Peavey Milestone II Bass

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO MY PREVIOUS REVIEW.

Nothing has been changed on this bass. Essentially a Precision Bass copy with a longer, deeper, more "modern" looking upper cutaway horn. Generic split P-bass pickup, volume, tone, bla bla. Very lightweight, somewhat thin body, rather nice sunburst finish. Comfortable neck with rosewood fingerboard, nice narrow nut width similar to a Jazz Bass if I am not mistaken.Basic but has all the essentials.

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO MY PREVIOUS REVIEW.

Nothing has been changed on this bass. Essentially a Precision Bass copy with a longer, deeper, more "modern" looking upper cutaway horn. Generic split P-bass pickup, volume, tone, bla bla. Very lightweight, somewhat thin body, rather nice sunburst finish. Comfortable neck with rosewood fingerboard, nice narrow nut width similar to a Jazz Bass if I am not mistaken.Basic but has all the essentials.

No real flaws when I bought it, but a few have turned up with use. The nut, I discovered, was rather sharp cornered and started chafing my hand badly on one of my band's songs where I play at the bottom of the neck a lot, so I had to file it down. I have had to adjust the truss rod recently to eliminate some bad buzzing on the first four or five frets; seems fine now. Other things which need adjusted: intonation on the low E string and the treble pickup coil's height. Overall the action is still pretty nice, although the bass in general doesn't feel nearly as substantial in use as something like a Fender.

I've been putting this bass through a lot of use in the past year with constant practice and, more recently, gigging. The hardware is beginning to show it. Some of it, like the bridge saddle springs and pickguard screws, are starting to rust. The volume pot is now rather loose in its hole. This is minor stuff, which really doesn't have much effect on the playability. The important things--bridge, tuners, wiring--are standing up pretty well so far. The body and neck seem to be just fine; except for a lot of fingerprints and a couple of dings here and there, the finish is holding up great. I have been gigging without a backup and haven't needed one yet, so I suppose that says it all.

Never dealt with, never needed. If something is out of whack, I'm generally more productive by fixing it myself than by shouting at a poor customer service rep.

The main thing that prompted me to update my original review is that my use of this bass has changed dramatically since then. Since I am now a bass player in a gigging semipro band I've had a chance to really put the Milestone II through the paces. It's proving to be a pretty knock-aboutable and very usable, if somewhat nondescript and average, utility instrument for semipro use. I am personally ready to experiment with other basses, especially heavier bodied ones with somewhat more tonal possibilities like a Fender Jazz style, but I certainly won't get rid of this one. Not spectacular by any stretch, but a decent low-priced choice for the home recordist and weekend bar band bassist.

This is basically a p-bass with a peavy headstock. it has a single percision pickup with basic active electronics. i got it so cheap from a friend that i ripped the frets out, and now it sings beautifuly. since i bought this off a friend, i know none of the real specs, but the electronics are solid. also the tuners keep in tune well.

i play all sorts of music, including christian rock, christian folk, punk, metal, and classic rock and this ax works for all of them. i run it through a crate bx160 and play with a pick. my only problem is that the tone doesn't have great treble punch. not much tonal variation. i personally would play it on stage and while i sit around at home.

this is one solid instrument, despite a light body wood. it has a sunburst finish and if you look closely the wood looks a little dirty. i love the neck, wihch is nice and thin.

when i got this all the screws were rusted. the strap buttons popped out fairly easily.the finish is fat and won't wear off soon. this is a fairly dependable bass.

never nedded it

ive been playing for 4.5 years on an aria pro 2 but i love this bass. if someone stole this i would hunt them down and see them hanged like the dogs they are. the only major adjustment i would like would be more tonal variation. if yer lookin for a good deal and find this one, look no further.

I don't know when this was made, I bought it from a friend a year ago to learn how to play. It has 20 frets, and a volume and tone knobs. It has split pickups and passive electronics. Mine came with a black finish (very durable) but my strap came off at a show and it smashed onto the cement floor, it held up suprisingly well, but it had a couple chips in it so I sanded it down and painted it a deep metalic green. The tuners are tight, but mine are starting to loosen up, and the strings don't come out of tune very easly.

I used to play punk, but now I play mostly metal, it dosn't sound that great for punk, because the tone knob isn't enough for that "twangy", treble sound. For metal it sounds fine, not great but it works. It has a deep sound to it, like I said, not much treble.

I didn't get this from the factory, but when I did get it, the action was ok. I lowered the pickups because when I slaped it, the strings would hit them. The bridge adjustments make it easy to get different tones, if you feel like messing with them. It has a great finish, I slamed it around a lot and you couldn't even tell, except for the normal wear on the body finish.

I've played this bass at live shows with no backup plenty of times and not even worried about it failing. It is built to withstand just about anything. The hardware will probably need to be replaced after a while, I don't know how old my bass is so I can't really give a timeframe but probably after about 5-6 years of use. I've had to fix the strap buttons, they got stripped out from the body and they are pretty small, if I would have continued to play this all the time I would have definatly invested in some good strap locks. One very bad thing is I had to take off the pick gaurd and resolder just about every conection between the input jack and the two knobs because the factoy soldering job was very poor and broke off easly. Very durable though.

Never delt with them.

I played on this bass hard for over a year and other than the soldering job, it is great. If it were lost or stolen, I wouldn't waist my money on a new one, I would invest in a Carvin or Ibenez probably. The split pickups kinda suck because you can't get very many different sounds from them (only one set). If it had another set of pickups it would be a great bass. This is definatly a good bass for a beginer, or somone who just needs a reliable backup bass.

Not sure of the year, part of the international series. 20 fret p-bass copy. Volume & tone controls. Tone goes from warm to bright very nicely. Split pick-up. Sunburst finish. Got it during a trade so the finish was a bit worn, but looks great that way. Pretty standard bass

I play classic rock and Blues so this bass fits in fine, I run it through a Boss eq and a DOD stereo chorus into a Mk III head/115 BW and 210 scorpions. I get tons of sound with it. I've gigged with it and recorded with it and have no complaints. I like to gig with it because it's built like a brick you know what

It was used so I had to set it up to my liking. Not difficult because it was built pretty good

This bass does survive live playing. I've played out with this bass monthly for about 2 years now and have not had one problem with it. The finish is wearing, but it kinda looks cool. strap buttons have loosened a bit. I feel confident playing out with this bass, and usually play 3 different basses each gig so having a backup is not an issue

I've delt with Peavey in the past regarding the MkIII head, excellent service. The chick at the parts desk was awesome. Haven't had to deal with them on the bass I have, though I suspect they would be the same

I've been playing since about 1980 and have owned several squires p-basses, musicmasters, an EB-3 and currently have an Aria Pro zz deluxe, the Milestone and a Hamer Californian. I would probobly replace it if it disappeared.

This is a basic Fender P-bass clone; mine has a sunburst finish (no idea what wood, but it's fairly light), rosewood fingerboard on a maple (?) neck, 20 frets, all the standard P-Bass hardware. No surprises here. I'm not sure if this particular bass was new when I bought it, but if it was used it was in practically unplayed condition, spotless. The shop included a gig bag with the name of another local shop so I suspect it might've been surplus or an overrun or something.

Bass isn't my usual instrument (guitar and keyboards are) so my requirement for a bass is that it *doesn't* have too much of its own personality to muck up things--I like it to be kind of a utility instrument that could fit into several situations. So far the Peavey fits the bill just fine. It has a nice smooth bass sound, especially when the tone control is turned all the way down (my preference), and can sound pretty punchy, if a bit noisy, with the tone full up. For a guy whose primary experience with bass was a beautiful but hideous-sounding old Kent hollowbody violin bass, this is a godsend. Nice sounding instrument, this.

No flaws that I can see. Excellent feel, nice smooth neck action, wide frets. The finish is pretty flawless, and a nice looking sunburst, much cooler than most of the other Peaveys in the shop which were generic-looking black. I especially like the fact that the neck isn't too wide like some basses I've tried. The hardware appears to be high quality.

I haven't had it long enough to tell, but it seems to be pretty solid.

No idea, Peavey's a new one for me, but I know the name, so I'm not too worried.

As I said, bass isn't my natural instrument, but I needed something that was better than that old Kent I mentioned which was just horrible. I'm not approaching this from the POV of a veteran bass player who is looking for the primo deluxo model. Primarily I play guitar and keys and mostly in my home studio, so outside of playability and reasonably good sound my requirements for a bass are pretty modest, and the Peavey is excellent for the multi-instrumentalist type for whom bass is just one of many instruments in an arsenal, especially if you can find one at a discount like I did. Overall, a very good Precision Bass clone.

I have no idea what year it was made, but I bought it new at the store in '97, so probably no earlier than late '96. The bass has 20 frets, and they're nice big ones. I love big frets, personally. The bass has only two controls, volume and tone, but they do their job well, especially the tone, which has a nice wide range. I has one split-coil pick-up that I think delivers a great sound, don't know what brand the pick-ups are. The electronics are passive. I don't know what woods the guitar is made out of, but I never really cared about that in a guitar. The body is almost strat style, and probably was modeled on a fender guitar, as I've seen a fender bass that looks almost exactly like this bass. The bridge is stop-tail-piece, which I just love because it makes tuning so damn easy. I'm only giving it an 8 because while it is a very solid and good bass, it is pretty basic. I bought it to learn how to play with, and it's probably best for that.

The bass suits my style particularly well, being metal, which surprised me, because I didn't think I'd be able to go as fast on it as I need to and still sound good, but it worked out great. I use it with a crate 4x12 amp, and an ibanez chorus, flanger, wah and a boss distortion, and god, it works great. The bass produces a little bit of noise, but only at very high volumes. The sound is surprisingly bright for the money, and I like it very much.

The bass was set-up great, the action was at a nice low level without being so low that it'd produce a buzz when played. Overall, it was I got it in a great condition.

I've played this guitar live, and it most certainly survives. I think this thing would survive a freaking nuke, it's so durable. I remeber jumping around and accidentally smashing my neck really hard on my amp, and all that happened was a small chip in the neck, which is no big deal. The hardware seems good, and I've had the guitar for a year, so I'll say yes, it will last. The strap buttons seems solid, nothing funky has happened with them. I wouldn't use it for a gig without a back-up for a couple of reasons other than the guitar itself. 1.)In case I broke a string, it'd be a lot faster to pick another bass up instead of putting another one on and tuning it again. 2.)the band I was in when I was playing live used different tunings for different songs, so I'd have to switch basses anyways.

never dealt with them

I have been playing for 2 years now. I also own a Jackson performer guitar, and a whole lot of effects, and half-stack amps for both my bass and guitar. If it were lost or stolen, I'd probably get something else, because it's pretty basic, and I'm at the point where I need more advanced guitars and basses.