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I'll idle for a bit, do me good to keep company with such a stylish trio 🙂

I did a thread of reshaping the peghead. Happy to try and answer any questions you may have 👍

@Woodinblack You convert Tone Monster preamps from 9v to 18v the exact same way. Main reason for running at 18v is longer spells before changing batteries. I've saw the term 'headroom' bandied about but since EMG tell you running at 18v doesn't increase the output, stays the same as 9v, I've no idea what form this headroom takes ; placebo does come to mind 😄

I've seen them called "£90" but I'm not buying one 😄

Best tell EMG, they've used that method for years.

What did you solder ?

I had that on cassette, needed to buy it a few times as I kept wearing them out. Saw Prince in London with the Lovesexy tour, fantastic show. Proudly wore the tour shirt at punk gigs for years afterwards. Still listen to the Black Album on a regular basis, copy I got in Camden had 'Royalty' on the label. Love this track.

Several of my Peaveys needed 2 x 9v, suspect it was the pairing of active pickups with internal preamps .

If they were 3 - 4 times the price, i.e. Squier money, folk would be snapping them up while raving about amazing value and "how can they build them for so little cash.". That's no wild claim nor attempt at humour. I've been privileged to own some very good basses, TBH far too good for the likes of me; I class Thomann's PB-50 as a good bass. They were £78 when I bought my first and I must confess I went into the purchase with a snob's mindset, fully expected to return it instantly then jump on the internet slagging it off to all and sundry. I was wrong ! Out of the box I had a sense of disbelief something looking and feeling that nice could cost so little, that disbelief stayed with me through plugging in and playing. Shortly afterwards I was thinking TI jazz flats or tapes, it got tapes. Few weeks passed, another was purchased along with a set of TI's. Almost 10 years later, the Pb-50s are always close to hand while my Fenders mostly collect dust.

I'd hesitate to say "better", it's a slightly different flavour. I've a thing for single coil P-basses and Tele style pegheads. It was the Harley Benton PB-50 sent me down this path 🙂 The Roswell single coil is by no means a poor pickup, quite the opposite it's a very modern take on the design; big 'Quarter Pounder' slugs paired with a higher wire count. The original Fender had a low wire count, around 7k ohm, Roswell comes in at 9k. Good news is the UK has very affordable options if you fancy a vintage spec replacements; Bloodstone, Toltec and Martin Harmer's White Label will all do a custom 51 single for £50 - £60

Wonderful stuff. I did a paisley vinyl wrap a few years back, thought it was OK but once I'd saw the R&F papers the wrap was peeled off and the bass got sprayed blue; an attempt to distance myself from such foolish notions 😄

Not in the UK , OP could buy 3 Harley Bentons for 40th Anniversary money.

I'm with @AndyTravis regarding the silver. My 90's reissue from Japan has the silver backing , it's the bee's knees 🙂

Good price though if I was in the market for another acrylic bass, it'd be this one. With all that perspex it'll never neck dive 😄

If only it were true. The earlier B-Quad basses had Modulus necks, the G-bass connection is a combination of confusion and wishful thinking 😀 My pal Ronnie was still head mech engineer for Peavey in Meridian the time of the G & G-V basses, the necks were machined slightly undersize then shipped to gun stock outfit Bell & Carlson for a carbon wrap. Someplace I've a photo of my G-bass with tuning pegs removed that shows the wooden core, when I did the same with my B-Quad neck it showed Modulus were of hollow construction. There's a few other factors rule out Modulus necks, price/no mention despite being a registered trademark and a pretty strong selling point, but the most compelling was Geoff Gould flat out denying any involvement with Peavey other than the B-Quad necks.

An original 'see through' costs about $5k with re-issues between $2.5k to $3.5k. Nobody here thinks they're getting the real thing for £200. If Ampeg were bothered there's nothing stopping them sending a message to head office and asking Yamaha to put their legal dept on the case.

Nor me. They were listed as C-series NTB 4 & 5 strings in Peavey's release sheet for 1999. Doubt trademark or copyright had any bearing on things, marketing a product using the same name as others just makes you look daft. Something Peavey UK had form for, "Dynabass International" springs to mind ; only points it had in common with the US Dynabass was the name and 4 strings 🤣

It's a C-4, Zephyr was never the official name. 4 & 5 string bolt on/neck through versions appeared 1999, discontinued for the 2001 launch of the Grind. Original Grinds were bolt on neck active basses, your local shop needs a Peavey refresher course 😀 Wings look like they could be red meranti.

No, Falkirk in Scotland. Reply was to downunderwunder. I'm looking at a pristine sheet of 15mm ATM, thinking do I use it for deafening boards or do I use some old 18mm for that and have the 15mm for cab material 🙂

Over here sheathing ply is the rough stuff used mostly for shuttering, marine is the top grade; exterior is general purpose with one good face for painting.

I am one of the chippies 😄 It was the 15mm not 12mm I was wondering about, do I keep the same inner dimensions and hole positions or does being thicker affect those ?

I've never attempted to build a cab before, maybe this will keep me from looking at TC, TE and Warwick Gnome 2x8's 🙂 Have a load of 15mm exterior ply at work , could I use that ?

Understatement of the week, that's a cracker 👍

There were a few finishes. My 5 string before I went OTT with gold hardware and active EQ. My pal Gillian's 2. Have to say I prefer the 2 on the right here. German fella contacted me about Zephyrs a few years back, my lot were pretty well known in Peavey circles so I heard from plenty like-minded folk. I put Erek in tough with the Italian owner of that cracking flamed top C-5. Notice how the Grind far left differs, being lop-sided at the upper bout, off set dots too.

Thanks. Took a fair bit of time to amass though I'd say luck and contacts also played their part 🙂