Picked up a 1983 T-15. It's a 23½" scale youth guitar. It's set up like a jazzmaster and sounds pretty unique on account of the "Super Ferrite" pickups.
I've got a microfiber towel on order and plan to line the yoga mat foam in that, I think it'll turn out alright! Better than that nasty, dissolved foam from 1983 anyway.
Yeah it's really cool in person. This is my first natural finish guitar and I'm glad I have one now. This guitar is so different from my other ones. I spent hours setting up the action and neck. These guitars have what Peavey calls a micro-tilt neck joint. This is actually advanced engineering compared to other similar guitars, like the Jazzmaster.
Setting up the neck is very similar, however with Jags, mustangs, and Jazzmasters you end up shimming the neck. There are yt videos and books dedicated to setting up fender offset guitars because it isn't intuitive at all. This peavey design tries to simplify it. I think they did a good job, but it still was a learning process. Overall, after trussrod adjustments and messing with the bridge and micro-tilt feature I think the guitar is where I want it to be.
Hall_of_Cost 0 points 2.2 years ago
Yeah it's really cool in person. This is my first natural finish guitar and I'm glad I have one now. This guitar is so different from my other ones. I spent hours setting up the action and neck. These guitars have what Peavey calls a micro-tilt neck joint. This is actually advanced engineering compared to other similar guitars, like the Jazzmaster.
Setting up the neck is very similar, however with Jags, mustangs, and Jazzmasters you end up shimming the neck. There are yt videos and books dedicated to setting up fender offset guitars because it isn't intuitive at all. This peavey design tries to simplify it. I think they did a good job, but it still was a learning process. Overall, after trussrod adjustments and messing with the bridge and micro-tilt feature I think the guitar is where I want it to be.