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U.S. Peavey Club

#18,602
My FrankenCirrus is getting Nordys. But the factory VFL setup is a lot different than Super Ferrites to begin with. Hopefully I'm still in good standing around here when the project is complete....(?)
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#18,603
TinIndian said:
My GV came with a Bart per and Bart Jazz Pups. It sounds great after I got it dialed in and redid the shielding. I had a friend 3D print some pickup bezels that I drew up and it looks a lot better.

I'm bringing my GV and my Millennium Plus to tomorrow's gig.

1st one in MONTHS!
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Break a leg!

I've been gigging for a while. We went through a dry spell in April and May. But, then the premium locations started contacting us. These were places we had not been able to get our "foot in the door" before Covid. Anyways, we had 3 shows in June and have had 1 to 3 per month since, which is all we shoot for due to family stuff and vacations, etc. So, now that we've been seen and heard at the nicer venues, we have a regular flow of messages asking us back. It took us a couple years of trying very hard to get the reputation and recognition we deserved. We're blessed to be turning down more shows than we accept, and very blessed to have stayed healthy! I'm in the medical field and can assure you that the virus is no joke! Every gig is a risk. But, for now... it seems to have helped my band.
 
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JEDI BASS said:
Break a leg!

I've been gigging for a while. We went through a dry spell in April and May. But, then the premium locations started contacting us. These were places we had not been able to get our "foot in the door" before Covid. Anyways, we had 3 shows in June and have had 1 to 3 per month since, which is all we shoot for due to family stuff and vacations, etc. So, now that we've been seen and heard at the nicer venues, we have a regular flow of messages asking us back. It took us a couple years of trying very hard to get the reputation and recognition we deserved. We're blessed to be turning down more shows than we accept, and very blessed to have stayed healthy! I'm in the medical field and can assure you that the virus is no joke! Every gig is a risk. But, for now... it seems to have helped my band.
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Stay safe, on and off the stage!
 
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JEDI BASS said:
Break a leg!

I've been gigging for a while. We went through a dry spell in April and May. But, then the premium locations started contacting us. These were places we had not been able to get our "foot in the door" before Covid. Anyways, we had 3 shows in June and have had 1 to 3 per month since, which is all we shoot for due to family stuff and vacations, etc. So, now that we've been seen and heard at the nicer venues, we have a regular flow of messages asking us back. It took us a couple years of trying very hard to get the reputation and recognition we deserved. We're blessed to be turning down more shows than we accept, and very blessed to have stayed healthy! I'm in the medical field and can assure you that the virus is no joke! Every gig is a risk. But, for now... it seems to have helped my band.
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Are you indoors?

Up here, my duo partner has been solo in the "lakes country."

My 70s James Taylorish act has been at our standard 2-3x per month during patio season.
 
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AudioTaper said:
Stay safe, on and off the stage!
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Will do, thanks!

MNAirHead said:
Are you indoors?

Up here, my duo partner has been solo in the "lakes country."

My 70s James Taylorish act has been at our standard 2-3x per month during patio season.
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Glad you're doing some shows!

We are playing indoors. We have a guitarist that is an anti-mask, "not afraid", "I ain't a sheep" kind of guy. To each their own.

Our singer has asthma and a crap immune system. She also takes care of her mom who would not survive catching it. She wears a mask, when not on stage, and steers clear of patrons between sets. Our drummer seems to easily get sick (usually seasonal stuff) as well. So, he wears a mask and is much less social at the shows than he once was. I've never had the flu and seem to be blessed with a robust resistance to cold viruses as well. That said, I still don't take chances and wear a mask when not performing, and stay away from people.
 
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Thanks Jedi! We were playing pretty regularly up until March when this thing hit then everything shut down. It all opened back up in June, we played a show and then it really hit the fan here. Everything shut down again except for outdoor acoustic duo's and whatnot (those aren't fun in the summer in Florida, LOL).

Anyway, everything opened back up again two weeks ago and the phone rang off the hook so we're back at it. Just have to take precautions and try to be smart. We have some masks made with the band logo on it, singer is an art teacher and artist, quite good actually.
 
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#18,613
Bleecker said:
Good morning. I'm going to modify one of my Foundations as @bigtone23 did shown in post #18576.

Question, are the 2 pickups on a T-40 the same?

Thanks.

Nick
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Cool! Good luck with the mod!
The T pickups are the same in terms of polarity and such. The T pickups in split mode are sort of bright, not bad bright, it's just that they are not high output pickups to start with. The Toasters have slightly less output and bite vs the 2nd generation bar/rail version of the T pickup. I have a rail T pickup in my Ibanez--it's located in the same spot and adjusted to the same height as the neck Toaster in the T42.5 and the tonal and output difference is noticeable.

A word on split coil mode, if you choose to utilize it. When installed 'properly oriented,' they split to the rear/bridge side coil. I turned the bridge pickup 180 degrees in the body rout so the active coil in split mode would be on the neck side. Left the neck pickup as is so it split to the bridge side coil. The inside coils tonality is really cool. If you wanted to somewhat emulate the original pickup harmonic placement/tone you would rotate the neck pickup 180 degrees, so the split coils would be in the original SF locations. To be honest, Peavey puts their bridge pickups really far towards the bridge (further than 70s J spacing), so any movement towards the neck really helps fill out the tone.
 
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JEDI BASS said:
View attachment 4011114 I love my mod job TL5! But, I also love SFs, VFLs, Barts (quality ones), EMGs.... all good pickups. I guess I’m not picky. I had to bring my blue girl back from the sick state I found her in with MK-1s and the matching import Bart pre that was dead. Plus, I’m more likely to keep a bass once I’ve nursed it and mod’d it.
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That's just plain SEXY GORGEOUS !!! I don't play 5'ers, but the TL on GC that looks like yours is SWEET. I know to purists it's a loss, but VFL's are made by Bartolini anyway, so the DNA is still there. I guarantee the GC TL sounds killer, and like you said, you can always change it to stock in the future, but it will always have the pup rings, which looks great to me, anyway.
 
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AudioTaper said:
Nice looking G-Bass with the holoflake finish. Not affiliated
Peavey G-bass 2000 Holo-sparkle Peavey G-bass 2000 Holo-sparkle | Brent's Music Emporium and Tortoise Rodeo | Reverb
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Man, people are going to ride the "carbon fiber neck" narrative into the ground, huh? The seller mentions that the bass doesn't need a case because the neck is strong. What about the rest of the bass?

On a different note, I do wish that Peavey would have put Hipshot tuners on the G's, GV's, and Axecellerators. In my opinion, they look better and stave off some of the "cheap" vibes.
 
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mb94952 said:
That's just plain SEXY GORGEOUS !!! I don't play 5'ers, but the TL on GC that looks like yours is SWEET. I know to purists it's a loss, but VFL's are made by Bartolini anyway, so the DNA is still there. I guarantee the GC TL sounds killer, and like you said, you can always change it to stock in the future, but it will always have the pup rings, which looks great to me, anyway.
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Link ?
 
#18,619
Raw N Low said:
...with that being said, my Peavey collection is pretty much complete. It's weird that I've gone from 2 Peavey basses to 8 in the course of a year. It would have been 10 but I sold one to @wild4oldcars and returned the B Ninety with the bad neck.

I'm building two other Peavey's and I'm holding out for a Forum 5 as my last Peavey.
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And including that one from you (thanks again ;P ), this year puts me at 8 peavey basses, and 3 6-strings. If there's one out there for me still, Id love to trade up my 91 foundation for an 80s one with a good rosewood fingerboard...
 

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