N-LH-(SH?)BD

[Left_Hand_Strat]

well...

It has happened.....

I have finally joined the low end....

I picked this thing up, and took to it instantly, feels dead comfortable for my liking.

it's a peavey Milestone 3, I have NO idea how old this thing is, there is still a sticker on the back saying 'Made in Vietnam'????

There also seems to be two serial numbers as well, there is a sticker with 00485500 on it (which could be like my vintage Les paul copy, where its just numbers) or it's I2090429??? anyways its a J - bass ish thing and it's beautiful sounding, very nice, I might need to open up the sound a little bit with a cap change but nothing major.

overall I'm a happy man very happy.

and it cost me £99!!!!

 

[MetalManiac]

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Play the living sh!t outta that thing!

 

[Left_Hand_Strat]

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Play the living sh!t outta that thing!

I am :laugh2:

Playing stone roses at the moment, can't wait to hook this up to my Guitar Rig 4 software and dig some lemmy riffs!

 

[d1dsj]

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Cool... and a bargain price too. Nice one.

 

[Left_Hand_Strat]

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Cool... and a bargain price too. Nice one.

yeah guy said it was a bargain! he was quite happy I was buying it (not for bad reasons, but because he knows I like a good bargain and look after my kit)

 

[Funkfingers]

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Good choice, sir. Certainly better than the Stagg J-style Bass that you were considering. A good platform for upgrades in the future.

In the long term, my inclination would be to give the bass a chunkier bridge, better machineheads and American pickups.

In the short term, I would whack in a push-pull pot and wire it up to give series/parallel switching of the two stock pickups. Series mode will help with your Lemmy impersonations.

 

[TheLivingDead]

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Awesome. I've always liked Peavey's bass shape. Had a Grind Bass 5 BXP NTB a few years ago and miss it dearly.

 

[Left_Hand_Strat]

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Good choice, sir. Certainly better than the Stagg J-style Bass that you were considering. A good platform for upgrades in the future.

In the long term, my inclination would be to give the bass a chunkier bridge, better machineheads and American pickups.

In the short term, I would whack in a push-pull pot and wire it up to give series/parallel switching of the two stock pickups. Series mode will help with your Lemmy impersonations.

Yes definitely.

the Machineheads are rock solid mate, to be honest, it's worth keeping them.

the pickups may come out, depends on how I get on with them, I like the sound I get though so it isn't too much of a problem, but when I want more growling pickups I'll start looking.

I had thought of tweaking the electrics anyway as it confuses the f*** out of me by having one tone and two volumes, LOL.

Awesome. I've always liked Peavey's bass shape. Had a Grind Bass 5 BXP NTB a few years ago and miss it dearly.

yes, the shape is great and it balances quite well on a strap as well, so Double win! the quality of Peavey bass kit is very good!

 

[Funkfingers]

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I had thought of tweaking the electrics anyway as it confuses the f*** out of me by having one tone and two volumes, LOL.

The conventional modus operandi is to turn one pickup up full. Gradually dial in the second pickup until frequency cancellation sets in. Adjust the "honk" to taste.

 

[Left_Hand_Strat]

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The conventional modus operandi is to turn one pickup up full. Gradually dial in the second pickup until frequency cancellation sets in. Adjust the "honk" to taste.

it stays on the rear pickup only so i can sound like Lemmy :laugh2:

 

[Left_Hand_Strat]

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i reckon this thing is from 2002 ish. no way to pinpoint the date on these damn things! the 0048 number was originally used in 1980 and there is no way this bass is that old, simply because they were USA made back then and this thing says made in 'nam on it. Also after some internet digging and the odd text to a local guitar collecting friend in my area, I have concluded that they reused the serial numbers again.

The I2xxxxxxx number on the neckplate most likely is the actual serial number, the 2 would make sense, it technically could pass as a year so 2002. The I could stand for a country like Indonesia but that contradicts the made in Vietnam part. In which case the I could stand for International as it says 'International Series' under the Peavey in really small typefont. I haven't seen many pics of these with that writing on??? weird Huh?

 

[Funkfingers]

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IFAIK, Peavey is not sourcing instruments from Indonesia. They chose to set up their "offshore" operations in Vietnam. Many of the lower priced Grind and Milestone basses originate from Vietnam. So do numerous amplifiers models.