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Last scratchplate I did the only tools were a hacksaw and rasp for the shape,drill + various bits/countersink for the pickups etc. Drew the shape out then cut straight lines as near to the outline as possible. Curves and bevel were done with rasp. Was undecided on pickup at this stage so hid a Warman jazzbar below the scratchplate. About 90 minutes work.

I've the split coil single in a PB-50, bloody good pickup. Postal service in Spain is terrible, that bad locals don't really buy mail order.

Both use the same pickups and the preamps in each have the same boost/cut at the same frequencies. Only real difference is the USA used a Korean built PCB and the BXP had a SMT module. Alder bodies with a decorative cap was standard for both BXP & US as was pau fero boards. Most BXP did come through body with single saddle bridges but then Peavey thought that was good enough for the US "custom" bolt-on versions.Those bolt-ons used the surplus preamps from the,then, recently discontinued Millennium. Always smile when I hear folks brand those Millie preamps as an upgrade,it was simple economics 😄 Must say I'm surprised you think there's such a huge difference between the BXP version and the US. Last year a friend picked up a BXP 5'er on her travel up to visit,lovely darkwood model it is. With Gill's 3 US and my 4 it's safe to say we know the Cirrus tone well. Her latest looked,played and most importantly sounded exactly like a Cirrus.

Hotmail.com. It was already in the "junk mail" folder.

Just had an email supposedly from DHL asking to confirm delivery details. It says in reaction to lost parcels their new policy requires name,address etc. To things flag as spam. Mandatory is spelled "mondatory" and "rbkaocc.xyz" seems a funny email address for an international company. According to myonlinesecurity it's been running a fair while. https://myonlinesecurity.co.uk/fake-dhl-confirm-your-delivery-details-phishing/

Sadly they didn't go too far Dave. No sad ending though 🙂 Gregg Parker runs the Blues Museum in Chicago and Tony Saunders (bass fella) has kept busy. I exchanged a few emails with him,said he had fond memories of the Parker days.

Saw an ad last week, Nice bass,decent price etc. I was going to comment but somebody else was giving background info and saying it was an overlooked classic. Trouble was their info was wrong 🙁 What should folks do in that situation ? Info fella was quite enthusiastic and a for sale ad didn't seem like a good place to correct him. Last thing I wanted was to hinder a sale. Bass was sold but there's at least 3 people with duff info in their heads.

Congratulations on that beauty John. Seeing various items getting moved on by your good self this last wee while had me wondering. Now I see it all went to a worthy cause 😎

Now you get an inkling of the crap many of us learned to play on 😃

Another P-bass will shortly be getting a 2 saddle bridge thanks to Keith 🙂 Paid for late Thursday night,in the post Friday,delivered Saturday morning. It doesn't get much easier than that 😎 Fella's a credit to BC.

I was looking for a 2 saddle bridge and Chris got in touch. Despite post office closure and a busy schedule he got it out to me in jig time. Top man, look forward to any future dealings.

That's about 50 minutes from me if anyone wants it collected then shipped south.

Wonderful set of La Bella flats arrived from Cal this afternoon. Cal's a good guy so expect an easy painless transaction if you deal with him.

Top Man is Lee 🙂 Bought some pedal connectors from him last week. Very easy fella to deal with. He gets my vote of confidence.

Same deal as happened with the Jeff Berlin Palaedium. The design belongs to the Player not Peavey. Jeff went to Cort and Brian moved on to Carvin and Dean.

40+ I have a lot of basses 😃

Here was me thinking Manton was talking about chambers not cavities. Sorry folks.

@Manton Customs The OP thinks the pickup area is made from MDF. They cut a big hole then place pieces in to house the pickups.

Parcelforce won't insure guitars unless in a hardcase,there's a poster on the wall in the Edinburgh depot explaining this. No idea if they cover damage to the case. Was in there Monday night. 19hrs Edinburgh to Redruth for £9.78 😎

Have I got this right,you think they cut out a square then drop in MDF pieces with the pickups already cut ? That makes absolutely no sense. It would take the same time to rout out a big section as it would for the pickups. Then they'd be back with the router when the top was added. Been a carpenter 35 years,the MDF pieces would be a huge waste of time and money.

My pal over in Florida bought the J/MM and the P/MM,both in 5 string flavour. He didn't say they were the best basses in the world (says those are his Peavey G-Vs) but he was more than happy and is keeping both 🙂

Not surprised none of those Foundations sold. Over-priced for the UK market, different story over in America. @fleabag Your memory is correct,those are single coils.mid 90's Peavey were getting pickups from Korea and to cut costs further used the same shells,this has lead to folks claiming mid 90's Foundations have VFL pickups. They don't, VFLs are active pickups. @Bassassin The T20 didn't last too long. It got a reshape and was renamed the Fury. More confusion followed when later Furys got skinny jazz necks and standard split-P pickup,Poplar bodies too. My old T20 is beat to hell but weighs just 9lb,a lightweight compared to my 10.5lb 1st gen Fury. If you fancy trying one,drop me a line. @WHUFC BASS ebay sold listings give £400 to £550 as the price range for T40s,not such a high price tag for a legendary bass. Owning 4 of them you can bet I wish folks payed Reverb prices 😃

I've bought basses from Germany a few times,both private and ebay sales. Bank transfers are free or almost free over there . so most tend not to use Paypal. Sending money through Transferwise will save you a packet,better rates and no fee for starters. Regarding PP/ebay buyer protection. I'll admit to feeling uneasy putting money in a stranger's bank account but then the goodies arrive and I feel a total derrière for doubting them.

Sensible move 🙂 It's a shame Peavey's Artists division didn't work harder at promoting these. Fingers crossed you get a sale quickly 😎

I very much doubt you want to hear this but I bought my Tragic PXD for £150. The white Void was £50 !! Those daft prices don't mean much as they certainly don't reflect the quality. Peavey were very hands-on with their Chinese builds,the PXDs are damn fine basses. I'd say ask for £200. Hardest thing is finding somebody who knows the PXD basses exist.