U.S. Peavey Club

[TinIndian]

East TN from birth here, 49 years old. I can write very intelligently, and speak well too, when it matters: conducting meetings, giving yearly evals, etc. But, dang y’all... I can’t escape my roots! And, I absolutely do not think fast enough to talk fast! The only time I speak fast is when I’m enraged, and I say some brutal stuff I always regret. So, I’ll continue to try to think first and speak slow, LOL!

Back to Peavey stuff... I may need to sell some basses soon. Covid has struck my household and will affect us financially. My favorite, if I had to pick, would be the salmon Foundation. But, it’s not been a closet queen and is not mint. So, I value it at more than I’d get selling it on TB. I kinda feel the same about my other Peaveys too though. They’re worth more than they sell for. So, I may be reduced to selling off all my spare T-40 parts: pickups, knobs, etc etc.

Man I hope your family comes thru healthy and quickly. the drummer in one of my bands got it in his house around the beginning of December, step-daughter brought it in. Fortunately no one else in the house caught it from her but the drummer works for NASA and he was out of work til right around the New Year. Fortunately he had vacation time to make it up.

I lived in GA for a few years in the early 90's. I had a coworker that was from the backwoods of Tennessee. Super nice guy, I liked him a lot, but darn if I could understand only about every third word from him sometimes. I'd do a bunch of smiling and nodding.

 

[TinIndian]

I finally have a TL5 again. This one is the prettiest color IMO. It was bought from GC used by the previous owner and had been converted to passive. He had a Bartolini preamp installed and it sounds great. No, it does not sound quite like it would with the original electronics but it is still a great sounding bass. It plays great and the frets are showing almost no wear. I've already put new tuners on it and changed the gold knobs to black. It still needs a careful polish job and will get that the next time I change strings.

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Yeah Chuck I love the finish on that. Gorgeous!

 

[JEDI BASS]

Man I hope your family comes thru healthy and quickly. the drummer in one of my bands got it in his house around the beginning of December, step-daughter brought it in. Fortunately no one else in the house caught it from her but the drummer works for NASA and he was out of work til right around the New Year. Fortunately he had vacation time to make it up.

I lived in GA for a few years in the early 90's. I had a coworker that was from the backwoods of Tennessee. Super nice guy, I liked him a lot, but darn if I could understand only about every third word from him sometimes. I'd do a bunch of smiling and nodding.

Thanks for the well wishes! So far, my fiancé (an RN/manager) is sick. Her daughter and I have no symptoms and I’ve tested negative. Praying she gets well soon and everyone else stays virus-Free!

As for my accent, I hope I talk better than your former coworker, LOL. I have friends in NY, California, Chicago, and Washington state (thanks to Talkbass) that I talk to on the phone fairly frequently, and they don’t seem to have issues. We do notice each other’s accents though and laugh about them!

Funny and related side note: I called Dimarzio (in NY) recently about a pickup order. The customer service lady sounded so much like Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny that I had a very hard time NOT laughing. She probably got off the phone with me and was like “Aye you guys... you shoulda heard the phone call I just had!”

 

[TinIndian]

Funny and related side note: I called Dimarzio (in NY) recently about a pickup order. The customer service lady sounded so much like Mira Sorvino in My Cousin Vinny that I had a very hard time NOT laughing. She probably got off the phone with me and was like “Aye you guys... you shoulda heard the phone call I just had!”

LMAO! Love that movie. What's a grit?

 

[Gluvhand]

Thanks for the well wishes! So far, my fiancé (an RN/manager) is sick. Her daughter and I have no symptoms and I’ve tested negative. Praying she gets well soon and everyone else stays virus-Free!

As for my accent, I hope I talk better than your former coworker, LOL. I have friends in NY, California, Chicago, and Washington state (thanks to Talkbass) that I talk to on the phone fairly frequently, and they don’t seem to have issues. We do notice each other’s accents though and laugh about them!

Funny and related side note: I called Dimarzio (in NY) recently about a pickup order. The customer service lady sounded so much like Mira Sorvino in My Cousin Vinny that I had a very hard time NOT laughing. She probably got off the phone with me and was like “Aye you guys... you shoulda heard the phone call I just had!”

Marissa Tomei was in My Cousin Vinny. Mira Sorvino was in Romy and Michelle...

 

[bigtone23]

Accents are good to have at times.
I was in a touring band for a decade. There were two founders/bandleaders. One from Minnesota, the other from E Tennessee. They both moved to Colorado in their mid 20s and both decided they had to kick the accents in order to get more respect (as they worked in the bar/restaurant industry in downtown Denver). They did a great job, as they sound more 'typical/newscaster' than I do. I have not let my subtle NE Colorado/high plains twang disappear despite living in the front range for 32 years now.
Once on tour, we had a day off in Atlanta, the bandleader from TN was going to visit his dad, who lived in ATL while the rest of us hung out with other friends in town. He hung out with his dad and his two friends at his dad's house. The BL noticed a subtle tension in the room, particularly from his dad's friends. After a couple more drinks, he let his TN accent out and the tension immediately disappeared and they had a great time.
The other bandleader never breaks into the MN accent, unless it's comically overdone.

Back to Peavey, I do have a feeling that if my gear could talk, it would have a little of that Mississippi drawl to it.

 

[JEDI BASS]

Marissa Tomei was in My Cousin Vinny. Mira Sorvino was in Romy and Michelle...

CORRECT! I edited my post. Thanks! I love Marisa Tomei and have always thought she was HOT!! Can’t believe I got her name wrong! SMH

 

[Chrome Dome]

Received the Dyna Bass,I posted in earlier thread. Previous,owner didn't post pictures of the dings that was not shown? Should have asked for more detailed pictures. Overall nice bass,all original,and like new original case. I took it in a trade,might should have for more difference,my way if had more detailed pictures. Need to move to cover funds,for another bass on its way too me. I think it is 1985? Maybe someone can chime in when they see the serial number,on back of headstock.

 

[Bleecker]

East TN from birth here, 49 years old. I can write very intelligently, and speak well too, when it matters: conducting meetings, giving yearly evals, etc. But, dang y’all... I can’t escape my roots! And, I absolutely do not think fast enough to talk fast! The only time I speak fast is when I’m enraged, and I say some brutal stuff I always regret. So, I’ll continue to try to think first and speak slow, LOL!

Back to Peavey stuff... I may need to sell some basses soon. Covid has struck my household and will affect us financially. My favorite, if I had to pick, would be the salmon Foundation. But, it’s not been a closet queen and is not mint. So, I value it at more than I’d get selling it on TB. I kinda feel the same about my other Peaveys too though. They’re worth more than they sell for. So, I may be reduced to selling off all my spare T-40 parts: pickups, knobs, etc etc.

Oh man, I hope y'all come through alright. My drummer his wife and daughter (14) had it, they got through it with low symptoms and were cleared the other day. Hopefully you can get by without selling any basses, with that said, every time you mention the Salmon Foundy, I get all giddy inside. Lol! I would be interested in what you have to offer if it comes down to that.

Cheers friend and best wishes to you and yours!

 

[58kites]

My 98 year old father had Covid-19 and (as of last weekend) has beat it.
He had pneumonia from the Covid, with a couple rounds of anti-biotics and some close monitoring from the awesome staff at his senior center, he is healthy again.
I did not think it was possible to survive it at his age, the staff was very doubtful he would when he first got it.
Way to go Dad!

 

[Chuck M]

My 98 year old father had Covid-19 and (as of last weekend) has beat it.
He had pneumonia from the Covid, with a couple rounds of anti-biotics and some close monitoring from the awesome staff at his senior center, he is healthy again.
I did not think it was possible at his age, the staff was very doubtful when he got it.
Way to go Dad!

Great news!

 

[kodiakblair]

@58kites
Glad to hear that good news.

Older folks were made from sterner stuff, both my grandfathers were told they wouldn't see 50 due to their time in Japanese POW camp.

One made 78 ,the other 83

 

[TinIndian]

My 98 year old father had Covid-19 and (as of last weekend) has beat it.
He had pneumonia from the Covid, with a couple rounds of anti-biotics and some close monitoring from the awesome staff at his senior center, he is healthy again.
I did not think it was possible to survive it at his age, the staff was very doubtful he would when he first got it.
Way to go Dad!

That is great to hear! That's amazing!

 

[JEDI BASS]

So glad to hear the stories of friends and loved ones beating Covid! And, I have to agree with Kodiakblair about older folks and especially veterans! My grandfather was a Purple Heart recipient from WWII and he was tough as nails. He also somehow maintained the gentlest heart and soul, despite the horrors he lived through. He was and will always be my role model!

 

[JEDI BASS]

Hey you wiring and mod guys... help me out, please! I am not good with understanding the inner workings of pickups. I need to know how to verify that T-40 pickups work properly before I sell any of them. I have a multimeter somewhere. I’d need to know exactly what to set the meter on, and what wires to touch and what readings to expect, please.

Thanks a million!!

 

[MNAirHead]

Hey you wiring and mod guys... help me out, please! I am not good with understanding the inner workings of pickups. I need to know how to verify that T-40 pickups work properly before I sell any of them. I have a multimeter somewhere. I’d need to know exactly what to set the meter on, and what wires to touch and what readings to expect, please.

Thanks a million!!

the ghetto way is to alligator clip to a cable/amp... tuning fork

 

[PeaveyPlayer]

My mother had it

ended up getting over it

 

[bigtone23]

So glad to hear the stories of friends and loved ones beating Covid! And, I have to agree with Kodiakblair about older folks and especially veterans! My grandfather was a Purple Heart recipient from WWII and he was tough as nails. He also somehow maintained the gentlest heart and soul, despite the horrors he lived through. He was and will always be my role model!

I do wish your family the best of health and healing.
My dad got it early November. He was already in the hospital for a hip surgery, so it was caught and treated early. It was concurrent with pneumonia, but his symptoms were just the cough and some fatigue. He's recovered, and seemingly close to 100%, as close to 100% a 82 year old can be.

Hey you wiring and mod guys... help me out, please! I am not good with understanding the inner workings of pickups. I need to know how to verify that T-40 pickups work properly before I sell any of them. I have a multimeter somewhere. I’d need to know exactly what to set the meter on, and what wires to touch and what readings to expect, please.

Thanks a million!!

Set your meter to be able to read resistance up to 20K ohms. Though you may only need up to 10K ohms if you have Toaster style T40 pickups.
My 2 Toaster pickups are around 6K humbucking, 3K single coil.
My Blade version is just a touch over 10K humbucking, 5K single.
Both versions are white=hot, black=ground, red=series connection wire for coil split.

For meter pictures, I would take the following:
1. Attach one meter lead to the black and the other to the white to show series humbucking resistance
2. One lead to the white and the other to the red to show the single/spilt coil resistance
This is all that is necessary in the standard operation of the pickup, but...
3. A 3rd pic showing one lead on the black and the other on the red will show the resistance of the other single coil that is grounded out in split coil mode. As long as this coil's reading is roughly half the resistance of the humbucking resistance (or nearly the same as the other single coil's resistance), one can be confident that the pickup is all good.

 

[JEDI BASS]

I do wish your family the best of health and healing.
My dad got it early November. He was already in the hospital for a hip surgery, so it was caught and treated early. It was concurrent with pneumonia, but his symptoms were just the cough and some fatigue. He's recovered, and seemingly close to 100%, as close to 100% a 82 year old can be.

Set your meter to be able to read resistance up to 20K ohms. Though you may only need up to 10K ohms if you have Toaster style T40 pickups.
My 2 Toaster pickups are around 6K humbucking, 3K single coil.
My Blade version is just a touch over 10K humbucking, 5K single.
Both versions are white=hot, black=ground, red=series connection wire for coil split.

For meter pictures, I would take the following:
1. Attach one meter lead to the black and the other to the white to show series humbucking resistance
2. One lead to the white and the other to the red to show the single/spilt coil resistance
This is all that is necessary in the standard operation of the pickup, but...
3. A 3rd pic showing one lead on the black and the other on the red will show the resistance of the other single coil that is grounded out in split coil mode. As long as this coil's reading is roughly half the resistance of the humbucking resistance (or nearly the same as the other single coil's resistance), one can be confident that the pickup is all good.

Thank you! You’re always so helpful and I greatly appreciate you!

 

[mb94952]

So happy to hear that our brother, 58Kites, 98 year old father was a stud and got over it quickly. Ugh, pneumonia is the worst !! When I had it I thought I was going to die. I had a 105˙ fever for a week. What's next for him ? Running a marathon ?