NBD - 1983 Peavey Fury
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NBD - 1983 Peavey Fury
A few weeks back, there was an ad in the classifieds for 2 basses (a lefty and a righty) and a bass amp... I could recognize one of the basses was an old Peavey from the 70's/80's (I thought it was a T-20) - which I love. So I emailed him offering to buy just the one bass. He declined, so I replied with "my offer stands if you need it"
Fast forward to today - he offered me the bass. For $40, since it's missing a tuner. So I ripped it away from the sellers hands and drove home with a stupid grin on my face. It's got several few dings, including one on the fretboard, but for $40 I just don't care.
I've already ordered the missing tuner ($20), so all it needs is a thorough cleaning, new strings, and it's good to go!
And now, pics:
Fast forward to today - he offered me the bass. For $40, since it's missing a tuner. So I ripped it away from the sellers hands and drove home with a stupid grin on my face. It's got several few dings, including one on the fretboard, but for $40 I just don't care.
I've already ordered the missing tuner ($20), so all it needs is a thorough cleaning, new strings, and it's good to go!
And now, pics:
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Maybe 6-7 lbs. Not an unbearable amount.BillClay wrote:Sick deal. What does it weigh? Old peaveys are heavy as fuck.
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Man, I've never seen these before but it looks cool as fuck.
+1 with Nick on the pickup surround... you so rarely see designed shit like that anymore on things like pickups, (meaning that it's a proprietary pickup/ring design from the manufacturer with some flair to it). PRS have gone slightly different with sucked-lozenge bucker rings/squared-off bobbin edges as of late, but it's still not a huge departure from the uncovered PAF.
+1 with Nick on the pickup surround... you so rarely see designed shit like that anymore on things like pickups, (meaning that it's a proprietary pickup/ring design from the manufacturer with some flair to it). PRS have gone slightly different with sucked-lozenge bucker rings/squared-off bobbin edges as of late, but it's still not a huge departure from the uncovered PAF.
Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
robertOG wrote:fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
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It's actually designed like that- it's a two piece rock maple neck. The two halves are cut, the truss rod is inserted, and then it's glued together. My old T-15 was made the same way.othomas2 wrote:Really cool bass !! Bargain too....
If it was mine I'd consider syringing some glue in the headstock crack and clamping it ?
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I had a better opportunity to look at it today, and when I have the neck taken apart to clean it up, I'm definitely gonna glue the headstock back together. I was able to slip a piece of paper through, so that need to be taken care of.
Also, I finally played it through a proper bass amp for a minutes this morning at my bass player's house - and it sounds great. He already wants to steal it from me!
Also, I finally played it through a proper bass amp for a minutes this morning at my bass player's house - and it sounds great. He already wants to steal it from me!
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Small update once again. The neck is ready to go, and the electronics were given a quick one-over. All that was wrong was a ground, so that was resoldered and she is good electronically. The missing tuner arrived in PR today, so it should be delivered tomorrow or the following day. I guess I need to pop over to a music store and get a set of bass strings.
Oh, and I got a bass amp to use (kinda needed one). An Eden Nemesis 210 for $100... not bad.
Oh, and I got a bass amp to use (kinda needed one). An Eden Nemesis 210 for $100... not bad.
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