Hey guys, I'm putting together this Peavey bass for a friend but can't find a schematic online. Help please?
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LoveThatBass
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Do you have any photos of the electronics? I can compare it to my Peavey Millinium 3 band and possibly offer more help this weekend. I bought the prewired pots and preamp (just have to connect pickups) from Peavey for around $50
LoveThatBass
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Thank you man. I finally took some pictures.
The electronics arrived pre-wired. I just don't know how to attach the Ibanez CAP pickups, or even if it can be done.
It's my first time fiddling with active electronics. Does it need to be grounded to the bridge?
The electronics arrived pre-wired. I just don't know how to attach the Ibanez CAP pickups, or even if it can be done.
It's my first time fiddling with active electronics. Does it need to be grounded to the bridge?
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LoveThatBass
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Yes the bridge needs to be grounded.
You should have a stacked pickup blend pot with center detent. I do not know the colors on the wires from the pickups, however assuming they are black and then some color (i.e. RED, YELLOW , WHITE etc) connect the blacks (if there is a bare shield wire, twist it to the black wire and connect it to ground (side or stacked pots or another pot) connect the colored wire from the Neck pickup to the unused center terminal on the bottom pot (if looking at it from the back side-closed one to the bottom of the cavity). Connect the Bridge pickup to the unused center of the upper pot (as seen from the back). If there are more than 2 wires per pot, let me know and give me the colors (and Model of the pot).Hope this helps
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Hey man! Thanks a whole friggin' lot! That's awesome info right there. I'll take a look at that sucka tonight but at first glance your info looks to be just what I needed. 
LoveThatBass
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Yep amplified pickups, preamp, and 18 vdcThat thing sounds like thunder! I almost want to keep the bass!
LoveThatBass
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Sorry, I was basing the 18volts on my Peavey Millinium with 2 9volt batteries.
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The only way you can tell with a black box preamp is to measure the output. The TBCs used preamps with a DC-DC converter that would swing a clean 20 V P-P from one 9V battery. It was probably converting the 9V to a +- 12V split supply internally.
Sorry ro ressurect this one, I have a Pevey Fury VI that needs a new preamp and pots; volume and balance pots should be 25k?
Thanks,
Thanks,
I think i will be resurrecting this one as well... So I bought a Peavey Fury V and the whoever had it prior to me did a horrible job with the electronics. which is fine, honestly because I wanted to put new pickups in it anyway. my question is, I want to install EMG's into thing. can someone show me a pic of the wiring specifically for the Fury? It looks like whoever had it before me took a passive pickup and used it as the preamp. Idk what they did or how they did it but somehow it works. the input jack is a little loose and cuts in and out and they used duct tape to wrap up the wires! not gonna lie, I was more than frustrated when I looked at this thing for the first time! lol!
Could be an Artec unit,their MT-2 and MT-3 are housed in one half of a P-bass cover.
http://www.artecsound.com/pickups/electronics/MT2_MT3_Wiring.pdf
My Fury 2 is an earlier model,back then they still used PCBs instead of module units. Doubt the wiring will help you much from that.
that actually looks identical to what I have in my Peavey. I've literally never seen that before. lol! thanks for sharing this!
Hey guys. I'm looking to mod my old Active Peavey Fury 5 bass and I'm confused with the replacement of tone/volume pots. I want to replace all 5 pots but I'm very new to this and not sure whether i should use 250k or 500k pots. I tried to do my own research but got even more confused. Can anyone please help me?
I also want to replace the PUs with EMG 40DC. Will that work since each pick up requires separate power (18v???) Will i need 2 battery slots for this?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!!
I also want to replace the PUs with EMG 40DC. Will that work since each pick up requires separate power (18v???) Will i need 2 battery slots for this?
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!!
Don't know about the pots, but I've had two basses with two active EMG humbuckers and they both ran on a single 9v. Why not buy the full EMG harness/preamp along with the pickups?