than my USA Fender. I was specifically asked to get an old looking fender. It took about 300 trials to find an obscure "guitar center only" limited production run that equalled the Fury.... oh yea - it cost like 4x more.
Some of the early Indonesian Peavey Pbass copies are equal to my USA fender (there I said it).
No, it is not a Pallaedium but these basses can sound quite similar. I have the 5 string version and like it a lot. This one is priced fairly and will be a bargain for one wanting that elusive Pallaedium. In passive mode the bass can get that growl that is the Palladium signature tone. It is not exact but it is very close.
Used Peavey Dyna Bass Red 4-String Bass Guitar #05036444 | Amy's Music Cafe | Reverb
Used Peavey Dyna Bass Red 4-String Bass Guitar #05036444 | Amy's Music Cafe | Reverb
Oh no! I used to do some work in Meridian and went to his house a couple of times. He has one of the strongest collections of Peavey basses I have ever seen, and was a pleasure to hang out with and pick his brain on all things Peavey. He will be missed. Rest in peace Ronnie and thanks for everything!
He had two of those Koa TL-Fives. This one, he bought from eBay, and sold it to me just over a year ago. That one in the pic, he grabbed as a raw husk from the factory, and built out.
Great guy. Great wealth of knowledge about Peavey stuff. He will be missed.
Great guy. Great wealth of knowledge about Peavey stuff. He will be missed.
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This one was a recent project of his. It's a B-Quad 4 neck, mated to a Dyna Unity body he had. The glue joint had failed in the neck, so it was never completed. He had one of the former luthiers at Peavey (name escapes me) route the pocket into the body, and route it for that double jazz bridge pickup. Also in your pics is a T-40/5 conversion.
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Bummer. He was a fountain of knowledge here.
Yep-87 body/electronics/hardware, 82 neck and 1st gen/70s toasters! Standard VVT, but added a switch to cut to the inside coils. It gets a tone similar to a passive Stingray in split mode with both pickups up full. The Toasters have a really great tone in the Foundation pickup locations (the outside coils are exactly where the original SFs were located). It's like a fatter, smoother J tone in humbucking mode and the soloed neck pickup in humbucking mode is similar to a P. It's a very useful bass for cover band projects.
That neck and body were a perfect match. The whole thing bolted together effortlessly and set up like a breeze. I love that T45 neck profile.
Very sad news.
That guy patiently answered every stupid question I ever asked him (which was a lot of them).
I will miss him, as I'm sure will everyone else here, he was a great guy.
RIP Ronnie.
MECH had a killer collection. That Koa Unity with the B-Quad neck on the stand on the floor is sweet. He even had an old school telephone with rotary dial. RIP Ronnie Gross aka MECH. He helped me many times here on TB with answers.
