Price: $340.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Bird land Music

The EQ does little to the sound you have to Use your amp and only your amp. But it does have great tuneing pegsm, I had mine for 2 years and I rarely tuned it because it never needed it.

It's a nice bass. last's awhile and play's fine. I find it a good buy if you can't afford the Fender P-Bass.

I use the Digitech BP50 with my bass and it sounds fine, But it does need some help with the pre-amp models that the BP50 has.

Great Durability, this thing is a rock. It was well built for the Beating.

Model Year: 2000
Price: $0.00 (new)
Where Obtained: store

Price: $100.00
Where Obtained: Carter's Music

Not sure where it was made, or what it's made out of, other than it is wood. It's a 20 fret, four string P-Bass, with tone and volume controls. It's totally passive. It has humbucker pickups in the standard P-Bass configuration. The finish is a cream color that has aged pretty nicely. It's really a good looking bass. The bridge was the standard P-Bass type, which I have replaced. The tuners a non-locking, metal, of unknown origin.

I had to reposition the strings, to get them between the pole-pieces on the pickups, which moved the outside strings pretty close to the edge of the neck. The strings are about a quarter inch above the frets, which works well for me on this model. The neck is fairly slender, and does not hinder my playing ability as far as I can tell.

I use it with a Fender Bassman 25, and no effects (this is a practice bass). It's sound is very dark with little treble, but plenty of bottom end. With good qualty strings, this bass compares favorably vs. other precision basses in it's class, but falls short of the Fender Standard P-Bass, which probably has better pickups. I have noticed no noises, other than a bit of hiss.

This is a very substantial bass. The neck is bolted to the body by four large screws through a metal plate. The tuners are solid, as well. The only cheap bits are the pickguargs, which is very thin, and makes a bit of noise when you push on it. The screw holes for the pickguard's screws are slightly stripped, which could be due to poor material quality in the body, or overtightening. Also, the knobs are not atched in any meaningful way, and can be removed by simply pulling them off by hand.

Model Year: 1996
Price: $300.00 (new)
Where Obtained: South Shore Music

Beautiful for starters. She's ligthweight, good durable body (I dinged it once, poor thing) Basic package, pickups and all, just a good starting bass

I get the perfect tones in relation to what I'm looking for. I love it It's not too thick on the neck and it's easy to play.

I had a death metal pedal, and that was great. Gave it a nice crunchy sound, it can give a dark sound even without the pedal though, it's a work of art really. Comparatively, it doesn't have the greatest sound, but it's good sound

Stated above when I dinged it, it's great

Model Year: 1997
Price: $100.00
Where Obtained: friend of a friend (used)

First off, anyone reading this review should note that I've made a few changes to the bass. They aren't radical alterations, but if you're looking for a review of a Milestone II and you're ruling out any possibility of making alterations yourself, take my words with a grain of salt. I bought this puppy as a standard Milestone II. It's the bottom of the Peavey line, roughly comparable to a Fender Squier Precision bass. Made in Indonesia, I believe. It's got all of the features you'd expect in a P-bass clone; one split coil passive humbucker, master volume and tone, 20 frets. Fender style all the way. The body, from what i'm able to see after bits of finish have been chipped off (see Durability) is made of a wood that looks pretty much like alder. I'm no carpenter though. The body is probably composed of several pieces, but it does look like actual solid pieces of wood are used. The neck is a standard maple/rosewood affair, and fairly solid. The tuners are still trucking after close to two years. Overall, this bass is everything you'd expect at this price. Solid and not surprising. I'll give it a four because it's constructed more solidly than most any Squire P-bass I've seen.

Playability for the Milestone II is par for the course. Played a Fender-inspired beginner's bass? You've played this puppy. A friend of mine used to Ibanez basses complained about the neck width. It's got a P-bass neck all right, whether you like that or not is up to you.

Here's where things I've done to the bass start making changes. I've replaced the original Peavey pickup with a Seymore Duncan p/up and I slapped a Leo Quan Badass II bridge onto the sucker. It's been a while, so I forget what the bass sounded like before, but it's a very useable workhorse bass now. I'm in a rock and blues band and the Milestone works great. The funny thing is, in the upper registers, this bass sounds really good unamplified. The low notes don't sound all that great unamplified, but are quite good when amplified. Now that I've actually got some experience behind me, I'm happier with this bass as it is than with just about any bass I've played in a store for under $700. This bass can do just about any kind of sound admirably. Certainly well enough for the beginner. Do a few cheap mods, and you'll be surprised what you'll get for your dollar. But try before you buy. I've played a few other Milestones in the store and not been as impressed. If you take time to find a diamond in the rough, you'll be rewarded.

This bass is a tank. There's a lot to be said for cheap instuments. If I bang this instument on a wall or it drops off of the strap and falls onto concrete (which has happened) I don't have a heart attack. Nothing has broken yet, and the bass still works great. The tuning knobs have fallen off because they weren't the kind that use grub screws. The pots and tuners still work great. The first time I changed strings the plastic nut broke, so I replaced it with a graphite nut. For the price, this bass has stood up to mountains of abuse. Excellent durability all around.