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Saw that on Mr K's FB page last week and think it looks great. So far I've remained strong though and not ordered one, no idea what finish to choose and I'm not too keen on the headstock Stinger preamp to order for the Super-P before buying another Retrovibe.

Aye. Couldn't say when they changed though. The reissue will definitely be 35" scale though, whenever it appears.

Flat Eric's the man for the T-40 I've still no swapped the switches on one of mine for the right ones. Lucky I've a spare to keep me going till then

Glad to help a fellow Peavey Person Great bass, no doubt about it. Sounds & plays the same as the US version albeit 34" instead of 35" Hopefully I'll hear from you soon when it's all done. Cheers KB

Took advantage of Mike's loft find, Trace valve preamp. Dead easy purchase. Top Man.

Right had some success,don't think the lighter gauge strings had much impact though. Took the part of the saddle with 2 grub screws out using 1.5mm Allen key,there's a wee grub screw at the front.Placed a file on flat bit of wood for support and filed it down till I reached the marks left by the wee grub screw,cleaned off any burrs and slotted it back in. Job done Remember to wind the height grub screws well up. E is now down to acceptable 1.75mm. Don't take the grub screw that holds the saddle out or you'll need to set your intonation again.It's the angled one at the back. Didn't take too long and if you take too much off those two grub screws will rectify matters for you. Let me know how you get on.

Without fail there's a job gets booked same weekend as the bash. Just got told Monday night For extra salt in the wound the job's in Lockerbie

Both my Millennium BXP's have single saddles and are 1.25mm G - 1.5mm E but my BXP Cirrus is 2mm G -2.25mm E. Come to think of it my USA Cirrus is the same 2mm - 2.25mm. All I can suggest is maybe file down either the bottom of the saddle or cut a deeper groove in the die cast. No idea what that part is called ( saddle perhaps ?? ) You may need to drop the bridge pickup height. A wee check of other thru neck basses here told the same story but I wonder if a slightly lighter string gauge would help. BXP Cirrus needs a restring anyway so I'll do that tomorrow with a lighter gauge and post the outcome.

Fella I know bought T-bird's PB-50 with a Duncan SC in it. When I swapped out the Wilkinson for the SF I sent it to him over in Kenya. Couldn't tell much difference myself apart from the Wilkinson being louder. https://soundcloud.com/subdude67/seymour-duncan-pickup https://soundcloud.com/subdude67/wilkinson-pickup

I'm in good company here A few of my beloved Peaveys getting a mention, Bass Collection & Retrovibe also getting a shout too. @jezzaboy Had my PB-50 couple of year now and still think it's a great bass,plenty basses been neglected since it came along I'll chip in with the Cort Curbow. Heard daft things before I got mine, " Luthite smells funny"?? , " it's uncomfortable playing seated". Never found either to be the case. Crackin wee bass,very easy to play. Mind you I don't go about " Sniffin the Base "

After my first bought new bass everything is good [attachment=214802:Kay EB100.JPG] Even the one before it with 3 strings,no tuner pegs and nailed in pickup (on a semi ??) was better than the Kay

Passive Millennium @Paddy515 Looks like it's been discontinued as only the active models show on Peavey.com. Manualfor the 4 string is here. http://assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/00582430_5.pdf No idea about dates though, Peavey lost the records after 1995 in a HD crash and the Far East models don't go by year ?? I'd say it's quite recent,older Indonesian ones have TR adjustment wheels.

Strange thing about basswood is Saxon & Viking warriors used Linden wood for their shields and Linden is another name for basswood.It's hardly balsa no matter what some claims are. The few basswood bodies I have are standing just as well as the chipped & dented mahogany,poplar,ash and alder basses here. Another thing is nobody with £2500 Steve Vai JEM guitars complain about it. I'd say nothing to fear from basswood.

Damn Mark !! That's sounding better than it looks Have to get me a set of La Bella's now.

Great job Mark. It looks Fantastic. I'm with young master Discreet about the white scratchplate,quite fancy one on my modded PB-50

Nearly a year since I posted their release over on the Harley Benton forum nobody's came forward to say they've got one Granted it's mostly guitar players there. The PJ is a big seller,#19 in the P-bass sales figures top 20. I'll ask over on Bassic.ch one of our German cousins must have one.

Brilliant Biglump. Keep us up to date on events.

That's a sweet looking bass.

Will do.

Blue Then why the uncertainty over whether it was shipped or not ?

Blue Do the words "paid for shipping" and "import duty" mean something different in America ?

Always want to do "Irish Drinking Song (As Far As I Know) " with it's rousing chorus of "drink an drink an drink an fight !! " Somehow I get over-ruled

Been a fan of Rotos for years.Nexus are on a few of my basses. Regarding the eBay prices,the firm that supplied the paper envelopes changed the paper to one that held moisture. That lead to problems,could be the eBay ones are the old stock. Just a guess.