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This just came in today. I traded an nice overdrive pedal for it. It is really nice. The finish is nice and thin. Main issues is the selector switch is crapping out, but that should be an easy fix. The frets are a bit sharp. I don't know how to fix that. I did adjust the truss rod to get the action a bit lower. The old school style Fender guard is popping up a bit by the bridge pickup. I am guessing that is why Fender ended up adding another pickguard screw there. LOL Pictures!


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The thinner finish is really cool. (In my opinion.)

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Peaveys are rock solid. This one looks sweet.

That guitar was the first electric guitar I ever played live.

Nice!

Sharp frets are now filed nicely. Big difference in feel. Pickups sound nice. I just need to get a new switch. Not sure when I will get around to that. LOL

I swapped out the bad switch today. Here are the pics.

Old switch.

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Replacement switch in place.

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Stock pickups. (Actually sound pretty good.)

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Neck pocket.

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Back together. (Only had a black switch tip.)

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Damn, it's got the proper US Fender micro-tilt.

Yup! This guitar is so sweet.

Nice looking guitar, some nice stock upgrades on there to a normal strat.

New pickguard day! It took a 50's style strat guard totally fine. Was going for a Gilmour look.


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Funny, was going to say it needed a black guard when I saw the first pics.

Good score. The tilt screw is a nice touch

One thing I've been wondering about these peaveys you've been picking up...how is the chrome hardware? Comparable to us/jap fender or more like cheap asian strat copies? Also overall feel of quality?

Metal feels like good quality. Larger pots. Only sucky thing sometimes is toggle and tuners on some of them. (The non-kluson style ones.)

the trem and tuners on my old peavey predator were syperior to most u.s. Mim, cij fender strats i have ever touched, and it sounded divine, but i smashed it.... Oh well

Good looking fiddle. However, Peavey Predator sounds like the name of a Chris Hansen special.

LOL

The tuners on yours looks like regular old ping tuners.

Yeah the tuners on this one are the sucky ones. Some of my Peaveys have tuners more like Kluson style ones. My T-26 has "Peavey Deluxe" tuners. Those work well.


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i've had a few of those ceramic bar magnet pickups sound pretty good. less toppy but a nice plinky, grubby sound i associate with squiers but always seem to end up replacing

That does look classy.

George wrote:i've had a few of those ceramic bar magnet pickups sound pretty good. less toppy but a nice plinky, grubby sound i associate with squiers but always seem to end up replacing

I know what you mean. I really like old bar magnet pickups. The more modern ones do sound cheaper tho.

This guitar looks ace. Very nice snag!