Author Topic: (x) 86P3842 (Read 181 times)

shae · « **on:** December 08, 2007, 05:08:30 AM »

Hello,

I just purchased this Persuader, 86P3842. 2 jazz pickups and a crown headstock? Any information you have on it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

artswork99 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 08, 2007, 05:34:36 PM »

Hi Shae,
This is not the build information but it's a thread where it was for sale in 2003. A piece of its history.

Congratulations on your new acquisition. Post pictures!
Play it healthy!

shae · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2007, 08:59:04 AM »

Okay, not only is the crown headstock and jazz activators throwing me for a loop. Controls are volume/pan/q. Blows my Fender Precision w/ P/AE-1 activators out of the water. Picture attached. Please gotta know more of the history.

David Houck · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2007, 10:23:22 AM »

That would be volume/pan/filter. The Q switch is separate from the low pass filter. Volume/Pan/Filter is the standard Essence package. It's a bit unusual to see that particular package in '86; perhaps the controls were subsequently updated to the Essence package. The two J pickups are not unusual for a Persuader.

shae · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2007, 12:30:50 PM »

Dave,

What about the crown headstock on a Persuader?

Shae

David Houck · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2007, 12:47:38 PM »

It may have been a custom order. There is a lot of variation in Persuaders, especially pickup types and body shapes. We'll see what Mica's serial number search turns up.

mica · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2008, 03:15:59 PM »

Hi Shae,

Here's what I found in the instrument file:

86P3842 PMB4 Persuader bass

top: Walnut
body: Mahogany
through body neck: 3-piece Maple, 32 medium scale
fingerboard: Ebony with pearloid oval inlays
pickups: 2 Alembic JZ
controls: volume x2, filter, mono output
birthday: January 7, 1986
originally made for: Sound City

The original owner was in Louisiana. It was registered to a second owner in TX in 2004.

There's no record of the electronics change to a volume/pan arrangement. If you post a picture of the interior, I can confirm with you what controls are mounted on the bass now.

The Persuader model was typically a Spoiler body shape like yours with our Activator pickups and electronics systems installed. So you'll find them with a variety of pickup configurations, commonly with JZ, PJ, or double P setups.

The Crown headstock would have been specified by the store who purchased the bass. A stock Persuader would have a cone peghead shape.