Garth wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:44 am

Nate Dort wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:18 am

Garth wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:05 am Good point about being in good condition because certainly serviceability is something to consider with these old Peaveys too.

Drifting out of topic here but there was a local guy who said he couldn't fix a broken knob on a 2x12 Peavey Special. This wasn't a dude that was a particularly great tech so I'm taking it w/ a grain of salt but his whole thing was that he couldn't get parts for it. Any of our actual techs here in the tech room been inside old Peaveys to confirm if these can even be repaired? I suspect the prices of these have been so rock bottom that most folks have been like "chuck it" if it goes wonky.

That amp was a surprisingly decent-sounding & versatile amp, getting towards the end of the "good years" of Peavey lineage.

Even if you couldn't source the correct PCB-mount pot, there's no reason you couldn't install a regular pot in there and fly some wires down to the board. I do it all the time. You may not get a matching knob if the shaft is different, but you'll get something usable.

That's exactly what I suspected but wasn't able to confirm. That geographical area has always been very lean w/ solid amp techs & he never got any further business from me after that.

Nate Dort wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:18 am

Garth wrote: Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:05 am Good point about being in good condition because certainly serviceability is something to consider with these old Peaveys too.

Drifting out of topic here but there was a local guy who said he couldn't fix a broken knob on a 2x12 Peavey Special. This wasn't a dude that was a particularly great tech so I'm taking it w/ a grain of salt but his whole thing was that he couldn't get parts for it. Any of our actual techs here in the tech room been inside old Peaveys to confirm if these can even be repaired? I suspect the prices of these have been so rock bottom that most folks have been like "chuck it" if it goes wonky.

That amp was a surprisingly decent-sounding & versatile amp, getting towards the end of the "good years" of Peavey lineage.

Even if you couldn't source the correct PCB-mount pot, there's no reason you couldn't install a regular pot in there and fly some wires down to the board. I do it all the time. You may not get a matching knob if the shaft is different, but you'll get something usable.

Owen wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:17 pm After getting a Bean guitar back in the fold and it laying waste to all my other guitars, it should would be nice to have the bass equivalent. But $4k for something that is kinda a secondary thing at the moment seems stupid...yet that didnt stop me from buying a nice drum set....or bass amp.....or

Owen wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:17 pm After getting a Bean guitar back in the fold and it laying waste to all my other guitars, it should would be nice to have the bass equivalent. But $4k for something that is kinda a secondary thing at the moment seems stupid...yet that didnt stop me from buying a nice drum set....or bass amp.....or

penningtron wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:43 pm

Owen wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:17 pm After getting a Bean guitar back in the fold and it laying waste to all my other guitars, it should would be nice to have the bass equivalent. But $4k for something that is kinda a secondary thing at the moment seems stupid...yet that didnt stop me from buying a nice drum set....or bass amp.....or

Hey that drum set was such a ridiculously good deal I'm kicking my own ass for not grabbing it..

An aluminum bass neck project (or a Jury build?) would be fun and rewarding even if you "only" played it at home (isn't that most of us these days, most of the time). A real TB is hard to justify even if it wass your main jawn.