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Suggestions for Uber cheap but decent bass
kodiakblair replied to shoulderpet's topic in Bass Guitars
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I'm with @AndyTravis regarding the silver. My 90's reissue from Japan has the silver backing , it's the bee's knees π
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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 π
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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 π 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.
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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 Β£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.
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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 π€£
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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 π Wings look like they could be red meranti.
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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 π
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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.
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I am one of the chippies π 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 ?
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I've never attempted to build a cab before, maybe this will keep me from looking at TC, TE and Warwick Gnome 2x8's π Have a load of 15mm exterior ply at work , could I use that ?
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Understatement of the week, that's a cracker π
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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.
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Thanks. Took a fair bit of time to amass though I'd say luck and contacts also played their part π
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@tauzero It was mental, they put out over 40 models in 32 years. Managed to fit 50 of them into the living room for this photo.
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Owned a complete collection of Peavey basses, every model released USA and overseas from 1978 to 2010. Your post gave my inner geek an excuse to run free π€£
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Doesn't appear to have a logo. At first I thought he had a 4 ace card sticker but now I'm seeing somebody's face; could be my painkillers taking effect π
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I'd place little faith in that TB thread π 2 confused TB members, 1 confused buyer and 1 very confused Peavey customer service rep π€£ "The first Peavey grinds made outside of the US didn't have the BXP logo on them" How does the Peavey rep explain this ? I afraid there was no revamp 5 years ago since Peavey retired the Grind either just before or after the 2017 Cirrus re-issue. The catalogue snaps came from 2011 and 2015, here's a snap from 2008 and the body scoop had gone by then. That gives the scoop body a 4 year window and I've never heard anyone in any of the Peavey pages say they have a 34" scale length from that era. Common complaints are "it's heavy", "couldn't cope with 35"" and "thought the pickups were weak". Some of the Cirrus BXP dropped to 34" SL for a short while, could you be confusing the two ?
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Yes and no. In the original format, active/bolt on neck, both the USA and BXP 4 strings were 34" scale length. When Grind got a revamp as a passive neck through in 2004 , scale length changed to 35". My Grind BXP NTB is from the initial Vietnam production run, had no idea it was 35" until a friend asked how I was finding the longer scale length π
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Technically it's a C-4 NTB, Peavey couldn't really use 'Zephyr' as Epiphone had first dibs π There's a few. C - series are 34" scale length, Grinds 35". Grind soapbars are 2 wires in series, C-4/5 were 4 wire in series and had a higher output. You find both bolt on and neck through C-series, Grinds were all neck through. Black hardware for Grinds, chrome for C-series.
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@anzoid Congratulations. I really like that, an exercise in good taste π
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Answered Ciaran's 'wanted' ad for 96 Foundation. Despite me taking an age to get it ready he stayed on board until the end. Man is a trooper π
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Looked at a Sire P7 preamp on Reverb. Pots are similar to Alpha 9mm. Thankfully neither Allparts nor Stewmac stock them, if they did the swines would want β¬16 instead of β¬4 like everywhere else π Check the value need on your preamp then try https://www.banzaimusic.com/Alpha-9mm-Dual-Concentric/ or https://www.musikding.de/Alpha-Pots-9mm
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I wouldn't be so sure π I remember a no-name Japanese P-bass spent ages on eBay, BIN Β£100. After a few months the seller changed tack and it was BIN Β£180, sold within a couple of days π
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Bloody Hell !! Simple yet genius , cheers Paul I'll be using that π
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