Peavey Milestone III

It is a basic starter bass mine was made in indonesia (i think) it has 4 strings and 20 frets. It is traslucent teal with a whit pickguard. Passive J-Bass pickups and p-bass look it came with a gig bag (cheap and strap button made hole in it after a few months so i got a nice padded Ritter case got a short strap (replaced wiv a levi's)a lead and a package deal with a peavey microbass 2

It sound pretty good for the money especially through the peavey as they make good amps but i have recently just got a Ashdown Five Fifteen and it sounds amazing through there the single tone control has really only got 2 settings clean (very nice for heavier stuff) and rough (which is good for punk, slap and poping)

Mine came with fretbuzz on the second and fist frets on the e-string but that was easilly sorted with a bit of fiddling around the bolt on the jack was loose and i had to fish it out once because it fell inside and one of the pickups was quite high at one end but this was all easilly sorted

I think it will withstand live playing because it has been bashed about a bit being moved from house 2 skool 2 band practise in the cheap case and has only one small dent i have had 2 tune it once in 10 months and i would use it at a gig without backup because i havent got another bass but i am hoping to get a OLP MM-2 due to the sound it has in the reveiws and it is quite lite.

NA

Brilliant for the money nothing has broken or needed to be replaced

Pretty standard bass really. Volume controls for each pickup. Kind of a P-Bass shape, made of some really, really cheap wood. Felt like fibreboard when the strap holders came out by themselves....but otherwise standard for this sort of priced bass.

Not bad, not great. I have heard much worse but when I go into a music store and try other basses that were only a few hundred dollars more, I feel like crying because they are so much nicer. I play it through a Marshall B150, and it sounds decidedly average.

Action was perfect, the pickups were fine. Frets could be better quality. My big issue here is the useless wood. My strap buttons pretty much come out by themselves, the thread is gone and it seems to pour out sawdust when it happens. Seems like they used something really really cheap. The finish is really nice though and takes a hammering.
Oh, also the feeble input jack - crackles like mad now, a slight bump and it has gone wobbly, and I can't be bothered fixing it. The screws come out of the metal guard around the jack as well. I fixed this problem with my old friend duct tape.

It would withstand live playing, but would not sound good. The actual body and neck is very solid, it is just the small parts screwed into it that come out. I would probably just avoud this bass.

I'm in New Zealand, we don't bother dealing with the company itself down here. The shop gave me a 6 month warranty.

Sound is average, quality is poor. Can do much better for the same price with something like an Ibanez.

Fairly new. It says international series, so i bet it's not American. 20 fret bass with 4 strings. Peavey jazz pickups that offer a sort of thin sound, but sufficient for about a year or so. It's got a p-bass body with pointier horns. Excellent for anyone wanting a nice begginers bass.

It's tonal range isn't very wide. The pickups aren't really hot or anything. I play whatever I feel like. MMW, RHCP, and some Red Eye Gravey stuff is what i jam out on usually. The sound is great for somebody who wants to learn to play. I'm actually tired of the limited range of tone, so I'm replacing the factory pickups with some DiMarzio Ultra Jazz pickups. I really do like this bass though. I won't buy a different one for a few years probably.

Man, I couldn't ask for a bass to be set up any better. I've played on other Milestone IIIs at the music stores and the action on those basses seems too high. Mine came to me adjusted nearly perfectly. The pickups were flush with the neck and the poles don't stick out too far. I messed with the truss rod a bit because is was fretting out a little, but not too bad. Just enough to make me say, "damn, i need to do something about that." I recently took a trip to Cumming, Georgia and left the bass in the trunk of my car at home. The temperatures at home got up to around 95 degrees and some moisture got in there. I got home and found my pickups rusted and some of the pickguard screws the same way. I took it in, plugged it up, and it still sounded the same.

This bass has and will keep on withstanding live playing. Once I replace these pickups, the Peavey Milestone III will be a fine instrument for years to come. The strap buttons could use a little improving. I'll get a straplock system soon, so i won't worry about it. Highly, highly dependable bass. I left it in the elements and it still works well. I don't have a backup, so my options are limited. Even if I did, unless it was an Ernie Ball Stingray or something, this would be my main bass.

I really believe that this bass may outlive me if i keep taking care of it and as long as i keep it out of my trunk for prolonged periods of time. I love this thing to death. In fact, when I DO go to music stores and try out all the Fenders, Ibanezes, Pedulas and whatnot, I find myself picking up a Milestone III afterwords because it just feels right. The only two basses I would choose over this is this new Fender American J-Bass with active onboard electronics and, of course, the Ernie Ball Stingray. But, if got either one of those great instruments, I would never leave the Milestone neglected. To me, it's just as good of a bass as anything else out there.

im guessing it was made around 2001 as thats when i got it but im not sure and it was made in vietnam.its a 4 string with only 20 fretsand two j style pickups, passive. i went for the sunburst finnish with white fretboard. the style of the body is different from the usual fender style, more pointy, not as chunky, which is why i like it.
it has a jazz neck so its very thin at the top and the strings are fairly close together. rose wood fretboard.
its a nice size bass, not to big and chunky, but not too small and light so it feels like u could break it whislt slapping.
no accessories.

the sound is good for the price. it a great begginers guitar with a fairly good allround sound. however, it has its limitations as there is no eq and makes a rather annoying click every time the string hits the pickups, annoying for slap. there is one tone control and a volume controll for each pickup. generaly a bright sound, a good sound for bigginers, but has its limitations.

the action was a little high, but this was easily fixed.
the pickups were at a perfect hight, and the finnish wsa near perfect.
the only problem was that the machineheads were being pulled out, but again, this was easily fixed. all the controls where tight and there was no rattles.

ive used this on stage about 5 times and its been extremly reliable. nothing major has gone wrong. the strp buttone becam lose, but i fixed these using match sticks. as its a simple bass, not much can go wrong. its not really a gigging guitar as its really a bigginers, however its reliable enough not to need backup, it would make a good backup.

this is a great bigginers bass, it was my first and i still play it as much as my other. if thinking of buying a firts time bass, i higly recomend this, its simple, reliable and good value for money.

Location of Manufacturer: Korea
4-string with 20 frets
There are two volume knobs and one tone knob
There are two jazz pickups that are okay for stock pickups nothing special
Passive electronics and passive pre-amp
Not sure of the wood type for the body. Mahogany neck.
Metallic purple finish VERY NICE with white pick guard.
Jazz body style extremely lite.
Stock tunning pegs are non-locking regular pegs.
Jumbo frets.
I got no extra accessories.

For the jazz bass player it is a good starter bass.
I use a 105Q Crybaby bass wha pedal. It flowed very well. I also use a BOSS Bass overdrive. You get feedback very easily. Hint: stand 200 yards away from amp when using overdrive!
Warm sound yet pretty thin.
There is not much variety. Strictly jazz sound style.
If you are going to use it use it for live proformances. Crowd won't notice the thin sounds as easily.
Overall like I said a nice starter bass.

Yes the bass is very reliabible! Nice add on. The truss rod is easily swayed but other then that very good. I don't like to use gig bags but with bad job... hey as good as it gets!

NONE

I've played it one year. I know not very long. But from how long I've had it it works well.

Made in Vietnam (2000?). 4-string jazz bass style with passive pickups; controls are individual volumes & a master tone. I played her with D'Addario strings and thru a fender bassman amp (8'). Glossy classic red finish of unknown composition. 3-ply plastic pickguard. Wood appears to be compressed sawdust, not the best... Rosewood fretboard with 20 frets (not 21...ignore the website!). Plastic nut & stamped steel bridge. I don't know what the tuners were, but they worked smashingly. The body has a phat extended upper horn that balances the bass out nicely. A fine looking bass.

I play pretty much anything, funk a la Chili Peppers, rock, jazz, blues, you name it. Although the range isn't fantastic, the two volume controls give a workable palette of sounds, but you have to use 'em both equally to cancel hum. Like this, the bass sounds quite warm and friendly. You can't really use the pickups totally separately... although with the bridge mostly pu soloed you can get a decent grimey sound. The tone control is pretty much useless, anything over the max cut (i.e. minimum treble) gives horrible feedback and static, so I stick to the amp for EQ'ing. On the plus side, you can coax some purty harmonics out of her. Nothing earth-shattering, but alright nonetheless considering the price.

The setup was pretty when I bought her. The neck was way out of whack and needed some tighening. Even after 2 years, I couldn't get the action as low as I needed. The bridge seemed solid. A number of screws were missing from the pickguard, and the jack plate was falling out of the bass. I wasn't overly impressed, but it was all fixable with some bigger screws, glue, and toothpicks. Anyways, what do you expect for an <$300 bass? I opened her up one day and found the wiring was still secure, and the solder looked well applied. I was less than ecstatic about the wood though. There was ALOT of sawdust inside her...what a shame! On the plus side, after 3 years the finish still looks brand new (except for where my fingernails ground it away!).

Although I only played the bass once or twice live, I'm confident it would hold up regularly, if only because there are so few electronics & hardware to break down! Besides that, the bass stayed in tune forever and withstood a fair amount of abuse. I'd probably gig without a backup, but it's a moot point now since I've already sold her! The back strap button was also falling out when I bought the guitar, not great, but again easily repairable. All in all, the bass was quite reliable...

Never contacted them.

Overall, I'd say this is an excellent starter bass, which is exactly what I bought it as. Considering the dirt cheap price I paid, I'd actually say this bass is quite undervalued. Yes, the electronics and construction aren't the greatest, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter since it sounded great. One negative point would be the savage ridge of wood at the 14 fret (back of the neck) and super thick neck joint on the body, which made playing any higher painful & impossible. I've been playing for about 3 years, and this bass amply covered all my playing needs. It's also wicked for slapping & popping. Unfortunately, I had to sell her when I upgraded to a Warwick rockbass, but I'll have many fond memories of my trusty Peavey. So, enough beating around the bush... overall I'd give a 7 for this guitar, but if you consider the price and other basses of far worse quality I've seen, well, I'd have to give her a...

It's a Jazz-bass configuration, 34" scale, Maple Neck/ rosewood fretboard. sunburst. Quiet electronics. Plays very comfortable. Very Low weight. Extreme good bass for the beginner!!!

More info http://www.peavey.com/products/amps_mi/bassguitars/milestoneiii4string_metgarnetred.cfm

My music style is Pop/rock but currently black gospel music. Its sound is sufficiently versatile. Great price/quality!
Reasonable slap-tone.

All Ok but the output jack's nut gets loose sometimes, but thats easily fixed with a drop of locktite (same for the srew I mentioned below).

Currently I bought a Yamaha BBG5A and I discovered that this bass stays in tune much better. But: I'll keep my Peavey for backup or when I have to practice a whole day (yamaha is much heavier)

Except for the screw/nut I mentioned (which was easily fixable so don't bother!): It's a peavey! I also own a peavey amplifier and an electric guitar (wolfgang EVH with floyd rose).
The amplifier is really great I threw it from 3 meters high (It fell of the stage) It's got lots of beer in it. I put it in a shed for 3 years and it still works as if it were new.

Recently, I discovered that I lost a screw from the bridge. I guess it's got loose due to vibrations. One e-mail was enough for peavey. They were kind enough to send me the right part rightaway.

www.peavey.co.uk/service_centers.cfm
www.peavey-eu.com/dealers.dfm

I've been playing guitar for 20 years. For 2 months I've started playing bass (black gospel music). This is a very nice bass to start with. As I'm learning fast/practiced a lot, I bought a Yamaha bbg5a This is more quality, more strings, but also more money. (The store didnot have peavey.) But I'll keep this bass for shure!

Same features as everybody else said... so if you wanna know the specifics look in some of the reviews below. The only thing that I don't think they mentioned was the wood the body is made out of. It is sort of a plywood looking thing. I realized it when I had taken off the pickguard to clean the pots because they started to crackle, and it is about like 20 plys, but it sounds darn good.

I think this thing sounds pretty dang good for the price. It's a pretty cheap bass, but I like how versitile it is, I keep my amp settings the same, and just play with the knobs to get different tones, like going from alice cooper and black sabbath, to megadeth and metallica, all in the turning of some knobs.

The bass was just fine when I got it. Only problem is the damn jack and strap buttons. The jack always comes loose, and I always have to tighten it, only problem is when I turn the little thing, it turns the jack and slowly twists the wires, and at one point I accidently went to far, and during one time practicing with my band, it just twisted itself too far and during a song it let loose, the ground went out and my bass shocked me. I solved that with a lock washer, the strap buttons though always come a little loose then they rotate and squeke which isn't a big deal, it just bugs the hell out of me, i guess I should glue them, but oh well. Other than that it's just fine though.

This thing could outlast anything, nuclear war, a sledgehammer, being thrown at amps at the end of a show. Mine doesn't even have a scratch on it and it's been through some stuff. The finish is tough as nails, I would definately use it without a backup.

It's peavey, need I say more?

I think this is actually a pretty great bass for the price, and i like it a lot.

Made in 2000, 22 frets, four strings, individual pickup controls and overall tone, groovy looks, nice thin neck(a bit long maybe). I managed to get a lead and a strap with mine. I'd advise you to get a gig bag. I had to buy mine seperately for 30 quid.

Sounds really great. Tone controlis pretty basic though and I always have it wound down on minimum. Take ages to come out of tune and when it does the HUGE pegs make it easy to remedy. Can sound really thrashy and harsh or nice and melodic.

All the screws holding in the scratch-guard are in at angles. Also the screw holding in the strap button pulled out after acouple of weeks. I advice you replace this needle-like piece ofapparatus with something a bit more formiddable. Pickups were'nt done up either. Pretty shoddily made actually. However with a bit of spanner-wangling theseproblems were soon sorted (except the scratch-guard screws, the idiots at Peavey have stripped the threads)

Its had one BIG smash on the floor and a tiny chip came out of the back which I just glued up and now looks ok.Apart from that it is rock solid.Certainly would withstand playing live,no need for a backup.

Have'nt needed them

I haven't been playing long and this is my first bass but I would certainly recommend it to anybody starting out or even experienced players. It looks great and comes in loads of funky colours, geat value as well. Just have a screwdriver handy when you first buy it.

I think My Peavey Milestone III is a 2002 model ( i bought it new in 2002) it has 20 frets and has 4 strings. My bass was made in Vietnam.
This bass has 2 seperate volume knobs 1 for each pickup and 1 master tone knob. It has 2 Jazz bass style pickups. I am not sure about what type of wood its made out of because the sales person didnt know but it sounds nice. It has a sparkle Blue finish and has a jazz/pbass style body. the brige is like a regular bass brige. it is not string thru. The tuners are great, they usually stay in tune alot. the neck is nice and thin, and isnt too long.

This bass is great for me because i am a guitarist who wanted a bass to fill in bands who needed a bass player. i just use a peavey minx110 amp with it which has great sound (10 inch speaker). It can get any sound you want just play with the knobs. i think this bass is great for both studio and stage.

The action was a bit high when i got it but the pickups were ajusted well. the only flaws i found were that the screws that screw in the pick guard to the body were very poorly screwed in, some were screwed in at angles.

I have played live with it many times and it is great. the hardware is strong, the finish is really strong, i bashed it alot and i have no scratches or anything yet. the strap buttons are solid but can be a bit better, i have to depened on it because its my only bass

never delt with them

This is a great bass for a beginner and whoever needs a bass for occasional use.