Peavey Milestone III

Made in 2001 in Vietnam. Finish :Black. comes with 2 single coils, 2 volume and 1 tone knob. Very simple but nice looking Bass guitar.Mine is Lefthanded.

You can do anything with this bass!! the sound is amazing.esspecially with both volumes up. For this Price I was shocked by the sound it gives.it does NOT buzz or anything.one of few lefty's with a good tone knob..it works!! ;)) I compared it with a Mexican Fender and the Fender sucked compared to this one.GREAT sound

I dont know about the Factory set up. it was set up by the store I bought it. set up was fine. I just had to tighten the neck a bit,but no further problems.The only thing that bothered me were the loose screws of the strap buttons and the bridge. i took em out and glued them back in :) .Finish looks just Fine.

everything seems very reliable on this Bass. I tend to change basses while gigging,so i always have a back up.I'm not sure the strap buttons will hold, but so far so good :) anything else is A ok!

I don't think I will ever need them.

I've been playing bass for 22 years now.I bought this just because I loved the appearance of it and it was cheap. once I played more on it I was surprised How great it is!! so..it's not only a Back up for me .
my other basses are a Yamaha RBX 270 and a Squier precision special.
I'd say: GO FOR IT!

It was made probably around 1999 in the NAM!!
It has 20 frets, four strings
Laminated top
Volume, volume, tone
2 single J-Bass style pickups
Passive Electronics
Maple neck
Finish type - BLACK!!!!!
The body style is similar to a jazz bass, but sleeker, quite a small body, with contours.
Non-string through body bridge.
Four elephant-ear style tuners. Well, it has three now, the G, which fell off due to excessive rocking, i.e. it had been thrown at chairs too many times, replaced with a very adequate replacement, a circular keyring.
Neck scale is normal but very thin, which I really like
A very shoddy, cheap, wear-and-tear bag was included which finally fell apart a few weeks ago, but it did last two odd years. A very good green Pirahna concert series lead.

It does suit our music style very well. It can be heavy and chugging when I want it to be, and also I can play quickly and make lots of runs of a scalic nature on it, because it's got such a playable neck and very good action.

A classic!!!! A very old, very loud SoundCity combo from possibly the late 70s. Purchased second hand from some bloke in Brora in Scotland. The bass/organ channel is fine, guitar channel produces a horrible whine so we don't use it.

A Zoom 505, very old and slightly temperamental. The right hand side pedal takes a good whack before it changes, but the left one is still fine. I use mainly a clean signal but when needed I have the option of distortion or subtle phasing. The Zoom itself is extremely noisy, particularly put through DI boxes for a PA system. The bass is not noisy. It only rattles if the keyring is positioned wrongly.

The sound is not of any particular specification, but it is a very good middly sound, which I like. It's best to use the pickups together, through a Trace/Elliott bass amp it was booming and filled a room nicely.

John Saich of Celtic group Capercaillie has said that it sounds fantastic when recorded, praising it for its "metallic" sound. Live, it really cooks, particularly for rock music!!

No dislikes, it's very very hardy stock even though it doesn't look it!!

The action was fine when it came out of the shop, not high, but not too low either, as to produce rattle. The finish was in mint condition also. As expected from a new bass, there was nothing wrong with it when it was first purchased. Again, any flaws that followed were caused by myself rocking a bit too hard.

This bass does withstand live playing of very different kinds. Celtic music and rock music. For rock music, it has a very exciting sound, and for Celtic music, it for some reason, it has a really laid back quality. I am impressed with its live capabilities.

I am starting to take more care of it that I used to, so certainly I think that the hardware will last a lot longer than it would have had I still been hurling it around the place.

Compared to my bandmate's Squier strat which seems to have quite a similar finish, there's hardly a blemish. We both play hard, his guitar, although considerably older, has a lot of dents and ruptures. On my bass I can only see one crack/dent and some scratches near the bottom. There are a couple of chips in the neck, but it hasn't affected the intonation at all.

The strap buttons were the only problem to begin with. We had to glue them back in which is probably a sign that the body wood isn't all that good quality, despite the amazing sound that this bass makes.

The truss rod has only had to be adjusted once, to straighten a bow in the neck, which was making the strings at the first to fourth frets rattle badly, making it unplayable. This was probably due to myself, but the service was extremely reasonable, only #10 to repair the damage.

Every gig I've played so far I've had a backup but I've not had to use it for any songs. I am considering buying a second bass, and it'll depend on which one I prefer. Maybe one bass should take charge for Celtic and one for rock, or both in equal proportion. Certainly, a second bass would be given a run for its money by this one.

The Inverness Music Station was where I bought this bass, for an extremely good bargain price of #145, plus cable and bag. They have been also my most constant supplier of new strings, which are generally good quality, particularly Trace Elliott and Elites from the Player series, of which either Light or Medium gauge seems to suit me very nicely.

The truss rod repairs however, were made at the Music Shop in Inverness for the aforementioned very reasonable price.

I have been playing this bass for about two and a half years. As a true alternative rocker, I have been a hard player, and I have to report that the loss of a tuning peg, one broken string and a bow in the neck is a fairly insignificant amount of damage. It has been thrown about, knocked over and given a wild ride, but it's survived brilliantly. I also love the way it plays for more mild-mannered music like traditional Scottish. It has been an excellent purchase.

Bought it new end 2001, probably made 2000 or 2001 in Vietnam.
4 strings, 20 frets, 2 jazz pickup, 2 independent volumes and a tone balance, all passive.
I think it's a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard.
The finish is Sunburst.
It's my first bass and i like it very much. The neck is really thin as so is really easy to play.

I'm a beginner in bass-playing, put i play mostly blues and rock, and i try some funk and jazz too. The sound is ok, but sometimes i'd like a little more 'punch'... but it seems that the biggest problem is not the bass but my fingers (and the strings) ! So i'll have to improve my technique.
I use it on a peavey minx 110 (1x10'', 35W) amp without any effect.
The single coil PU are pretty silent, even when using only one of them. Usually i use only one PU (the one closer to the neck) as it sounds better that way in my ears... tone fully on 'bass'

The set-up was ok, no flaws

The strap buttons and the jack became loose, but screwing them back in solved the problem...'till next time ;-)
For the rest everything seems fine.

When i bought it (new) it came with a one-year warranty and a 'purchaser' card. When i sent the card back i became a member of Peavey's European User's Group, and the warranty was extended to 3 years.
Otherwise i didn't have to deal with the company, and i probably won't need to.

I'm playing for a little more than half a year now. This is my first and only bass.
I dream owning a 5-string warwick thumb and and (electro-)acoustic bass. But if this one would get stolen, i would buy it again, even if i would own a warwick... it's just a great bass for beginners and really easy to play. And it will stay a great bass for relaxed playing even when i won't be a beginner anymore.
When i bought it i compared it to a Mexican serie Fender Jazz, but for more than twice the price it had nothing more, and didn't sound better. And the Peavey's thin neck just felt better for a beginner.

This bass is pretty standard. I believe that it is a 2000 model. It has two pickup volume knobs and a tone knob. Passive J-pickups. 21 frets. The same as all the other reviews. It isn't the most featuresome bass, but I actually like it better than some of the more featuresome basses because they lack character. It has all the feature a real bass player needs.

The Peavey Milestone III sounds pretty good for the money. It is far supirior to and Squires or low end Ibaneses. I play it through a 2000 Fender Bassman 100, and it sounds OK. My major complaint is that some of the pots make some noise, but that can be cured. If your looking for a bass that will have jaw-dropping tone, this isn't it. It sounds very generic. You can get pretty much any style out of it. I generally play rock and jazz, and it gets the job done pretty well.

I hated the factory set-up when I got this bass. The action was much to high for me, and the strings needed to be replaced with some higher quailty ones. After making a few adjustments though it worked fine. The finish is amazing for the price. I have a dark blue Milestone III, and it is flawless. It has been everywhere and banged around a lot, and it looks just as it did when I bought it. I've had this bass for a little over a year now, and the pots are starting to crack when I turn them. I'm going to fix that soon. Hopefully it isn't going to be an ongoing problem.

I've played live with this bass quite a lot, and it has performed great. I haven't had any problems with it yet. The finish and hardware are tough as nails. The only problem I have had is the plug keeps coming loose, but it is easily screwed back in. I've been gigging without a backup for quite some time and haven't had any problems. This used to be my backup bass, but I needed some money and sold my Fender Standard Jazz.

Haven't had to deal with them yet.

I've been playing guitar for 5 years and bass for 3, and of all of the basses that I've owned, this one was the best value. I've owned much better sounding basses, but they were much more expensive. If it were stolen, I would most likely buy a new Jazz bass, but if I were on a tight budged I would most definitly buy it again. I tried many other comparably priced basses when I bought this one, and it sounded and played the best of the bunch. If your looking for a fist bass or even just a cheap bass to beat up on the road this one will get the job done.

I think mine was made in Korea, it has 3 knobs - 2 pickup volume knobs and one tone. Passive electronics (well what do you expect for this price). There's not much more I oculd want feature-wise, these pickups are my favourite configuration, thats why I chose the milestone III.
Only compaint would be the 21 frets...to play the intro to Aeroplane perfectly you need 22...so jus that one little note is a dense thud.....

NOt bad at all. Great value. PLaying through my Marshall B150 amo I can get a very nice slap sound, but the other end of the scale is a bit furry-sounding, I usually leave the tone knob all the way to treble.
Putting it through my Zoom 506II pedal I can get some nice sounds (reverb, defret, slap settings), but also some really really bad ones (distortion, liquid sound).

The action was a bit low when I got it, but I fixed that up and it sounds nice. The pickups are fine. The only flaw is that the frets up above 12 are not that accurate.....
The finish is really quite beautiful, I have metallic blue, and it is one of the nicer colours I have seen on a bass. Flawless finish, except around where the neck joins the body.

Well the damn jack keeps coming loose, just need to turn that, and that DUMB LITTLE PLATE around it comes loose - I have a feeling that if I keep screwing it back in the thread is gonna disappear in the wood and its gonna fall out.
Everything else seems solid.

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Good sound for the price, I enjoy playing it, and i have had many compliments on it's looks (especially the colour)!

Made in Korea (2000?) Nicely finished sunburst on maple, two single coil pickups -- two poles per string, Telecaster style barrel knobs - two volume (one for each pickup) & one tone, butterfly tuners, rosewood fingerboard, white pearloid position markers, white plastic pickguard. All of that, and good looking too!

The guitar is capable of a full range of bass sounds when you use the volume knobs. When only one is on, you get a single coil in either the neck or bridge - when both are on you get a fuller (noise cancelling) double coil voicing. The tone knob allows plenty of color in that you can get any sound from the '60s to date. Slap bass is okay but I don't believe the guitar is designed for that (at least not without a pedal). For the money, this is a great guitar!

Decently set up from the factory - no real flaws in its construction. Come on, its only a $250 guitar and for that, its a nice one! I have noticed that if I play too roughly (some times) the E string slaps into the neck pickup and makes a rattling noise.

Looks to be built well enough to last, may even last forever. I hope it doesn't though -- I may need an excuse to get a higher-end bass once my skills improve to warrant that.

Never had to deal with Peavey -- I don't believe I will ever need to!

This is a nice bass for the price -- a great value. This could be used for playing out -or- just noodling indoors. It has everything a bass player could want with the exception of the high-end name. It was worth every penny and comes highly recommended by me!

2000, Vietnam, 21 frets. 4 Strings. Pick-up selector, tone, volume. Metallic Blue.

Suits my style perfectly, has a full sound. It can make a rough-smooth sound.

It was set-up perfectly. I can't see any problem with it.

The bass has survived live and it feels like it can last a long time. The strap stays on perfectly.

I've never used a better bass than this!! And it's so affordable!!

mine was made in Korea and i bought it in 2000 so i guess its 2000. 20 frets and its a four stringer. im not sure what it is meant by solid or laminated but i think its laminated? i could be wrong. there is 2 volumes (one for each pickup) which i like because of the tonal control you have. its a passive jazz bass that is shaped like a precision bass which i like because i hate fender jazz bass bodies compared to precisions. it has butterfluy tuners and the finish is garnet red.

it suits my style (i play in a metal band but i bring in a lil funk&punk into it). there is really no specific sound it varies on what setting u have it on. nice slap/pop sound w/ higher strings and nice tone w/ higher strings.

mine had a couple of flaws. #1 the volume controls make fuzz noise when moved. #2 the strings were to low and bounced off of the fretboard when u got past the 5th frets #3 pickups were loose and could be pushed in. but after those problems were fixed (except for volume still has it) i like it alot.

yes it will and ive beat on it and there is no marks so the hardware does last..the only problem was the strap bottons screws came loose easily and that is fixed cause i replaced the screws. and i would play w/out a backup w/ this bass

year warranty..didnt have to use it

ive been playing a year i own an ibanez talman tcybk10 which i love...i would buy a new one if i had to and my next bass will be a peavey also.

1999, vietnam... mine seems to be different to everyone elses as they all seem to come from korea. 21 frets. everything else is the same as everyone else has put

great sounding bass for the price a paid for it, my friend has a squir bass and its way better than that

great set up, pick ups needed raising a little but no big problems

great, takes a real beating from me as i am not so careful with my instruments, great finish, seems to need no back up at gigs, and as my back up is an old encore that i paid $40 for its a good thing too

no problems that need support

best bass i have probably owned, but the best i ever played is the fender stu hamm urge, if you get a chance to play one of those take it. I would probably buy it again, its a great feeling bass to play, and looks good which is unusual for such a cheap guitar, pity about the knobs as those silver ones kinda suck, and the keys on mine broke but like i say i dont look after my guitars

This is an update to my review froma while back down below.

Well, I'll begin by saying that I still REALLY like this bass. No major complaints, except for two. The tone and volume knobs are these featureless silver cylinders; the problem with them is, you can't be sure what setting you're on and you have to fiddle back and forth a lot while you're playing to get them where you want them, simply because they're unmarked. Once set, though, they stay put and they don't make noise when you turn them. Complaint #2- you have to watch your attack on the E string (at least I do; I tend to pluck rather hard) or the string whacks on the pickups. Still sounds GREAT, though-- neck is a NICE one. The extended upper body horn REALLY helps with the balance of the thing while keeping the body as a whole fairly small and light. KInda wish the frets were a little larger, though. I went to heavier strings for a bit and it just didn't feel right.

No changes; the composite body is REALLY good, it's a cheap substitute for expensive wood that, if all goes well, will make expensive wood obsolete by doing the same thing cheaper. Finish is indestructible. I think Pete Townshend himself could whale on Abbie Hoffman all day with this thing and not scratch it.

See above. Have to gig without a backup because I don't have another bass right now, but this thing gives NO impression of impending failure.

Haven't had anything to do with them in person but their website is a pain. Peavey's come out with a 6-string based on this; if I ever get the money I might indulge!