Last night, I went to a local waterin' hole to check out a couple of local bands.
The bass player in the first band got up there and slipped into his bass. He was facing away from me, but I instantly thought, "that headstock looks like an older Peavey." Sure enough, he turned around and it was a T-40. The first time I've ever seen anybody gigging one. For the first half of their set, he was turned down so low, I could barely hear him. Fortunately, his lead guitar player broke a string midway through and they actually had to take a break for about 15 minutes while he dealt with it. The bass player walked over to the bar and I went up to him and asked if he was playing a T-40. Needless to say, he was surprised that a random audience member recognized it. I also told him to turn his Master up 1 to 2, which he did and for the rest of their set sounded good! A very "round" sound is all I can think of, but definitely filled a hole that was far too empty before he turned up.
So then the second band gets up there to play. Again, the bass player is facing way from me tuning or something and I thought "huh, that looks like another Peavey headstock." When he turned around I realized it was a metallic red either G-Bass or possibly a Fury (I think they made a Fury with that same pickup and knob arrangement). I walked up to him before they started playing and asked if he was playing a G-Bass. Again, he was totally surprised that a random audience person recognized what it was. He actually thanked me for noticing.
Live, in person, with my own eyes, I only ever remember seeing people gigging with either a Cirrus BXP or a Grind. I don't ever remembering seeing anybody actually gigging a U.S.-made Peavey. And then, BAM, 2 in one night.
Very cool. Represent!
The bass player in the first band got up there and slipped into his bass. He was facing away from me, but I instantly thought, "that headstock looks like an older Peavey." Sure enough, he turned around and it was a T-40. The first time I've ever seen anybody gigging one. For the first half of their set, he was turned down so low, I could barely hear him. Fortunately, his lead guitar player broke a string midway through and they actually had to take a break for about 15 minutes while he dealt with it. The bass player walked over to the bar and I went up to him and asked if he was playing a T-40. Needless to say, he was surprised that a random audience member recognized it. I also told him to turn his Master up 1 to 2, which he did and for the rest of their set sounded good! A very "round" sound is all I can think of, but definitely filled a hole that was far too empty before he turned up.
So then the second band gets up there to play. Again, the bass player is facing way from me tuning or something and I thought "huh, that looks like another Peavey headstock." When he turned around I realized it was a metallic red either G-Bass or possibly a Fury (I think they made a Fury with that same pickup and knob arrangement). I walked up to him before they started playing and asked if he was playing a G-Bass. Again, he was totally surprised that a random audience person recognized what it was. He actually thanked me for noticing.
Live, in person, with my own eyes, I only ever remember seeing people gigging with either a Cirrus BXP or a Grind. I don't ever remembering seeing anybody actually gigging a U.S.-made Peavey. And then, BAM, 2 in one night.
Very cool. Represent!
