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@itu Here's some photos. For the preamp Tune just used their standard one and hooked the piezo bridge to it. The neck pocket is very long but really secure. Since I had the camera working here's a few Peaveys folks don't normally see. L to R G-bass, Randy Jackson -IV, B-Quad and the Midibase. Yes, Peavet spelt it with an 'e' 😊

@itu Had a pc crash last night so no photos until I'm back from work. A wee correction, the B-Quad had a Modulus neck but for the G-bass and G-V basses Peavey sent their necks to a gun stock maker for wrapping. Been plenty confirmation from Peavey over the years the company involved was Bell and Carlson.

I've had it a couple of years now 🙂 When I got the alert it was for sale I just grabbed the credit card,I'd worry about shipping/imported duty later. Thankfully one of my better decisions 😎

@Bassassin This one should pique your MIJ interest 🙂 Around 83/84 (?) Guitarist magazine had aTune Bass Maniac review and I was smitten. The black fretted model looked great but the piezo fretless blew me away 😍 The Bass Centre had them for £899 and I had a YTS paying £16.40 weekly,couldn't feed myself on that wage nevermind save for a bass. Never saw one for sale anywhere ☹️ When I discovered bass forums online I'd follow every Tune thread looking for the fretless of my dreams,with no luck. Danny,who runs Bass Japan, told me even in Japan they were like hen's teeth. On the various Tune Bass owners clubs and FB pages I only found 3 people who owned 1. 1 fella is in Italy,another in Japan and 1 fella in Australia had one briefly (his fingerboard went wonky and the replacement was the 2 octave version) After 32 years wait 1 came up for sale,in Japan 😱

When Jim DeCola moved to Fender he asked what was the difference between a standard jazz and a Geddy. "Your Palaedium neck" was the reply I've a purple Axcelerator 5 string.my Palaedium is the amber colour same as your's.

@Mastodon2 Were you aware Fender used a Palaedium neck in the design of the Geddy Lee jazz bass ?

I'm afraid not, just an alder body capped with maple.

Best photo I have is the auction one. Peavey Resolite. Unusual for a Peavey bass it got a 2+2 headstock,also has a chambered body. These appeared in the catalogue but only 4 were actually built.

A few months down the line and I still wasn't 100% happy with Almost a Telecaster. The 2 saddle bridge and that extra fret just didn't work together 😠 Popped a 20 fret Harley Benton PB-50 neck on it and the problem was solved 😎 Also since cutting the pearloid scratchplate I picked up one from a Squier Modern Player Telecaser bass. I still like to fake pickup cover on pearloid but a pal in Germany sold me a Lakland Chi Sonic 🙂 Darkstar/Bi-Sonic are well thought of in a Telecaster bass thread I was reading so the bass now looks like this 🙂 Even with the Chi Sonic,PB-50 neck and the Squier scratchplate costs added I'm still under the £275 target.

Serial number on mine is 00059. Schaller tuners,Schaller 3-D bridge and Schaller strap locks. Goggle image search for Gordy all show Schaller bridges except for the super cool headless one. After seeing this one I'll definitely be re-finishing mine 🙂

The finish on the body is in better shape than on my Blueshift so I gave a thought on bidding. £50 inc shipping and still 6 days to go ?? Think i'll go the sandpaper/tung oil road instead 😃 @Bassassin You're right. Schaller bridge and machineheads were stock on these.

Not much of an improvement on this one either.

What bit of "The headstock shape must be traditional." in my post did you feel needed explaining ?

The headstock shape must be traditional. This fella turns up in a few Google photo searches playing the " Đàn tứ dây " (Vietnamese bass guitar)

No wider than 3". Very uncomfortable having a 12.5lb T40 hanging from a 4" strap that's cutting into your neck.