Peavey NTB-5 Grind

24 fret, neck thru body, mahogany with maple stringers and imbuya wings. 2 humbuckers with 2 tones and 2 volume controls with a mono rail bridge that allows string thru body and a 35 inch scale. Medium frets and black hardware.

Because of the wood material used and the 2 humbuckers this bass gives off a warm rich almost dark sonic timbre. It's a passive bass so you should expect a more lo-fi sound. Even though the lower horn is scalloped personally I would'nt recommend it for funk style slap and pop. It's quiet whether on stage or in the studio. I have rewired it to have a master volume, a lo pass, and a hi pass and installed a switchcraft 3 way pup selector in the remaining control cavity. This was done to give more radical and quicker tone control. I also intend to replace the stock pups with EMG HZ's. These pups will reproduce the instruments warm dark side with the high end and clarity you'd expect from an active bass.

I bought it used from a local shop and it was set up fairly well. I played it for awhile and adjusted it to suit my taste. I liked the way the bass felt in my hands when I picked it up and when purchasing an instrument that's important. The instrument should feel like an extension of your own body. Being used it also had that broke in feeling. Also at this price point your going to find flaws okay. Thats why they are less expensive. It's worth the money to have your guitar set up and the frets dressed by a pro. If you know what you are doing then do it yourself.

I've owned this bass for almost a year now and haven't had any major issues. I have replaced the cheaper stock tuners with some gotohsI've but that's because I broke one. That does happen. I did have some reservations about buying this bass used but they are long gone. If properly cared for and maintained this bass will be here when I am no longer.

I have called Peavey in the past and my experience was that they were very helpful.

I've been playing guitar for over 20 yrs. and bass for about 5 yrs. now. Over the years I've owned everything from cheap imports to custom shop creations. This bass is a good value. The package as a whole is greater than it's individual parts. Yes I have customized this bass to my liking but I started with a solid instrument. Whether your just a beginner or an old hack; if you buy it new or used I'd call it a diamond in the rough.

The wood is what first got me sold on this instrument. I wanted an unfinished wood-look bass, but I didn't want to shell out the big bucks, thits fits that bill nicely. I don't really know where it was made, or when, but I got it in December of '05 at my local music warehouse store. The Passive electronics sound great at first(See "Sound" and "Action, Fit, and Finish" for explanation"), the Jumbo frets are great for my large hands(although some of them are sharp at first, see "Action, Fit, and Finish"), the five strings sound great and have alot of attack and punch, though the low B is a bit floppy, the five piece mahogany and maple neck feels great. It has a very thin neck for a 5-String, which is great at first, but in the end is it's downfall. It has two volume knobs and two tone knobs. There are so many details about this instrument, it would take days to name them all.

When I first got it, it had so much low end it rattled the whole half of the house it's on, and that suits my style well seeing as how I play metal. The sound can't really be described, you can have a large variety of sounds, with its two volume knobs and two tone knobs the possibilities are endless. I'm running this through the second version of the TNT 115 and it sounds very powerful. When I cut on the amp's Equalizer, thats when my sound is at maximum control. It sounds really good when you cut down the highs, and add in some extra punch. You could make it sound like any type of music you wanted.

This was all before it "went sour"(See "Action, Fit, and Finish")

When I first bought this bass, I noticed nothing at all wrong with it. Within a few weeks I began to notice many, many flaws.

Firstly, about 5 or so of my fret ends were sharp enough to cut my fingers enough to bleed. A local luthier told me it had to have been exposed to extreme heat to have that(I have no clue when), because it was because the neck had shrunk. So I had to have them ground down

The next flaw is the frets themselves. When I do a bend(I play bass solos from time to time) I can feel the frets being "ground" down under the strings, but it's not too severe. On the tops and bottoms of the fretboard, there are small dots of glue where the frets were put in poorly. Some of the frets also appear to be "shaved" flat on top, as if someone has sanded the tops of all of them down, this makes very strange notes if you don't fret them just right.

I changed the strings on it, and then noticed the following flaws:

The neck is too thin for a 5 string bass. During string changing the neck bent so much that when I got the new strings on, the fret buzzing was louder than the notes theirselves, and I couldn't get notes at all on most frets.

When I first got it, the action was a charm, after the string change the action went haywire and it didn't even feel like the same instrument I bought only a month before.

I took it a local luthier and he fixed it for me. It felt almost like it did when I bought it. About 2 or 3 weeks down the road, however, the action began to change itself, and I started to get a noticeable fret buzz again. I tested it, and the neck is now bent again under the tension of 5 strings.

To this day it's steadily getting worse.

This instrument would be both very reliable and durable if not for the things mentioned in the last section. You could do live shows as well as studio work from what I gathered from it when it still played. If it played properly i'd gladly use it on a gig with no back-up.

If I still had the desire to play it(i'm looking into something that will last) i'd have to get the truss rod and action adjusted every 2 or 3 weeks to keep it in condition, which can get expensive.

Never dealt with them about this product.

I wish i'd never bought it. It was a waste of money that I could have used to but something that would last. If it were stolen I probably wouldn't even go as far as filing a police report, I'd most definately get something else.

I've been playing a little over a year. This bass is as bad as my first(which is a brand I won't name here) due to its reliability problems.

In my opinion it's a waste of moneym unless you plan to have it re-adjusted every 3 weeks.

This is a 24-fret, standard scale, 5-string bass guitar, natural wood finish. Appears to be mahogany all-neck-through (all the way to the bridge) with sides of the body made from another kind of wood, more porous and of darker color. Two soapbar hum-canceling pickups, with vol+tone for each. Lower half of body is scallopped near the fretboard, which improves playability on upper frets. Stock electronics are very basic and simple. The bridge can be used as either strings through body, or you can stick the ball ends at the back of the bridge. You'd probably get less sustain and resonance if you put the strings this way, but i haven't tried it.

It has pretty much everything i could want in a bass.

Awesome!! I'm mainly a guitarist, but i started playing bass a few years ago with a cheap "typhoon" 4-string. Compared to that bass (and most others i've tried) this Peavey has a thick, dark, heavy and just plain "ooompf" punch-in-the-stomach kind of quality to its sound. I'm giving it a 9 and not a 10 because the sound although very good, isn't as versatile as i would like, if you're not using a bunch of effects on it.

Surprisingly good condition for a second-hand instrument. The neck is completely straight, and with medium to low string-action there is only a little fret buzz a few places on the neck. The G (1st) string was shimmed with a piece of cardboard at the nut. I removed it and it still plays fine, even downtuned 2 whole steps (Eb) No idea why the previous owner needed to shim it.

The end of the frets stick out a little bit from the fingerboard, that's pretty much the only issue i've found with this one. It's really not much of a problem for me, because my hands or fingers never touch the edges of the fretboard when i'm playing. It could be annoying for other players though.

Looks and feels solid, well built. The one thing that made me hesitate buying it was that the neck is one-piece mahogany, ie. no scarf joint behind the first few frets, and these are known (especially on gibson les paul's) to snap right at the headstock from the string tension.

I've never had to contact them.

For the price paid, i'd be insane to complain about this instrument. I've been playing electric and classical guitar since age 12, and recently started bass guitar about 2 years ago. If it was stolen or lost, i'd be very very very very pissed because it would be difficult and expensive to replace it with something even remotely close in terms of quality and functionality.

2005 (bought in November, 2005), made in Vietnam, Imbuya wings on neck through Maple/Mahogany neck. Black hardware, bridge is string through body or through bridge, 2 volume knobs, 1 treble, 1 bass control, 2 passive Humbucking pickups.

Finish is natural and matte - not glossy. Standard tuners.

BIG DIFFERENCE FROM OTHER REVIEWS. THIS BASS DID NOT...I REPEAT...NOT HAVE THE SCALLOPED AREA IN THE LOWER HORN. They must have changed this on the most recent models. This version has the newer HP signature logo on the headstock, so I'm assuming it's the latest and greatest. Talking to the music shop owner, he said the workmanship varied on that scallop anyway. I like the look of the bass with or without the scallop.

From a features standpoint, on paper, the bass has everything you'd expect from a much more expensive guitar. The neck feels perfect for what I like, the idea of passive humbuckers is what I was looking for (not a big fan of active pickups - almost too perfect or glossy. I like a more growly sound). The quality of the assembly parts seem excellent - everybody says it looks like a very expensive bass.

The controls are simplistic. No mid and I would prefer 1 volume and 1 blend instead of two volumes. I forget to turn down both of them at times.

The tuners are decent. I can't expect the moon for this price, but they're better than the tuners on my even less expensive Millennium BXB 5 string.

This thing RULES! Most recently, I owned an Ibanez SR405 active bass and I MUCH prefer the warmer, growly sound of this Grind over that. I have a Peavey Millennium BXP that I actually preferred over the Ibanez as far as clarity and punch of the higher strings for slapping, etc. This Grind is actually the best of all worlds for me. G string plucks pop out of the amp (but aren't too overbearing) and the lows are well balanced without being boomy or muddy.

I'm playing through a Peavey BAM head (standard sound is the SVT model with the BAM speaker model - which really means no speaker model). A little pre and this thing totally sounds like Billy Sheehan - very full and very clear. I'm playing through a Sonic 6X10 bottom with no tweeters - just two ports where the tweeters are usually installed. Eminence speakers. Strings are DR Fat Beams - worth every penny...and that's a lot of pennies when you buy these strings.

The bass is the quietest of the three that I own. But, that works to its advantage actually because typically, I can only turn my amp up to 1 or 2 or it's too loud at practice. With this bass, I can run a little more pre and post in the model setup and I can run at 2 or 3 on the master volume which lets the amp breathe a little bit more. The sound is much fuller.

It's interesting having a modeling bass amp because the SVT model didn't sound very good with my Ibanez and even worse with the Millennium. But, it's the king of bass sounds with this Grind. I used to use the "West Coast" setting which emulates an Eden. Great clean jazzy sound, but with this bass, it seems like it's looking for more oomph and the SVT setting gives it that.

I've found the perfect bass sound that I've been looking for. I have no reason to update pickups.

This was an issue. At the music store, the action was set a smidge higher than I would like. It was OK, but certainly wasn't anything to write home about. The fret ends were finished HORRIBLY - could feel every one of them virtually cutting into my hand. I was very unimpressed. It's a common theme on this board. Read on though....

The finishing of the frets from a visual standpoint was nothing to write home about. It looked like somebody used a screwdriver and hammer to slide them in sideways. Gaps in the wood around the frets on close inspection, etc....not good.

However, a good friend of mine is a superb service/tech/luthier so I brought it to him. The neck had a minor dip on the low side between the 14th and 20th frets, but the rest of the neck was in decent shape. Using a straightedge, he determined the fret levels were very inconsistent. To make it perfect would require removing the frets and leveling the neck and reinstalling them. For a bass of this price, I didn't see that as an option.

So, he adjusted the truss rod on it and it actually plays perfect for me. It plays plenty low and doesn't have any major buzzing. If I play very aggressively with a pick, I can get a little string buzz, but nothing that is noticeable (I play in a rock band, so turn it up and let it go). He also took a special block that sanded down the ends of the frets without damaging the wood. Looking at it, you can't tell anything was done, but WOW, what a difference in feel.

The owner of the music store and my friend both said the same thing. It looks like this particular bass got too dry. That's the cause of the frets being too exposed, etc. He recommended I keep it out when I have my room humidifier on and let the bass get a little more neutral in that area.

So, in summary, the factory didn't do a good job on this particular bass, but with a little adjustment and a little work, it plays great.

I've NEVER had a problem with any of my Peavey stuff through the years and I've owned a ton of it. The only thing on this bass I would even consider changing are the tuners. They're not bad, but they don't give me the confidence of a really good set of tuners. They were loose from the factory as well. Took two seconds to tighten, but still...

I have a backup, but I've never had to use one. I replaced the standard buttons with Dunlop Strap Locks so everything should be good.

I think Peavey is stellar in this area. I've e-mailed them through their site with many questions about all of my various products and they virtually respond within 24 hours every time. I can't say enough about them. I've never had to use them for problems or issues, but whenever I ask them about questions regarding parts, or accessories, etc. they respond quickly and give me answers. Great for a big company.

I've foundly found the bass of my dreams. It looks awesome and after a little adjusting, it plays great and sounds great. With the money I saved, I bought my 6X10 cabinet too. Peavey is making the best inexpensive (I won't say cheap) basses out there in my opinion. They don't get enough credit for their bass equipment, but for anybody that actually tries it, I can't find a reason why you wouldn't consider owning it. I'd give this bass a 10 if it weren't for the fret and neck issues as produced from the factory.

Special thanks to Scott Bond at Fat Cat Guitars in Carpentersville, IL for getting this thing into shape - http://www.fatcatguitars.com

Bought christmas 2003 so am guessing it was made in 2003. Made in Vietnam, has 24 frets throught neck, passive pickups seperat volume and tone controls, 34" scale and a satin finish

I'm a guitar player not a bassist. That said I went in the store to buy a cheap 4 string bass and loved this so much I spent #360 on it. I has a much richer sound then other bass's I tried. Other's here have discribed it as 'dark'. I guess that is about right. I found there was variation in tone between the pickups and adjusting tone controls mad a difference (as you would expect). But as is my way I love the sound of this with everything full up. I use this in conjuction with a Korg Ampworks (bass model) and a PA amp.

Overall finish was good though I found the action a bit high for my likeing. I couple of turns of the trussrod put that to rights. The one area I felt let it down was the finish on the frets. The ends were not smoothed off enough and rough up the skin on my fore finger. I did go back to Sound Control at Oxford St where I bought it from but they wern't very helpful (been reluctant to shop there since). Still I'll get round to doing it myself eventualy

Only had home use and the occasional Jam with it. This is a pretty solid instrument. Its also passive so ne real electronics to go wrong or flat batterys to worry about. My experiance is guitars rarely go wrong if looked after and maintained well. Dont see this one breaking the mould.

Never used them

As a guitar player I have been playing on & off for about 30 years. Fancied a crack at the bass about 18 months ago but have yet to pick it up in earnest. Still I enjoy messing around on it. Wish I'd spotted the sharp edges on the frets at time of purchase. Maybe the would have been more helpful. If it were lost or stolen I'd probably try something else. Not because I dont like this instrument (I love it) but because I like to experiment. This Bass is well balanced, feels very comfortable, has a great tone and oodles style. I compared it to number of bass's both 4 & 5 string including a fender P-Bass. This one stood out from the crowd.

This bass must of been made in 2003/2004 in Vietnam.
24 frets, five strings, thru neck, twin passive humbuckers with individual volume and tone controls, lovely shiny satin finish, no idea what the woods are, detailed in other reviews though. 34" scale.

The sound from this bass is deep and penetrating with an unbelievable sustain, which is half the problem i have with it. As a jazz player i need a bass that doesn't always sound huge. It's incredibly resonant and it's superb for rock, but for jazz it seems to be a bit too much. I use it with my ashdown Electric Blue 150 and it's a floor shaking combination.

The bass came set up quite badly but the guy in the shop I bought it from sorted it out, though it's since got a bit buzzy. I can't really be bothered to re- set it up as I haven't used it for a gig for a long time. The routing for the strings under the bridge could have done with a bit more filing as there are scraps of wood visible in the hole for the b-string. The frets are beautifully small though, the neck is lovely and the oil finish lets your hands glide over it. The fingerboard material is a light rosewood (pau ferro?) that looks lovely but most importantly feels wonderful on your fingers. The finish on the body is similarly beautiful, i often spend time just looking at the body and the way light reflects off it.

This bass has been through a few gigs with me and it's in good condition but the light finish isn't particularly tough, it's already got a number of scratches. The hardware hasn't worn down at all though, still all lovely black and looking great. The strap buttons are wide and hold a strap well, though with a new strap it can be an ordeal actually putting it on the instrument! A good thing I think though. I really should set it up again, i've had it for nearly a year and it needs to be sorted out but since I intend on selling it I feel like leaving it to the next owner. I would use it without backup, no problem. There's nothing to go wrong with it, it just needs tidying up (my fault)

Haven't had any contact with Peavey.

I have been playing for three years. I own a Peavey Dyna Bass 4 also which despite being my first bass and almost half the price of the grind, remains my main stage bass. I play double bass also and I'm planning on selling this bass to buy my own. I love the sound of the bass, but I also hate it, it's far too big for the gigs I play these days. I also love the feel of the bass but, since my Dyna is short scale, I've got used to that feel. I never really got into playing five string, it's just a complication to me. If it were stolen, I'd be annoyed, cos I'm just about to put it up for sale, but I wouldn't buy it again, I've got a perfectly good four string and I want a double bass now. I think for the money, it's an absolute steal, it's got a superb sound, and for a rock gig, It has real presence and sustain. The feel of the bass (esp the finish) is remarkable for this price range. The minor finish imperfections and the wholly correctable set-up issues are no real cause for concern. If you're a jazz player or play lighter styles of rock I'd think carefully about just how big that thru-neck sound is.

24 frets, 34 inch neck, Neck through. The neck seemed to feel like its not even there, in that it doesn't get in your way like some basses. I dont seem to like playing basses that do not have the fret dots on the top of the neck anymore.

I love the finish, I like natural style basses in general.

The scalloped lower horn makes it a lot easier to play on the higher frets of the guitar.

One of my main reason for buying this bass was that it looked similar to the Cirrus series but not near the price.

Goth tuners and a bridge that enables to use body trough or standard stringing.

Passive pickups.

I love the warm, dark sound the soapbars give.

I use this on my Peavey TNT 115 and an old peavey cabinent with 2 15". Sometimes running to through my Digitech BP200. Works great for recording or live.

No adjustments were required when it was purchased, felt fine to me. I found no flaws and found that my finish seemed alot darker and "oilier" than other basses I've seen of the same series. Which I like.

The only problem i have is that of the input. The washer constantly keeps unscrewing itself which requires me to whip out the needle nose pliers and screw driver to tighten it back up.

Other than the input the bass seems like it could last awhile. I feels strong.

I would never recomend playing without a backup but, if i had to, i think i could make for a good while with this bass alone. Never seems to go out of tune.

I've been playing for about 3 years.

One of the major factors for choosing this bass was that i was trying to find a bass that reminded me of Warwick, or Tobias, but didnt require me to shovel out a life savings to buy it. Im only 17 and do not have alot of money.

My Grind 5 NTB was manufactured in Vietnam some time in 2003.

The 24-fret neck is constructed from mahogany with maple stringers, with a slick, fast feel and is capped with a rosewood fretboard. The neck was a huge part of the decision to purchase this bass -- it just 'feels' right -- relatively narrow, if not quite as thin as my Ibanez's. String spacing is relatively tight, which suits me just fine. No flopping on the B, even with a standard 34-inch scale.

The wings are made of imbuya, which looks very similar to walnut to me. The grain is fairly prominent on mine, though there seems to be a relatively wide degree of variation from bass to bass. An oil finish is used on the bass, and imparts a very 'organic' feel to it.

The body as a whole has a sleek shape to it, similar to the Peavey Cirrus basses, with an offset waist and long horns that serve to help distribute the instrument's considerable weight. The scalloped lower horn basically doubles the clearance between the G string and the body and makes a lot of sense for slap players.

Black hardware completes the look, with sealed Gotoh-style tuners in a 3+2 configuration on an angled headstock. The bridge consists of five individual units and allows for your choice of standard or through-body stringing.

Electronics are purely passive and consist of two Peavey humbucking soapbars with volume/tone knobs for each.

8 - The bass does not come with a case or other accessories, but Peavey earns bonus points for the lower horn cutaway, bridge configuration and being able to offer a nice neckthrough at this price point.

I'm still sorting out my own style, though I favor more indie-ish downtempo stuff, with a smattering of blues.

I've played it through a couple of different amps at the shop I purchased it from, but currently run it through a DigiTech BP200 to the 'line in' port on my PC for direct recording, where it sounds great either clean or with a bit of chorus. The tone generated by the stock pickups is very warm, earthy and dark compared to something like a Fender P. You can dial in a bit of 'ring', but it has a very distinct, mellow sound with seemingly infinite sustain. The only way to alter the bass's tonal character would be completely swapping electronics, but I *really* like the stock sound so I wouldn't even consider it.

No appreciable noise on any setting, and no other tonal oddities.

7 - It may only have one sound, but it's a very nice sound to my ears.

The shop's setup was a bit off, with buzzing from about the 20th fret on up on the B and E strings. 5 minutes later, all was well, with what I'd characterize as 'medium' action. Fortunately, adjusting the bridge height was all that was necessary, as the relief was just about perfect. The tuners feel a bit loose, but hold tune very well regardless.

Fit and finish is average, I'd say. The frets could have been dressed a bit more cleanly and there were a few minor burrs on the fret ends. The body and neck are well-finished though, with well-matched, evenly colored wings and relatively prominent grain and pores.

Controls are fine, with no noise or scratchiness. They move easily, but aren't loose at all.

7 - I'd characterize this bass's overall fit and finish as being 'solid', if not 'meticulate'.

I'm pretty sure my Grind would survive gigging, but haven't put that to the test. The instrument feels very 'of a piece' throughout, though I'm not sure how durable the finish is compared to a typical poly finish. All the hardware -- from the tuners to the electronics -- feel tough and are well screwed-down, and the whole thing resonates like a tuning fork when you play it, reinforcing the impression of solidity.

10 - I can't imagine anyone gigging without a backup, but if you did, this would be the bass to do it with, thanks to overall simplicity and quality of construction.

Peavey has fantastic online support through their forums, but I've not yet interacted with them personally. I don't think I'll need to.

N/A - Can't rate what I haven't used.

This is my second bass, and I'm pretty happy with it. It's got a whole lot of character (particularly for a mass-produced import), and that's worth a lot more to me than a list of numbers on a spec sheet. That said, based on other reviews, there seems to be quite a bit of variance in terms of quality, making any Grind NTB a bass you'd probably want to play firsthand before buying as opposed to mail-ordering.

If it were stolen or lost, I'd purchase another after quite a bit of grieving, unless I had the money to buy a Cirrus 5. I doubt that *any* bass could replace it directly, though.

9 - Mine's a 10 (to me), and yours will be too if you get a 'good' one. Caveat emptor, though.

This bass was made and purchased new in 2003. It is manufactured in Vietnam. The big thing that made me buy this bass over others was the neck through body. Also has string-thru-body or sting-thru-bridge option. It has a volume control for each pickup and a tone control for each pickup. Nice and simple! You could not touch a neck through body for under $800 (or more) until this bass came along. The quality of the hardware is very good too. Good tuners etc etc. I wish H-C allowed pictures in reviews, there are some great details on this guitar like the body shape and the cutaway in the body by the neck.
It is awfully impressive for the price. I really meant to spend less on a bass, but by spending $100 more I got ALOT more in this bass.
These NTB Grinds are an interesting marketing study: Sometimes they are represented as a step up from a first bass, other times they are represented as a entry level bass...others they are Pro basses. Retailers are sending mixed signals (that's bad for Peavey, confusion rarely sells products)

I bought this bass to kick around with at home. I may on very rare occasions play it at our church. I normally play Lead guitar. The sound of this Peavey is good by my ears. I played Ibanez GSR200's and 300's, lotsa Fenders and Squires etc etc before buying this bass. I tend to like a warm soft bass sound, so I turn off the bridge pickup and play mainly at the neck pickup. It does this very well. I could get similar sounds out of the Ibanez's. As my bass playing abilities grow, I think this axe will be able to grow with me. I agree with the previous reviewer that called it 'dark' sounding, but not drastically so. Besides I think a different set of strings will help the sound out.
I'll be using this directly into a Boss BR-8 and/or and Boss GT-6. I've also tried it out with a Behringer Virtualizer Pro and got some great sounds out of it.

This is where it gets interesting. I played this Peavey in the local store about 30 minutes or more and decided to get it. There, it played and sounded great. After negotiating the price (it wasn't at a great price, but I tend to let the local stores get more of my money than the big chains) I took it home and hooked it up to my tuner. It was tuned about 4 full steps too high. As I lowered the tuning, naturally the neck relieved a bit. By the time I got SOME of the strings down to standard tuning, the strings were ALL rattling and buzzing awfully. I decided to pull the strings back up a few semitones so it would be playable and have the shop adjust the truss rod later. But the B sting broke almost the instant I started tuning it back up to the higher setting. I got fed up with it and took it back to the shop.

I can, and have before, worked on truss rods, bridges, intonation etc, but, being a new guitar, I expected it to be usable when I bring it home, so I took it back to the shop to get them to do some truss rod work (or get my money back). The shop graciously did the work on the spot and all is fine now. These Peavey's seem to favor low action. I would call mine medium. It is VERY nice to play now!!! Tuning is stable too!

I see some finish flaws in the bass that you see from close up, but from a distance it is one beautiful bass. It looks more like a $1500 bass!!!

I think as guitars come and go this is built solidly. It looks and feels much much more substantial than most other basses in it's price range.

I've always liked Peavey products and have had to use their support once on an amp I own...they are generally very good.

I've played guitar off and on all my life (45 years). I've owned several guitars, my main guitar now being a Parker Fly Classic. I wanted a bass to have in the home for home recording and to goof off with. Somehow there is nothing more relaxing than just thump-thumping jazz progressions out on a bass with a drum machine.

Is there something you wish you had asked before buying this bass? Well, from now on whenever I buy a guitar, I'm gonna ask to see it tuned correctly.

I love the playability, price and tone of this bass. As much as I don't want to admit it to myself, I love it for it's looks too. It is one beautiful guitar!

I compared it to LOTS of other basses. I was getting very very close to getting a BRICE bass from Rondo Music. But I happened by a music store in a mall and they had this Peavey sitting there.

The only thing I wish it had was active electronics and maybe more sophisticated EQ settings.

Made in 2002. Made in Viet Namn. It's a 24 Fret, Mahogony and Maple Bass with Imbuya wings, neck thru, separate volume and tone for each soapbar pick-up, passive electronics, satin finished somewhat jazz sytle body. ABM style bridge with Gotoh style tuners. A 35" scale excellent feeling neck with a Rosewood finger board. No case included

A present the bass is a bit dark sounding for my style of music, rock, funk, etc. I'm using a blue tube 902 pre-amp with a Peavey power amp. The bass is very quiet but as I said a bit dark in tone. Not a lot of variety. Havn't used it on stage or studio yet. I don't really care for the tone at present but I've improved it by putting the rear pick-up in parallel (the pick-ups come with 4+ wiring) so series and split coil are also possible witht the stock pick-ups.

The bass was playable when I received it but in bad need of a truss rod adjustment, pick-ups were not bad but still needed adjustment. Flaws, yes, it wasn't sanded very smooth, some sand marks were noticeable on the upper bout. The nut will have to be re-cut, and the fret ends were poorly finished, you could feel burrs on the end of them plus some of the frets were high and it will need to have the frets leveled and the ends finished.

Yes this bass will withstand live playing, it's built like a tank and it's got good hardware on it too. Yes the finish will last and the strap buttons are solid and yes I think you can depend on it, enough to gig without a backup

Never dealt with them, will soon find out.

I've been playing for 35 years. I own to much gear to list. If the bass was lost or stolen I would buy another one, I like it, there's a lot of potential in the instrument. It needs new pick-ups (badly), I'm going with EMG 40P5 in the front position and a 40J in the rear. I've already installed an EMG BTS pre-amp and it needed it badly and helped immensly, don't get me wrong this is a great instrument, it needs a little more finish work and a pre-amp and decent pick-ups and hold on cause you will a Thunderbass in your hands! Check it out.