kodiakblair

Peavey built them from scratch and were the first company to use CNC back in 78. Stopped building basses in the States July 2010. Composite Acoustics still are being built there though. When they first moved to overseas it was Korea then Vietnam,Indonesia then China. The designers and engineers like Mike Power's moved too.

Peavey's is never a bad thing Chris :-)

@JohnFitzgerald That'll be young Jono Bolton's. Aye, I mind being in touch with him when he was putting it together.Two Foundations with Super Ferrites and two 90's Foundations with the soapbar style pickups myself so i've no need for a fifth one. He should put 3 knobs on it so it's complete. Poor guy's had it listed for months. @3below No argument from me regarding the Far East Peaveys. Excellent basses,stock pickups output a wee bit low on my Milestone III but that's an easy fix to a lovely wee bass,got a crazy low action on the Indonesian Millennium and you can get BXP Cirrus for £200. Some of the Americans on TB give the BXP/EXP a hard time but they're made in Asia so that's expected Like you say " What's not to like "

I keep an eye out for any Peaveys up for sale and the most common ones are Furys,Foundations & T-40's. Generally prices are £100 - £200 for Furys & Foundations,with Furys nearer the £100 end. T-40's hover around £450. Dyna basses are about the £250 mark along with Patriots. T-20's I've saw for the same on the rare occassion they appear. I've more Cirrus than Millenniums for sale in the UK but I think it's just there were more Cirrus sold.Cirrus £600 and upwards,last Millennium I remember went for £250 on eBay. Had a dodgy preamp though,probably came from the Peavey UK closure sell off. Rarely seen models like TL's & Sarzo's again see the £500 - £600 mark. I probably could have haggled the B-Quad down a bit but since I'd only saw 3 for sale in 3 year I just jumped at the chance. The problem with USA Peaveys as I see it was Hartley's idea of great instruments at affordable prices got skewed to Americans playing a Peavey because they couldn't afford Fender. That stigma stuck, T-40's had far more features than late 70's Fenders but sell for less than MIJ Fenders from the 90's. Great basses that always offered that wee bit more,sadly just never won the marketing war. Do yourself a favour and get one. Before I buy them all [attachment=217120:Peavey Family (5).jpg]

In a bout of nostalgia last month I bought a Carlsbro Stingray head ( black & green ). Not the best amp but certainly not the worst. At £45 it was a must have. Pretty certain my old Stingray combo is still living in some lassie's spare room,hoping to get that back sometime.

@alyctes Sent a PM couple of days back cause I wasn't sure about the rules on values Recommended at least £650 - £700 but the Peavey market is always a strange one

@jassbass What do you want to know ? I've got one here [attachment=216493:G Bass (1).jpg][attachment=216494:G Bass (2).jpg][attachment=216494:G Bass (2).jpg]

Fantastic icastle. Thanks. Now I know what to look for, punch down tool from eBay was wrong type.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1459799579' post='3019835'] I've been using one at home for the past few weeks - didn't realise that a having a cable under your feet was a problem until it wasn't anymore... [/quote] Did the exact same. There was less than 6' x 6' floor space after couches etc in the old living room so I got the £40 t.bone. Major improvement.

Was a failed trip to Maplin. Thought I'd just get a new connector block in case the jaws got damaged. Nothing in stock,not even knobs for the pots. Thanks for the Stanley blade tip Zombie. Course I'd ordered a punch down tool by the time I'd saw it

Thanks MoonBassAlpha. I'll be taking a trip to Maplin then .

Finally decided to fix the project Tune Bass Maniac I've had for a year. It doesn't use solder for the most part but a punch down connection block like telephones. At the bottom of each slot there's a small hole,do I strip a wee bit off the cable before inserting it into the hole or do the jaws in the slots slice the covering on the cable ? Or do I go in from the top and bend the wire into the jaws ? Seem to remember that's how it works with phones. [attachment=216074:MVC-168S.JPG][attachment=216075:MVC-166S.JPG] Any pointers and corrections to my terminology greatly appreciated. KB

No mention yet of the 50 watt Kay combo I bought from the catalogue. [attachment=216073:Kay bass amp.jpg] Can't remember it being up to much but was a big improvement from playing through the music centre tape deck Fond memories of the Carlsbro Stingray though it was a bit ungainly lugging on and off Edinburgh buses.Sometimes mistaken for a "washing machine" it doubled as the sound system at several drunken parties.

Got a set of tuners from Jon. Purchase was a breeze. Hope to deal with him again in the future. Cheers KB

Result.

cetera You got me jealous 2 Rnady Jackson's !! I can't even find 1

Definitely a pale blue on my screen. Never owned a pale blue bass so I better avoid this thread

Lovely stuff Rob. Congrats.

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.