I am very sad at the passing of MECH. He was a fountain on Peavey knowledge and helped so many of us. We will all miss him.
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Oh my. That sucks so bad. What a huge loss. RIP Mech....you will be missed more than you know.
RIP Mech! Thank you for always helping us all. Prayers for your family.
R.I.P Mech I learned a lot about Peavey basses through reading your comments, you posted here your knowledge & advice will be missed.
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Years ago Ronnie told me his stepson knew John from school. When his CV arrived in Meridian ,Ronnie recommended they better hire him quick or they'd be competing against him in a few years
The first time I went to his house he showed me that Unity before he put the Bquad neck on it. The last time I saw him, I went to watch him play at a bbq place in Meridian and it sounded huge.
Very sad at @mech’s loss. He patiently guided me when I was at my stupidest in some projects. It was unique resources like him that make TB such a great place. And now it’s a bit less great. 
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Wow! What a collection! I didn't know the man, I'm sorry to hear of his passing. RIP bother!
When I would talk to Ronnie on the phone it was funny sometimes....I'm from western New York and he was (as many of you know) from deep in the heart of Mississippi.
I tend to talk fast and his Mississippi accent was heavy, so we had to ask each other to repeat things to make sure we heard right!
Always enjoyed a conversation with him and he would sometimes end our conversations by telling me he had to go pee because I have a problem where I never shut up.
Ronnie even had time to talk to a far away Aussie in a private conversation back in April 2018..the guy was a most generous soul and a fount of knowledge when it came to anything Peavey..he was only a couple years older then me and his passing will leave a sad vacancy here on this forum.
I doubt if he would mind me posting a couple of his pics he shared with me, so enjoy...
He spoke fondly of his dad and also gave me this pic...
Quoted from Ronnie..."Been doing this almost 56 years. Music store tech and engineering background. My dad was a great inspiration musically, his love of reading and about how things work. Taught me how to wrench on cars at an early age and started showing me how to do setups/electronic repairs on guitars when my first needed the strings changed. I've blessed him almost every day for these things. Here's a pic of him and a double neck instrument he built in the early 1960s...guitar and mandolin. I still have it. He played both kinds of music...Country and Western!"
A couple of pics and quick story from Ronnie on a couple of his early bands...
Quoted from Ronnie..."I've played in small bands and large....large are my favorite by far, so many players to add their own brand of energy. Two of the best..... The Crackerjacks 1969 and The House Rockers 2016 (real blues and R&B). Crackerjacks added a trombone shortly after the pic so we could do Chicago and the House Rockers always had a guest guitar or keys player so add one to each."
His beautiful Peavey Dyna 5
The Man
RIP RONNIE
I doubt if he would mind me posting a couple of his pics he shared with me, so enjoy...
He spoke fondly of his dad and also gave me this pic...
Quoted from Ronnie..."Been doing this almost 56 years. Music store tech and engineering background. My dad was a great inspiration musically, his love of reading and about how things work. Taught me how to wrench on cars at an early age and started showing me how to do setups/electronic repairs on guitars when my first needed the strings changed. I've blessed him almost every day for these things. Here's a pic of him and a double neck instrument he built in the early 1960s...guitar and mandolin. I still have it. He played both kinds of music...Country and Western!"
A couple of pics and quick story from Ronnie on a couple of his early bands...
Quoted from Ronnie..."I've played in small bands and large....large are my favorite by far, so many players to add their own brand of energy. Two of the best..... The Crackerjacks 1969 and The House Rockers 2016 (real blues and R&B). Crackerjacks added a trombone shortly after the pic so we could do Chicago and the House Rockers always had a guest guitar or keys player so add one to each."
His beautiful Peavey Dyna 5
The Man
RIP RONNIE
Oh, this was the iteration just before the final dual Toaster set up. TBH, this was the best sounding version. A SF in the neck and Toaster in the bridge is perfect and balanced both in tone and volume. The switch split the Toaster to the inside coil. I'm so very SF-centric when it comes to bass pickups.
I kept on with the plan and got out the router just because I already had enough basses with SFs in the neck and still had that other Toaster just staring me down! The dual Toaster sounds killer, too, they are just different sounding to my SF tuned ears. Toaster certainly look cooler, all that chrome! The other pic is before the green pickup rings came in.
Also, this bass reminds me of Mech. Blurring lines from various generations of Peavey products.
The pictures are classic! He looks like a cool dude. Thank you for sharing.
That's cool. I'm definitely going to do this to one of my Foundys...now to find some 40 pups!
Cheers!
RIP Mech...
As a newbie to this club, it's comforting to see many of you sharing your experiences and time with him. I must admit, I was sensitive to one of his responses about a Peavey project I took on earlier this year. Now that I've established a little collection of my own, it's easier to look back with a different perspective and understand where he was coming from...even if it was a short comment.
His knowledge and association here on the board will be missed.
As a newbie to this club, it's comforting to see many of you sharing your experiences and time with him. I must admit, I was sensitive to one of his responses about a Peavey project I took on earlier this year. Now that I've established a little collection of my own, it's easier to look back with a different perspective and understand where he was coming from...even if it was a short comment.
His knowledge and association here on the board will be missed.
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