NBD, Pawn Shop find

[Tim Skaggs]

I often see TBers post a new bass that seems to be a great deal, and I wonder why I don't find these deals. Well, I think my turn might have come along.

I was looking around pawn shops for a Fender Squier Bronco bass. I have a CIJ Mustang and I wanted a second neck to de-fret for a short scale fretless experiment. I didn't find one, but I did stumble on to a late 80's or early 90's Peavey Fury. Listed price was $280. The owner said he could do better. He needed to. The shaft of the volume pot was missing, and the strings were literally 1/2" high at the 12th fret. The neck was bowed badly. I think you could throw a frisbee under the strings....

BUT, the body was nice, it had the Schaller half enclosed tuners, and had the fur lined molded case. The guy said he would take $200. Still seemed too high to me. I was considering offering $150. I asked if $200 was bottom dollar, and to my surprise, he said he might do better. He asked what I thought and I said I couldn't go much over $100. Then came the really big surprise; he countered with $125. Tax, out the door $135.

Got it home, adjusted the truss rod, and the neck flattened right out. Soldered in a new pot I had, and it's fully functional. I only had a solid shaft pot, so knobs are mixed now, but that's a cheap & easy fix.

Plays great, looks good, sounds fantastic. I have parts to trade for that Bronco, if I can talk myself into parting this out....

Peavey Fury headstock back

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• Mar 19, 2016
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Peavey Fury back

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• Mar 19, 2016
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Peavey Fury headstock

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• Mar 19, 2016
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Peavey Fury body front

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Peavey Fury full

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• Mar 19, 2016
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[Eilif]

Nice score. With the pinstripe headstock, 3-ply guard, 3TS and Schaller style tuners, that's one of the best looking of the P-style Fury basses. And you got a case with fur instead of dissolved foam! Let us know if/how it works out after a setup. If you're curious about the age, the T-40 link in my sig has a dating guide for USA peavey's in it.

I myself am curious. based on the pin-striping on the heastock, it's not one of the mid-late 90's models which had a more modern logo, single ply pickguard and no pinstripe. On the other hand I thought (could be wrong) that both early and late P-style Fury models had the fender style open gear tuners. The half-enclosed schaller tuners suggest an early-middle date. Maybe late 80's or very early 90's?

Also, if you get the neck straitened out, I'd strongly advise not parting it out. Even without the original knobs, with the case and that particular color combo, you could have a bass worth 2-300 bucks considering the way some USA Peavey's are selling these days.

 

[RED J]

There were 3 iterations of Furys, this is a second generation, only this 90's block logos had the conventional tuners.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

If Wiki-P can be trusted, it's a '91, serial is 0484xxxx.

• 0360xxxx t/m 0419xxxx ........................1989
• 04249338 t/m 0439xxxx ........................1990
• 0440xxxx t/m 0519xxxx ........................1991
• 0520xxxx t/m 0599xxxx ........................1992

The neck is fine; in fact, it's a little better than fine, it's excellent. It is better than my '87 Foundation S that I bought new. The best I could tell, the truss rod cover had never been off the bass. Around 3/4 turn of the truss rod nut left too little relief and I had to back it off an ~1/8 turn, so the adjustment works well. I bet I've seen 500 basses through the years that had WAY too much neck relief and the owner or music store hadn't touched the truss rod. That's what I was betting on with this bass, and it paid off.

I'll may sell it intact, considering it has survived 25 years (the last two in Pawn Shop prison).

 

[Oren Hudson]

Nice acquisition! Should you decide to part out, I have interest in the case. I'd need to knw that a T-40 fits the case, but it sure looks like the same.