kodiakblair Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 [color=#333333]It's happened again [/color] [color=#333333]Another unplanned Peavey. [/color] [color=#333333]On Sunday night a good friend called with some bad news, terminal cancer and less than 3 months to live. This was bad enough but something he said[/color] [color=#333333]that struck a chord. He recently fixed up his 2 motorcycles and we are experiencing unusually good weather in Scotland,sadly he's too sick to enjoy his bikes[/color] [color=#333333]in the short time left.[/color] [color=#333333]Having an almost complete Peavey collection I don't want to run out of time before it's finished. I'd been looking for an Axecelerator but hit some problems,[/color] [color=#333333]GC won't ship used goods overseas,my cousin in America can't be bothered to purchase one for me and a recent one on Ebay.de felt like a scam ! I only know[/color] [color=#333333]one Axecelerator owner in the UK but I'm at a loss as to why they're so scarce. Light weight,low action due to the combination of Peavey neck and micro tilt,[/color] [color=#333333]35" scale so a good B string and 18V preamp.[/color] [color=#333333]W[size=4]ell on Sunday bassic.ch member jogi68 came to the rescue.[/size][size=4] He had a lovely purple 5 string for sale and was happy to ship to Scotland [/size][/color] [color=#333333]So Scotland's Peavey clan has a new brother. Managed about a half hour and I'm impressed,don't normally play 5 strings but the Wilkinson adjustable[/color] [color=#333333]bridge will help if I struggle with string spacing.First Purple bass too[/color] [color=#333333]Enough yakking here's the photos [/color] [color=#333333][attachment=220681:Axcelerator 5 (2).jpg][attachment=220682:Axcelerator 5 (3).jpg][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) Like I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Edited June 4, 2016 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Thanks @alyctes Got to spend some more time with it tonight,pickups are too high below G. You come across many Axecelerators on your travels ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 There's a nice graphite neck Peavey Q bass at Bass Direct. Love these basses http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Peavey_Q_Bass.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 And this sweet Cirrus http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Peavey_Cirrus_4.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Never saw the Cirrus but I have the exact same G-bass with the black sparkle finish. Was blissfully unaware it was 35" until recently The Cirrus though is a beauty.Would have thought they'd have went with the micro-tilt,it having single saddles.Easier than a shim. I ground down the posts on my BXP Cirrus neck thru to lower the action.That fella's got the Millennium preamp too. Extra sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 I never see Axcelerators. I suspect a lot of people would avoid the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 6, 2016 Author Share Posted June 6, 2016 Totally agree,its a daft name 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted June 6, 2016 Share Posted June 6, 2016 So they ought to be cheap when they do come up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Aye they're cheap enough when they do come up. $300 looks about the norm in the states. After getting robbed by paypal's exchange rate this was £330 delivered,damn we live in an expensive country. Even the UK shipping quote was high, I got £48 but Jogi's was 40euro. He split the cost 50/50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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