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4 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

I'm catching you up...

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

2 hours ago, BillB said:

Every intention of turning it onto a project, fenderifying the headstock

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 😄

7 hours ago, jd56hawk said:

Not sure what you'd call it.

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

5 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

But that doesn't give you any real advantage over a 9v supply, not like an actual 18V where you can use the zero as the centre crossing point.

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

1 hour ago, ahpook said:

Any excuse to switch on the soldering iron

What did you solder ?

16 hours ago, toneknob said:

The entire album is a masterpiece

 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 .

3 hours ago, meterman said:

Always wondered about how good they are for the money 💰 

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.

10 hours ago, BillB said:

Anyone know how the fat pole roswell pickup compares to the Squire?

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

35 minutes ago, Dolando said:

On a more positive note, some paisley paper and some nitro from Rothko and Frost arrived today. Such good quality!! 

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 😄

4 hours ago, jd56hawk said:

Other than that, these two 40th Anniversary Vintage models are selling for $300 or so

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 🙂

5 hours ago, casapete said:

There is currently a mint reissue on eBay for £1400, complete with 2 interchangeable pickups.

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 😄

On 19/07/2023 at 22:07, vinorange said:

Very under rated basses and as per the ad the early necks for these were made by modulus. Odd configuration with a rosewood board on a graphite neck though....

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.

2 hours ago, Bassassin said:

 

We do all realise these are Dan Armstrong copies - or to be more specific, as they have branding - counterfeits, I hope?

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.

1 hour ago, Fullmoon1971 said:

I'm not trying to start a fight or being a a-hole, just correcting some commenly held misconceptions about trademark and copyright laws.

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 🤣

1 hour ago, Fullmoon1971 said:

what is the actual model?

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. 

9 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

OK not Falkirk in Scotland then

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 🙂

5 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Not familiar with your definition. Over here it would be treated with an anti fungal but not necessarily of the kind of knot free structure you want for cabs.

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.

4 hours ago, Phil Starr said:

If it's something you use at work why not ask one of the chippies what they think?

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 ?

On 11/07/2023 at 08:40, Phil Starr said:

A 2x8 version would be interesting.

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 ?

23 minutes ago, fleabag said:

What a beautifully made bass. 

Understatement of the week, that's a cracker 👍

51 minutes ago, dgmcc said:

barring some of the finishes

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.

4 hours ago, dgmcc said:

Impressive!

Thanks.

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