FS/FT Peavey Cirrus 6 Tiger Eye Custom Shop USA Mint Condition - *SOLD* £2200 Metz

[Rollo]

For sale/For Trade a very rare and sumptuous Peavey Cirrus 6, in Tiger Eye finish, from the USA Custom Shop of Peavey with the same specs of Porcaro's one but with 6 strings.

 

This is the first series of Cirrus made by Peavey's custom shop. Those among others that were played on stage and in the studio by Mike Porcaro or John Taylor.
This bass is in excellent condition and is with all options. It dates from the early 00's and it cost more than $3500 for a new equivalent model. At the dawn of the 21st century, that was a lot of bucks.

The options on it are the maple fingerboard and the Millenium preamp with a mid frequency control.

 

These basses are recognized worldwide for their wonderful qualities. The workmanship is exceptional and the design is full of very ingenious ideas, including :

- A graphite reinforcement below the entire fingerboard
- A neck with an asymmetrical profile like Tobias basses
- A carbon head veneer under the maple veneer to stiffen the assembly and obtain better sustain
- Specific pickups at the base for this model then adopted throughout the range, which have a magnetic field directed towards the outside of the pickups, and therefore more precise and dynamic than conventional design PU
- Identical pickup placement to Ken Smith basses with humbuckers
- A neck in satin finish, and a gloss finish body
- A preamp powered by 18V (more headroom/dynamics)
- A 35-inch scale length that reinforces the fundamentals of low notes

 

It's just beautiful to look at, the neck is a real highway, and the body bevels are really pronounced which makes the ergonomics just terrific.
In my opinion, it is almost impossible to find an instrument as well made and designed in this price range on occasion, the coast of which is slowly starting to rise for this finish in the USA.

One or two small farts on the body impossible to photograph, and the rest is almost mint.

Here are the complete characteristics of this bass:

 

Body: Mahogany Wings

 

Top: Beautiful quilted maple, in two parts and rather thick

 

Neck: 7 parts bird's eye maple and amaranth, through and with an asymmetrical profile

 

Fingerboard: Very beautiful Maple

 

Trussrod: A 100% functional double action rod, the neck is ultra reliable and rigid with this carbon reinforcement

 

Tuning Machines: Hipshot Ultralite

 

Nut: Brass

 

Inlays: None on the fingerboard, Cirrus abalone inlay at the 12th fret, and abalone Dots on the edge

 

Scale: 35 inches

 

Frets: Nickel/Silver of rather standard size, they are not Jumbo, and condition 9/10 (see photos)

 

Pickups: Two Active Peavey VFLs and Humbuckers

 

Preamp: Preamp 18V Peavey Millenium

 

Knobs: Volume/Balance/Bass/Mids + Mid selector freq/Treble (note that the knobs are made of solid wood)

 

Bridge: Hipshot Type A, currently set to 17mm

 

Finish: Gloss on body and front of headstock, oiled/waxed on back of neck

 

Hardware: Gold

 

Straplock: Schaller

 

The string height at the 12th fret below the B string is currently 2.2mm and 1.85mm below the C string. You can still go down, but for my right hand attack it wiggles a little too much, and I set the neck almost perfectly straight to get a nice growl.

It is fitted with 32-130 nickel strings and will be sold with a set of DR Black Beauties in addition.

 

Comes with the original Peavey case in very good condition.

 

Year of manufacture: 2000-2002

 

Country of manufacture: USA

 

Price: 2500€

 

A trade could be possible with a fretted or fretless bass, 4 to 6 strings. Just ask me !

 

 

In the USA she is rightly named "The Poor Ken Smith Bass". In my opinion, it has nothing to envy them.

 

You will find sound of this bass recorded without any live effects in the sound card right here (I can do more if needed) and all the pics : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-Rg0gtDezYXlaejsx-2VSWiynjRIw5Ry?usp=drive_link

A rather nice video made by Lobster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGqGBSzketI&ab_channel=LowEndLobster

Don't hesitate if you have any questions, I can ship without problem and I can move if necessary.

 

See you !

Edited January 20 by Rollo

[SurroundedByManatees]

What a beauty!

[Rollo]

Thank you very much ! 😊

[deekay911]

A totally underrated bass. I have a 4 and a 5er. Equal to any high end boutique bass out there. Good luck!

[Rollo]

Don’t hesitate to make any offer, trade or straight sale. 🍻

[Quatschmacher]

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