Peavey Fury Bass

1995
Fretted
Solid
volume and tone
standard pbass pickup config.
Fury - four string
Passive
Maple fretboard
Satin finish
Pbass
standard peg tuners
perfect neck as before - maple

This bass is the exception - the exception to the rule that you need to spend at least $500.00 dollars or more or your getting a poor bass. The Peavey Fury is the only bass IMO - that you can get for anywhere from $100 to $500 dollars, depending - that will play with ANY bass made. The sound is that muddy pbass sound that everyone loves. The bass is light and sturdy. It has a vibe all its own - the thing that will amaze you is how when you play it over and over you will be saying "how did they make this quality bass at such a cheap price?" Well Peavey just priced it fairly - all the other guys are ripping us off. I have owned boutique basses up in the thousands as well as vintage Fenders and this bass is my bass - I could pay more and get some fancy smancy bass but this little gem will take you through the night and people will come up to you after the gig and tell you how great you sounded and want to know what you are doing to get such a great sound out of a Peavey. It is just that darn good - you will never want to dump thousands into some Koa flame maple topped bubinga lined birdseye mapled bass again!

The great thing about the Fury is the action is set very low - which leaves you room to arrange the action the way you like it - I personally like low/mid set action. This bass has a fact action and your hand will fly along the fretboard.

It is a workhorse and stays in tune - how I don't know but all I usually have to do is tune before the show and check between sets, but I rarely have to change it - it just stays where it should - this peach is awesome.

No opinion

Fender Precision Plus is the only bass that I like better than this Peavey - but I honestly play the Peavey Fury more. I have four and I will probably buy several more before it is over.

1994 Made in USA Fury, broomstick neck, cheap looking 1 ply pick guard. 21 frets, maple board. A Very Simple but awesome made Bass. Tone and Volume Knob only. You can read the info on the rest of the reviews. Pretty much the same.

This is a simple older style sound but is amazing, For under $20 you can buy a P bass wiring kit on eBay. That will help the sound and tone control immensely and get rid of that hum or buzz. It will be better than any Fender Bass you can get for under $1500

When looking for a new bass, I went to every Music store in the area, trying out every 4 String Bass I could find. Finally the sales guy at guitar center said "I got a bass for you to try, it's already sold ...but I just want you to try it and let me know what you think...I have the same Bass"

He came out with this beat up scratched up Peavey...and it played better than ANY bass I tried out...much better than the Geddy Lee Fender even...I was amazed. Ended up finding one in pretty good shape off their website for $149. Just feels so much better than even the fender lite! It is a little top heavy but the body is so light, what can you expect??! Even when I got it before I set it up...it still played better than anything in the stores I tried.

I will be taking this Bass on tour with me...and plan to buy more when I see them up for sale...amazing deal on this amazing little known bass. People sometimes wonder why I play such a simple Bass...until I let them play it and they all just say....wow!!
This Bass is like a timex...can play all night and not need to tune up even after hard slapping. It's simple...and that's why it's so great.

Used, but they have a forum that is helpful

Been playing over 25 years...hands down the best Bass I've played the way I have it setup now.
If it was stolen or lost...I would 3 more!!!
It's nothing fancy at all, I might customize it with a new pickguard and peal inlays someday.

Much like the Fender P lite...not as fancy...but plays and sounds better. For the price they go for these days...nothing beats it!!!

Generic Made in USA 1989 Fury, broomstick neck, P pups, F style bridge w/ one mismatched saddle, F style tuners that have developed a rattle. Cheap looking 1 ply pick guard. 21 frets, maple board. Pretty simple. Body wood is poplar, I believe. Not a lot of features, but that's not a negative. It's a P bass clone, black, white pickguard, aftermarket chrome knobs.

I have had a bunch of diff basses. I buy 'em, sell 'em, like 'em, hate 'em, the usual. The old Peav is a keeper. Sound is what the perfect P bass would sound like. The Peavey Pups are hot and sound amazing. I generally run this through a 100 watt Genz Benz rig and always run Ernie Ball med flats on it. I can't say enough about how great the sound is on this poor old thing. People are stunned at what many consider a "starter" bass from Peavey back in the day sounds like. Amazing. Not noisy, original pots and wiring going strong. Used for all types of music. Fat, yummy, tone-tastic.

I got this used for 63 bucks ages ago. It stunk. It was sticky w/nicotine. I scrubbed w/a rag soaked in ammonia and got the smell off. Got some rattley tuners that I silenced by putting drops of super glue in the knobs, reattaching them to their shafts. Neck was missing a screw and the hole was stripped ou. Tooth picks and a mismatched screw and it was good to go. Body is a bit thinner than a P bass, and neck dive requires a fat strap. pretty light overall, though. Really gotta say that the single ply guard was a cheap option on Peavey's part. Body has some dings and dents, neck too. Neck is like a J bass, body is like a P bass. And the action is lower than my LesPaul's - it's uncanny.

Simple as a shovel. Or a canoe paddle. Works great, never, ever let me down. Bullet proof excellentness. Does Peavey still make 'em like this? tI would never go on w/out a backup idf using a Fender product, but this is the craziest work horse ever. Can't say enough about it, quite possibly the best made bass ever.

I HAVE dealt with Peavey, and they were really, really nice. Sen't me a saddle, free! Great people. Same w/their Amp people, outrageously helpful.

I am constantly amazed that this beat up old dog is ultimately my "best" bass. 63 bucks! The sound, playability, reliabilty, quiet pups, etc. make this a crazy winner. Whenever I buy some new fancy big $ rig, I end up comparing it to this bass and it loses and goes to eBay. Freakish.

this is a 1990s USA Peavey Fury precision bass copy. It has a maple neck. First off let me give you the run down of the basses I've owned: 1960s Fender short scale music master bass, 1974 Fender Precision bass, 1980s Japan made Tokai apb-57 57 reissue bass and this one. Of all of these I would choose the Peavey fury as the easiest to play and lightest weight bass. I am convinced Peavey makes the best basses and for the price they are unbeatable.

You can play anything on this. Pickups sound equal or better than any fender. I believe they are alnico magnets. Quiet. Not sure how the shielding is on it but never felt the need to check

Perfect action. Easy to set up. Best neck of any bass I've ever played. If you can't play this bass you need to give up because this is the easiest playing bass out there. Neck is skinny and tiny. So easy to move around on this I love it. The tuners seem to be a little bit more modest than fender or tokai but they've never gone out of tune to me and actually hold tune better than Fender or tokai. Lighter weight than both Fender and tokai. It doesn't feel like a fender though. It does feel a little cheaper all around but plays and sounds much better

It's peavey. That means indestructible. I've heard stories of people dropping these out of four story windows on cement and not putting a dent on them. If I was buying an instrument for my kid or a gigging musician who needed a instrument I could rely on no matter what I would take this bass.

Peavey has always had awesome customer support for any product they've ever sold.

I will keep this bass forever and don't care if people make fun of me. I've had the best and I would take peavey over them. It's like an old dodge or something. It's cheap but it does the job and you can depend on it. I can remember a time when I thought peavey was a joke. I would only play vintage, expensive instruments. Then thought MIJ japan was great (it is but everyone else caught on to it too now people are paying three times what it's worth.) Then I took a second look at Peavey. Hey, there great. $85 I paid for this off ebay and it's like new. A USA made fender copy. I've thought about just buying a bunch of these and putting them in my closet. One should last forever though. If your short on dough, don't play bass but guitar and just one to noodle on get one of these. I will keep this for life and would like to get a foundation to go with it

1987 USA
21 Four string
Precision clone
Volume Tone
Precision
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound
Passive
Unk
Black w/ White pickguard
Precision
Regular
Standard
Thin
Case

Perfect for Police covers. Can be punchy to slop to growl with tone.
Fender amps.
I can't quite get to the source of the hum at tone wide open no playing.
Warm to bright.
You're gonna need a SansAmp DI to shake the house.
Enclosure is better.
Built like a tank. Somebody stole it once and it was my brother in law. She freaked and I calmed her by saying we could knock down the wall with it and yank it through to the other side and it would still be in tune. I hope eveybody on payday in that mining town played it in the pawnshop that Friday. But I was gonna pawn him if he didn't bring it back. He did and it was relatively in tune. He forgot the case here when he stole it.

I bought this from the internet in some earlier day. When it got here it had a 3x5 card folded up in the neck pocket and the action was crap. One pickup was dead and it had three strings. This thing has come gratefully to life and taught me luthier skills. I added the Basslines and it just sprang to life. It will never leave me. Easy truss rod adjustments with the proper tool.

I guess bricks stay in tune more consistently. But what's the tune of a brick?

I asked them for a truss rod tool and it got here by Friday. Two of them in a hand addressed envelope. AJ on the website answers questions all day long. Fabulous.

Fascinated by thump since Dad had a record player so weak ice in their glasses wouldn't rattle.
Yeah, why don't we see more old Peavey's on stage?
If stolen I'd go get one off the pawn shop wall tonight, even if it wasn't open. I know I'd get out.
It's like a precision, really, but with a playable neck. Chose because I was poor but can play. So I had to budget. I sought cheap and American and ebayed. Have since upgraded to other bass names but I keep going back to that sound. It's unique and versatile.

Made in USA, 1984/85 Peavey Fury bass - I believe this is a series 1
Passive electronics, 1 Peavey Super Ferritte humbucking pickup, 1 volume 1 tone
3 piece contoured body, maybe ash. Precision style with sharper horns.
Maple neck, maple fretboard, thin Jazz/Ibanez type neck
Natural finish
Schaller tuners, chrome hardware, graphlon nut
Molded hard-shell case

It has everything I need, but I suppose there are other features for a bass so I'll give it an 8.

Since it was the first piece of equipment I ever bought, I've used this bass with every piece of equipment I've ever had. I ran it through a Peavey TNT 130 when I was a kid, a Sunn stack when I played professionally, and a Crate bass amp when I was poor. I'm currently using a Trace Elliot RAH250SMX with a Hartke 4.5xl cab. The tube amp responds best with a great passive bass for that incredible growly tone. I've never played a bass that does that better than the Peavey, but I hope to build one someday.

Great passive precision/jazz Steve Harris/Geddy Lee sound. Tone for days. I've recorded and played live with it. It's light, well-balanced and durable. The Peavey is my favorite bass in the world. I've spent a lot of money on other basses I've wanted, and none of them can top the Fury.

The bass was a floor model, and I chose it because the three pieces of wood were perfectly matched. It looks like a single piece of wood. The chrome hardware still looks as good as it did 20 years ago when I bought it. This bass was perfectly set up, and so was the one they pulled out of the box in the back that didn't look as good as the floor model.

This bass is a tank. It was built back when Peavey built everything in their plant in Meridian, Mississippi and they used the best tools, the most critical quality-control and had to do it better than everyone else in order to survive.

I bought it with saved up lunch money when I was in eighth grade. I've done everything to this bass. I accidentally launched it across a friend's front yard trying to throw the bass over my shoulder like Steve Vai, not realizing I needed strap locks. I snapped all the strings off it in high school, threw it across a room in college, caught it in a ceiling fan jamming at a friend's house in junior high school, I've refinished it at least five times, put stickers on it, taken it apart 10 times, replaced the pots in it (I didn't know all I had to do was clean them), and it always comes up grinning, and always sounds great. I've never had to adjust the truss rod in 20 years. The ceiling fan bent the shaft on one of the tuners so it doesn't turn as well as it used to, but it stays in perfect tune. I've bought other basses, but when I want the best tone I always go back to my Peavey.

I did break one of the plastic tabs off the back of the pickup and had to put a flat washer under the back of the pickup to hold it to the pickguard. The pickguard itself has warped over the years, either from all the paint and chemicals I've put on it, the number of times I've removed it, or just plain old wearing out.

I also modified the hold-down for the D and G strings with flat washers years ago. I don't remember why I did it, but I met Billy Sheehan at one of his gigs in Austin and he suggested it to me. You'd think I'd remember the conversation better, but I do remember that it improved the way the bass played. How cool is that?

I took it apart about two weeks ago and I'm converting the finish to blueburst and re-fretting it. It doesn't really need re-fretting, but I need the practice. I'm also going to tru-oil the back of the neck to give it that old American Charvel feel. The fact that none of the wood has ever cracked or split or broken with all the abuse I've given it is amazing.

The hard-shell case is moulded polyethelyne I think. It's indestructable, but the rod that keeps the lid from opening too wide popped out after about 8 years and the foam lining of the top came loose and I had to glue it back down. That said, it's in better condition now than my Ibanez case was after a year. I think the case was free with the bass.

I bought a truss rod wrench and a new graphlon nut about two months ago. Peavey was incredbly helpful and friendly. The parts cost next to nothing and they shipped them quickly. Their website also has loads of information, manuals, and a forum with mods to answer questions.

I've had this bass for 20 years now. I can't believe it. I skipped lunch for a year and played bass on an electric guitar while I had this bass on lay-away. I got lucky that the only music store in walking distance from my house was a Peavey dealer.

If this bass were stolen, I'd scour the earth for another one. If my restoration goes well, I'll probably buy another one or maybe a Foundation from the same era.

I had a friend that bought a black Precision at about the same time and we couldn't keep the neck straight or the hardware from coming loose. It sounded good but it was a piece. I've never regretted buying the Peavey. Of course I dreamed about it for a year before it was mine. I'd go to the music store to visit it. I certainly can't say I haven't gotten more than my money's worth out of it. Now it's a classic. Maybe it'll be worth what I paid for it someday! Doesn't matter because I think it'll probably be cremated with me. If the urn rattles, it's those indestructable machine heads.

This is a 1984 Fury bass, before they started making them with the split P pickup. Mine has the slanted, 'super ferrite' pickup. Made in USA. 21 frets, 4 string. Volume and Tone control, Passive electronics. Your simple 'P' style bass setup. Not a ton of features but just what you need...No nonsense.

Mine has the natural wood finish, with triple-ply black pickguard, and maple neck and fretboard. The body is a nice thick slab of Ash...with a nice satin finish over it. Tuners are very Fender like, yet nicely compact. Regular '34 inch scale. Neck is chunky like a P-bass neck but not overly fat.

This thing screams vintage Fender P tone. The slanted 'super ferrite' is pretty hot for a passive pickup. BIG low end thump, with clear and crisp highs. Not much in the way of midrange, but if you want mid-heavy tone you should be looking into a Jazz style bass anyways.

I play a little of everything...and this bass is great for any kind of fingerstyle funk, reggae, punk, ska or rock music. Perfect sound for classic rock...very vintage. For louder genres like thrash metal and such...it would hold it's own, but I would want the higher output of an active bass.

Great pick tone too, for all you punkers out there.

Not much variety in the tone, but like any P-bass...this bass was meant for simplicity. The tone knob is pretty much useless. Turning it down basically changes the basses' awesome tone to mud. So just leave it cranked. Not at all noisy through a good quality amp.

Bass is 20 years old so I seriously doubt its the factory setup. But action is great as is...no adjustments needed. Seems like it was recently setup by someone who knew what they were doing. I had to adjust the pickup a tad because it was a little too close to the strings for my liking, but thats purely preference. The pickup mounting ring doubles as a great thumb rest!

The body is a gorgeous slab of Ash, with nice wood grain showing. Suprisingly light compared to my other basses.

Construction is top notch like most Peaveys from '78 - early 80's. To steal a quote from a similar old peavey review, this thing is "built like a soviet T-40 tank on its way to berlin." If you closed your eyes and played this bass, youd think you had a $1000 USA Fender in your hands.

This bass will absolutly withstand the toughest live playing and road abuse you could dish out. Hardware is rock solid. I dont trust the strap buttons, though. They look ok, but im just paranoid about dropping basses. Get straplocks if you play live. I play this bass regularly without a backup.

Peavey is one of the best companies when it comes to customer support. You can order the peavey truss rod wrench for only 5 bucks shipped, (you'll eventually need it, you cant use just an allen key for neck adjustments.) although I havent had to use it yet.

You can even find the original owners manual on their website...And they will date your bass with a simple email with the serial number.

I played guitar for about 3-4 years, before getting caught up in the bass world a year and a half ago. I own another peavey bass, a 1987 patriot. A Yamaha BB200 which I defretted, a couple acoustic guitars and a washburn electric. If this bass got stolen id be super pissed and probably look for another one, but I most likely wouldnt find one in this good of shape again.

Old Peaveys are fantastic values. Always on Ebay for cheap because not alot of people know about them. Try to buy between the model years of '78(when they started making them), and the early to mid '80s. In the late '80s their quality may have slipped a little in my opinion, since I also own an '87 peavey bass that still decent is not nearly as solid and reliable as my older Fury.

Typical Precision bass copy with split pickup. Master volume and tone controls. 4 adjustable string saddles on a vintage style folded plate type bridgeplate. Real American hardwood body with maple neck and maple fretboard. The neck is a Jazz style with the thinner profile at the headstock end. Made in the USA.

Typical ?P? bass sound. Real lowdown. Needs EQ on the amp to boost the high end response if that?s what you want, but can?t quite get the ring like a ?J? bass even with some serious fooling with the EQ. High output pickups compared to other ?P? basses I tried.

When I got this guitar it had a few nicks and dings in the wood so I decided to refinish it. It has a tight neck to body fit and upon stripping it down, I discovered a nicely patterned multi-piece hardwood body. I stained it in a medium dark walnut shade and finished it in hand-rubbed satin polyurethane for an oiled finish look. This bass plays wonderfully and hangs real nice ? comfortable and balanced.

Solid Guitar. Looks like it withstood a few years of hard use and survived.

Have never had to contact the manufacturer for anything, but they can be contacted on the internet or direct by phone.

I?m new at owning a bass guitar. I have played over the years but never owned a bass or an amplification system specifically for bass. I?m very quickly becoming ?preferential? as to equipment needs. I like the ?P? style basses. Simple yet solid. No extra pots, switches or BS. I prefer to shape my sound from the amp EQ and the effects on board. I have a Behringer BX3000T 300 watt head which provides that capability.

This is a USA made 4 string Fury, vintage 1983, Peavey's version of the Precision Bass concept. Contoured solid body finished in a black poly, solid white pickguard, maple neck with 4 in-line tuners, and top-loading bent steel bridge. The passive electrics are simply a split P type pickup with a single volume and tone. On the plus side, the maple neck is thin on the order of a J bass; on the minus side, the pickguard (being just 1 piece solid white plastic) appears - and is - cheap. A 3 ply tortoiseshell guard would probably make this look fabulous but it appears Peavey put the value of this bass in its function, not its looks. As I got it, there was no case or bag or even knobs to turn the volume and tone pots but I can't complain since the price was right.

Sound, this is where this bass shines. This is the finest passive bass sound of any I have. There is no noise to the pickups, and each string delivers a rich, full sound that never gets muddy or indistinct. I have only run this through small practice amp but this bass is alive with sound that can be colored with the tone control and where I pick on the strings. The pickup is just the stock original but it has a lot of output, though not on the order of the popular aftermarket types. I've A/B'd this against 2 MIM J basses and a Tele and this is definitely the winner for sound and that elusive element of "tone". Playing this bass is almost effortless, though the fact that I had the nut replaced and the bass professionally set up is likely part of this. Yet, there are certain instruments that just feel right when they're in my hands and this is definitely one of those.

The condition in which I found this bass was dreadful. Part of the nut was broken away at the E string, there were no knobs on the volume and tone pots, only 3 of the 4 screws that hold the neck to the body were present, the bridge was rusty in spots, and the body was scratched and chipped. But, the neck was fairly straight and there were no signicant dents or cracks in the body so, for less than $50, I took a chance. I disassembled everything, adjusted the neck, cleaned the rust off the bridge and the saddles, installed new knobs on the pots, and touched up the chips and scratches on the body with automotive touch-up paint after a thorough cleaning. At that point, I could tell that this bass had live feel, a crisp and distinct sound even though the E string was inoperative. So, I got the nut replaced and the bass set up by a pro and the sound and the feel is magical.
I really don't buy anything new, I much prefer finding a tired and worn instrument and seeing if it can be restored to a semblance of its former glory, such as it might have been. (Rating is as restored, not as found.)

This bass survived over 20 years being treated as something less than a musical instrument. As it's restored, it will definitely handle live play. As the neck is thin and unfinished, I would expect that the truss rod would need tweaking now and again but this isn't a major shortcoming. I haven't gigged in nigh on 25 years now but I never gigged without a backup. Yes, any instrument I used in the day was solid but, in the same way that a police officer carries a backup piece, a musician should always have a backup, just in case the unexpected or unthinkable happens.

Peavey has excellent customer support with someone available via phone or email and manuals available in a PDF format online at their website. I called to order a T-40 truss rod wrench a few days after I'd bought this bass and I mentioned it in passing to the tech to whom I was speaking. He asked me if I had the serial number and I gave it to him as the bass was sitting near me and he said that it was 1983 production. Friendly people and top-notch service.

I started playing way back in the '60s, quit music totally in '79, and only recently got back to fooling around basses and guitars again. I've got 20-odd basses along with about 10 guitars and an indeterminate number of amps. I bought this bass as restoration project and it's been a real surprise as far as the sound and playability go. The only 2 things I'd change on this bass would be the pickguard as the stock one is bland and the lack of finish on the neck. Plain to look at, but sounds great.

Peavey- Made in est. 1995, in USA. Controls. Volume/tone. 1 split pick up. only passive electronics. bolt on neck.

I bought my peavey fury back in 2000 at a pawn shop in baltimore, MD for $125. I bought it for my father. Then i bought a Fender J-Bass/P-Bass. And gave that one to him anf take the Peavey. My fathers been playing nearly twice my age.(I'm 22) Anyway a few days later my father said give me my Peavey back needless to say. I'm leaning to play on the Fender not the cheaper Peavey.

You know the old-school Fury: One "slant" pickup, volume, tone. What else do you need?

The pickup mounting ring is molded with a built-in thumbrest. That's super handy!

The pickup doesn't look to be a standard size, so I don't know if you could even get an aftermarket upgrade. Of course, if you wanted to be anal about it, you could send the pickup to Seymour Duncan himself to custom wind it for you.

The maple neck is a bit on the skinny side, sort of halfway between a Fender Jazz and an Ibanez Soundgear.

The bridge is a bit flimsy. It looks to be stamped metal, rather than machined.

The tuners are solid.

I don't know what the body wood is. I suppose it's alder.

The bass came with a surprisingly solid molded hard case.

Like a P-bass. No surprise, considering the pickup configuration.

Great for just about anything but stuff like fusion or prog rock. But why would you want to play that junk anyhow? Stick with the basics: Motown, Funk, Mullet-rock, anything where you need a nice, warm, round tone.

The pickup gives a little bit of hum, but it's not noticeable in a live setting.

It may just be me, but the tone control is just about useless. It will roll off the highs for you from a well balanced tone to solid mud. I took mine out. I guess I voided the warranty, har har har...

I bought it well used, so I can't really comment on the fit and finish out of the factory. The guy who owned it before me took pretty good care of it. No complaints.

Unless you're a freaking lunatic, this bass should last forever.

One note: You may want to replace the bridge with something a bit more substantial.

Never dealt with Peavey. I've heard good things, though.

A great, simple bass. You want a P-bass but don't want to spend the money? Get this.

This is for a Peavey Fury IV bass. Apparently it's made in Korea, although I certainly can not tell the difference; Korean-made guitar products are notorious for their lack of quality, but this bass outshines most instruments of much high price that I've seen made in the USA. It has 2 active pickups, a volume knob, tone knob, blend pickup knob, and separate controls for bass, treble, and midrange. I subtracted one point on the large amount of features, as this generally gets in my way, and another point because the blend knob for the pickups crackles a little bit when it's turned. Plus, to me, there really aren't a lot of good sounds that you can get coming out of this bass: the neck pickup by itself sounds too transparent while the bridge pickup sounds too trebly and doesn't rumble. Keeping it between both pickups exactly then equalizing it in the amp and adding effects has been the way to go for me.

I've played in two bands with this bass. The first is my band, which does a lot of punk and ska music. I generally find this bass to be extremely well suited to both. I find the setting I mentioned - straight between both pickups - to be one of the most amazing bass tones I've ever heard. If you equalize it right, it blends perfectly with the rythmn of the guitar for punks songs so that you're just thickening up the sound. For ska, it stays just punchy enough to stand out through the treble-dialed guitar but retains warmth. I recorded our demo with this bass on a Roland digital 4-track; the result was fantastic! Drums (with just an overhead area mic) and bass (direct input, no effects or anything, just natural bass sound) sounded completely professional, top-of-the-line. I also did some work for a metal band heavily influenced by Tool. These guys have a little bit better equipment than my high school punk rock band: dual rectifiers, mesa studio preamps, tube power amps, half-stacks, etc. I walked in to the rehearsal with my heavy-ass Peavey TNT bass amp and my Fury IV. After a sound check, the lead guitarist asked me how the hell I had such a good bass tone coming out of my shitty amp. With just a touch of chorus, I was hitting better than their studio-recorded demo's bass tone. With this job, I learned that the Peavey really shines on playing higher frets, playing bass chords, and handling effects like chorus and flange. This is truly an amazing bass!

I didn't really know a lot about basses when I bought this instrument. I just walked into the music store and picked up the affordable one that had the best acoustic sound and action. Stupid of me, I know, but I got a great bass. I had figured I would replace the pickups and electronics if I needed to; there was no need. This bass has the lowest effective action I've ever felt; it's easier to bend than my old guitar.

I've dropped it a lot, and it rarely ever goes out of tune. Feel solid as a rock. Plus, I've never had a Peavey product break on its own accord. I've done stupid things with them, and have watched them break, but they've always held their own to even abusive practice and stage use.

I've never asked for Peavey customer supporr and I didn't read any warranty. This is the first new peavey product I've bought.

This is truly an amazing bass. One of the best values on the market today.

Basically, it's a P-Bass knockoff. Staggered pickups in the middle, one volume, one tone. White finish that got covered in stickers (I was 14). I didn't know shit about guitars, so everythign stayed stock and I never got the intonation adjusted. And it managed to hold up damn well for about 5 years.

No real sound to speak of.....kinda sound slike a less full P-Bass. Kinda noisy (needed to be grounded and shiielded). Plenty bright for me when iw as trying to get the 90s Epitaph records sound (Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX). Equally mediocre live and recorded.

Good action, nice and natural to hold. Nothing fancy, but definitely better than many basses in the same price range or slightly higher. Never ha da strap button break or come loos. tuners always stayed firm. Bridge never gave me too much trouble. The neck did eventually warp and buzz.

Yeah,t hat neck...i abused the shit out of that bass (not on purpose, I just didn't know how to treat and instrument). The neck did warp and start buzzing, but it could have been fixed by adjusting the truss. Of course, i didn't know that and went and got a new bass. Until it got too bad to play, it never let me down. I've dropped it,t hrown it, got a big spiked bracelet caught int he body and ripped a chunk of wood out. It kept going.

Don't know.

It was my first bass, and it wa sgreat to learn on. It's lack of any real "tone" to it's self was a blessing in diguise...i was forced to really learn to use amp eq, effects, playing style etc to get the sounds I wanted. Cheap, reliable, durable....the prefect beginners bass or backup bass. Definitely better than the Squier P-Bass. If you want a P-Bass and can't afford it, gett his instead of the Squier. if you need a bass for just starting out, this is a good place to start.

my fury iv is 2001 or 2002 korean made (i think), with dark red finish (which is beautiful and the only one i've seen with this finish), has 20 frets, two VFL humbuckers, active electronics, master volume, active, mid, bass and treble controls, quilted maple cap body, rosewood fretboard and an open truss rod thing. overall pretty good for the price, although nothing like a case or gig bag was included, i had to get them seperately. but this bass is fantastic, with the thin neck etc which makes it so much easier to play. The humbuckers and active electronics give me that extra punch my previous bass was missing (a crappy ibanez).

i play anything alternative, such as funk, punk, ska, and of course good old fashioned rock, and i must say it suits all those styles. it's versatile and i love the two humbuckers. I have a recently purchased Marshall Bass State 65 watt combo which sounds pretty damn good and emphasises the low end punch and sweet high end tone much better than my crappy old practise amp. I've played a couple of gigs with some monster Peavey amp (borrowed) and i must say the bass and the amp work so well together, well, i mean, they're made by the same company!

the variety of the sounds it can make is pretty damn good - it has a 3 band active eq so i can get a nice warm sound out of it or something a little more contemporary if i feel like it.

live and in the studio this bass is fantastic, no doubt about it. im in a band with some mates and after i got the peavey it made my playing sound so much better!

when i got this bass there was a bit of string buzz, which i sorted out myself, but apart from that it was well set up.

as i said before this bass works brilliantly live and the hardware can survive my playing technique and my occasional carelessness. unfortunately ive messed up my truss rod (i think) as there was no instructions on how to adjust it, and so, being the fool i am, i tried to adjust it and did something that made it not work, and so the strings are little too far off the fretboard for my liking.

i have been playing for about two and a half years now, and i can confidently say this is the best bass i have owned so far. i am from Britain and i got the bass in a really great shop in clearwater FL while on holiday there, and as it survived the ten hour journey back across the atlantic i am pretty confident in its durability etc. I wish i had asked how to adjust the truss rod, and if anyone has had the same problem as me or knows how to fix it (i dont want to get an unnecessary service for it) please dont hesitate to EMAIL ME!

when i was looking for a new bass i tried a mexican made fender j-bass and a musicman stingray copy to name but a few, and none of them matched up to this magnificent instrument. i love it

This beautiful bass was made in 2001 in Korea. She had 21 frets. She was made in solid maple neck with rosewood fretboard and 15 inch fingerborad radius. Peavey put a single master volume control and 3-band active equalizer.In bonus, I've got a case, 5 feet cable and a srap!!!! :-)

I had a metal band and i can say it's the better quality/price bass for play metal music. The insider equilizer, you dont have to adjust all the time on your fucking amp.

I buy this bass last year,She felt a lot of time on the ground but i can't view sratch.... I think she is ve

I buy this bass last year,She felt a lot of time on the ground but i can't view sratch.... I think she is very durable. This bass will be my baby forever, but i will buy other baby (bass) in my life when i will have a work... The only thing that i think it's not acceptable, it's the stupids keys.... they are too big.... I have to adjust the string all the time...

Good but, when i buy something, i like to have the instruction... It take a lot of time to know how to use the equilizer and the active, bass, mid and treble control!!!

For 350$ can. it's the best deal ever... I can compare easily that bass to Fender and Ibanez... It's the same thing.... Oh i forgot to say, This bass win the 2002 award of the bass of the year!!!! Congratulation

Standard P-Bass copy made in the usa solid looking bridge shaller type tuners 21 frets black and white

Excellent for punk rock
little noise sometimes but thats only near a TV

Excellent action nice thigt strings great for punk or rock !
P-bass tipe pickup

Solid good paint job , i just have one complain with the strap locks they seem fragile , hope they can withstand heavy playing other than that - Rock solid

Id defenitly recomend it to those in love with fender tipe basses but without the budget , this one beats the crap out of squire or other fender copies

It`s a 2001 korean-made Fury 4, Cherry red with a nice quilt top. 4 strings, 21 frets (I would rather have 24 but, hey nothing's perfect...) 2 active Peavey VFL humbucker with volume, balance, bass mid treble. No center position though... Body and neck is maple, with a rosewood fingerboard. Kind of heavy-metal-looking, but upper frets access is un-beatable, 34" scale of pure heaven, wide, thin and superfast!!!!!

I play blues, folk, pop and hard rock and this is an incredible bass. Its versatile and sounds better than basses that cost twice as much (Hello ESP-LTD ????)I use an Ampeg B-100r with a Danelectro chorus milkshake, and a vintage Big Muff and with my poor workingman setup, it covers everything I do. This is an awesome bass for the slap-and-pop style. I love it. The only other bass I'd rather own (and deserve a 10) is a Peavey Cirrus 4...

I receive this bass and it was flawless. The action is really low and it doesn't buzz. All the adjustments were okay, but, hey, I am doing gigs 10 nights a month, so one of my best friend is the luthier... The double-action truss rod is working really fine, and it is one of the greatest feature on a bass so cheap...

I've been using it for 1 year now and it's by far the best bass I've ever had. I've 100 shows with it and, save for a blasted volume pot, Nothing has broke on it... A suggestion to peavey: put some glue on the string guide under the bridge, cause when you put the strings through the bridge, you lose them!!!!!!!!! The finish is solid, I play hard and it managed to survive this hard year with 2-3 scratches max... Here in Canada, because we have a long winter, all guitars have to be adjusted 3-4 times a year, and mine is no exception. Also, I never bring another bass live, but I plan to purchase a Fender to have one crap-sounding bass ah ah ah !!!!

No trouble with the support, I haven't need any.. The Peavey-dealer in my hometown (quebec city) is super friendly and their luthiers are the best.
warranty's two year, if you register your instrument on the Peavey web site before three months, you get a full five years warranty.

This is a perfect bass for intermediate and pro, because of its features, such as: good look, excellent playability, incredible sounds. Usually when people saw the Peavey tag, they go : "Peavey, yuk!!!" But when they hear it, they asked where they can get one!!! I compared this bass with other basses: Fender (crap), Music Man (not for me, those baseball bat necks) Ibanez (shit-sounding electronics) and Godin BG-IV (a really close second, the problem is, it costs twice as much!!!!) If it is stolen, I'll probably fork some more greenbacks and walk away with a Cirrus 4. If I'm broke, I'll probably go the same road. Peavey thinkers, listen to this: Put some center detent tone controls...

P-BASS SPLIT PICKUP,LAMINATE BODY,21 FRET MAPLE NECK,MAPLE FRETBOARD,CHROME HARDWARE,HIPSHOT ULTRA-LIGHT STYLE TUNERS WITH SCHALLER STYLE KEYS,VOLUME/TONE CONTROL POTS,OVERALL A PRETTY STANDARD PRECISION TYPE BASS

GREAT ACTION, VERY PLAYABLE, BRIDGE IS UNREMARKABLE,FIT & FINISH ARE VERY GOOD TUNERS, STAYS IN TUNE WELL, WARM, WOODY TONE, VERY BLUESY

BRIDGE COULD BE BETTER, PRETTY TYPICAL STUFF, OVERALL VERY GOOD FINISH

HAS BEEN MY PRIMARY BASS FOR ABOUT A YEAR, YOU COULD DROP IT DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND IT WILL STAY IN TUNE,I WOULD DEPEND ON IT TO GET THROUGH A GIG WITHOUT BACKUP, NECK IS NICE AND STRAIGHT

PEAVEY HAS PROVED TO BE VERY COMMITTED TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION, CUSTOMER SERVICE IS GREAT

OVERALL ITS A GREAT PLAYING BASS, WELL WORTH WHAT I PAID FOR IT, COMPARES VERY FAVORABLY TO FENDER BASSES I HAVE PLAYED, SEVERAL FRIENDS AGREE, HAVE BEEN OFFERED ALOT MORE THAN WHAT I PAID AND DECLINED, BUT I TOLD THE GUY TO CHECK EBAY

This american peavey fury was made circa 1986. it has a well applied black finish with a white pick guard. It has a solid figured maple neck which i defretted myself and it has 4 strings. It has a single passive split coil p-bass pickup and vol/tone controls. 34" scale bolt-on.

I play jazz and fusion so i took the frets out to compliment my style. the pickup is fairly bright and clear thru my amp although it buzzes when you crank everything up. the pickup is above average. it could use a little more low end umph though.

I like the action medium low and it was set a little to high for my liking but all it took was a little tweaking. the pickups were great from the start. there were no flaws.

its indestructible...it never goes out of tune. it never needs adjusting.

never dealt with them

for the price...there is nothing better. i would take this over a mexi or japanise fender.

Made in USA
2 singles side by side
Solid Maple Neck
White With Black Pick Guard

This bass Produces A REAL thick sound, Very forgiving for beginners.

As Good As It Gets Ready for action when Purchased.

This thing is a freaking ROCK. It will last as long as you play it. VERY HEAVY. You know you are holding it. very durable

Ive been playing it for about 5 years. Like all american made products, this was built to last. Im finally moving on to a Austin 5 string. Wasnt for the color which I am god sick of looking at the black and white. I would play it till it broke...

I have a 99' fury II, it was made in japan. It has a 3 band eq and volume control with a single humbucking pickup. It is active.

I play a rock, punk style and with some EQing it puts out a quite sufficient sound. I play on an SVT4-pro(ampeg) with a classic ampeg 8X10 cabinet. The bass plays bright (with a pic) but can change by fingering. The positioning of the pickup helps aid in many different sounds because of it's ease in repostioning your hand around it. It's definatly better stage than studio.

I had to slightly adjust the action and pickups but the bridge was adjusted and tuned nicely. all screws were straight and tight.

I've been playing shows with it for 1 1/2 years and have had only to replace the battery, and I have used it and trust it to play a gig by itself.

2 years
Peavey 115 combo
Ampeg SVT4-PRO
Ampeg Classic 8x10 Cabinet
ErnieBAll Musicman Sterling Bass

It is my first bass and my baby and a GREAT all around bass, recommend it to anyone looking for a great cheap bass (great quality compared to other basses in it's price range, by far)
I compared it to Fender, Ibanez, and Squire and thought the sound and most expecially the feel of the peavey.
GREAT BASS FOR BEGINNERS AND BUDGET FIGHTERS

2000 model, made in korea. sunburst quilted finish, beautiful. It has 5 controls, volume, pan between pickups, mid, treble, bass, active. two pickups.
don't know what the body is but the neck is maple with rosewood F/B.
It also has string thru body. the bridge and tuners have a peweter color and are somekind of metal, not plastic like some other bass's.
The neck is very thin and very easy to play, i don't need my plyers to hold the strings down, as on my other bass. (Cortez P-bass copy)hey, whadya want,It was free, the cortez that is,)

I played this bass along with other basses at this music store. Although they didn't have some brands I was interested in, of the ones they had, this was the best sounding and easist to play in this price range (i.e. 400 to 600 clams) In the store i played it thru an SWR. i don'tknow what model, but it was a big one. It was the most versital of the basses i tried. I could get all the sounds I wanted to hear from this bass. Keep in mind this is a $400 bass. it ain't gonna sound like a $1500 bass, oh no. One problem, the pickups buzz when the treble is maxed out. Not in the store, but in my studio. When i record I have to be close to my computer, as this controls everything, and because of the close proximity of the monitor I get a nasty buzz. But not a big problem, I will eliminate it.

When i pulled off the shelf, it was set up perfect. I don't know if the store set it up or if it came that way, but it could not be better. Not flaws, no rust, every thing tight

Next year I'll know about these question

Been playing bass and guitar 20 yrs or so. list of gear too long.
I'd buy this bass again, but maybe another color. What really makes this bass so special is the way it plays. so easy and effortless. As I said now I can use my plyers for what they were intended. I played a Fender jazz, an Ibanez, EDB600, EDB605, some other Ibanez's
some other Peaveys, ESPF205, and several others i can't remember. I chose this one for the bang for the buck mind set. and it possessed the best action and felt the best in my hand.

Made in USA, 1990 Peavey Fury bass. Snow white with a W/B/W pickguard. One-piece maple neck, clear gloss finish. One passive Peavey P-type pickup, chrome bridge with Schaller-type tuners. Volume and tone controls. Basically Peavey's version of the Fender Precision bass.

Sounds like a P bass, but is a little thin in the lows. A replacement SD pickup is in the works. I rewired the pickup into series mode and added an all-controls-bypass switch and now the stock pickup sounds MUCH nicer. This bass will ultimately have a Schaller roller bridge, SD Hot-P or QP pickup, and DM SR2000 strings.

Impeccable fit and finish. Bass is almost 12 years old, and looks like it was made yesterday. NO flaws. I wish Peavey still made the old Furys and Foundations, they would be a viable alternative to the asian Fenders and such that clog the market these days.

This bass will handle anything it's asked to handle. Solid everything. I would not be ashamed to play this bass at any occasion. No backup needed. Old Peavey basses are SOLID.

N/A, see my review for my other Fury bass.

This bass will compare favorably with any other P copy under $1000. Solid, dependable meat-and-potatoes bass for the masses. Prices are still very reasonable. I love everthing about this bass, especially with the wiring mods that I made. Once my upgrades are completed this bass will ROCK. I also a 1989 Fury; see my earlier review of it for more info.

This bass is a 2000/2001 import model that has just about all the features you could wish for. It's a 5 string with active humbuckers. It has a beautiful transparent blue quilted maple top and a thin wide neck. It plays very easily and has great tonal control. 5 pots control master volume, active pickup control, low, mid, high eq. All hardware is a matte silver finish which looks absolutely amazing. Everything seems solid, but I need to get the action adjusted on the low B string (it rattles a little) and I need to get one of the pots cleaned because it crackles when turned.

The Fury 5 has a lot of tonal control and sounds great, as I said earlier. I like to play heavy rock music as well as acoustic guitar pieces. It handles them both wonderfully. I am currently searching for a preamp which I can use for direct recording, but I have played it through an SWR workingman 15 and it sounded amazing. Until I get a preamp, I'm playing it through a POD Pro (guitar version) and it does the job, but doesn't do it great.

The action seems pretty good except for the low B string which needs to be adjusted. The pickups are setup great and the finish is pretty damn good. Not the best quilted maple I've ever seen, but nice just the same.

I haven't had much time to test out the durability, but it seems really solid. Nothing loose or rattling, and no problems with the electronics (other than that one pot).

haven't dealt with them

Overall, this bass rocks. I've been playing guitar for six years, and picked up bass a little while ago. I run everything mostly through preamps or mic'd cabs into a digi001 which feeds my G3 450. All dsp and eq-ing is done digitally through a sequencer. I knew what kind of sound I was looking for, and this bass delivered. I debated between this and an Ibanez SR405 because they are extremely similar. The Fury 5 won out for a few reasons: it's cheaper, it has a nice finish (Ibanez SR405 only comes in black or natural), it's got hot looking hardware, and it plays great. If anything happened to it, I'd most likely buy another one.

4 string, P-bass body, ultra narrow neck at the nut. 22 frets, passive P pickup. Volume, Tone controls. I own two of these. One black w/ a white pickguard, the other white w/ a black pickguard (so cheesy, I know. Average top-loading bridge, nice big elephant ear tuners. Simple, classic, great.

As far as I've known this bass has really only given me one sound: P-bass. But it's damned good at it. Nice full tone, with healthy amounts of midrange. Not the bass to be playing slap/funk on though, unless you got some serious scooped EQ happening. Generally pretty noiseless, although it seemed to pick up the ticking of my non-digital watch, which always had me wondering where that 60 bpm beat was coming from. I've had equal success with this bass in the stage and studio, though I've used it predominantly for stage work.

I got my Fury when I was about 13 and absolutely clueless about setup. Felt good at the time, and I really haven't had to do much other than general maintenance.

These basses can take quite a bit of abuse, physically. Electronically, not so much. I recommend using a 90-degree cord for your input, and even then the jack tends to loosen off after a while. I've had to replace it several times, to the point that now I probably have to get the thing re-wired because there's no more play in the wiring inside. (Keep in mind this is after almost 8 years of performance.)
Another minor problem is with the tuners: The giant pegs tend to come loose from the stems holding them, and can rattle quite loudly. I spent weeks trying to figure it out a long time ago before I found the culprit. A bit of a high power glue such as Loctite or Crazy glue between the two took care of it no problem. (Duct tape works in a pinch.)

Never dealt.

I've been playing on my beat-up black Fury since 1993. I loved it so much, when I saw the white one I had to scoop it up too. A good all around bass for beginnner/intermediate, and dare I say semi-pro level. I found them used for about $250 (CAN). The input jack could stand to be a little sturdier, I've been thinking about side mounting mine into the body. A solid, reliable, slightly sleeker looking P-style bass, with all the glory associated with such a tag