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06-22-2010, 07:18 PM
|  | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Need a Nut for a T-40
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Bought a used T-40 neck to put on my Fury body.
BTW - THANKS to all here that suggested Tru-Oil for refinishing the neck. After sanding off all the nicks and scratches, 8 coats of Tru-Oil and the wax, it looks and feels BETTER than new!
Anyway, I planned to use all the hardware from the defective Fury neck and suddenly realized the nut is not the same! D'OH!
It seems that the nut is 1-11/16". I can find 1-5/8" (P) and 1-9/16" (J). Any ideas about where to get one? Peavey parts is out. The email posted last year for Chip Todd is no longer working.
Thanks!
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06-22-2010, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bessemer, AL | | | Get a luthier in your area to cut one for you |
06-23-2010, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassman822  Get a luthier in your area to cut one for you | +1
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06-23-2010, 02:51 PM
| | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Thanks - I was hoping NOT to have to do that for a cheapo parts project bass, but it is frustrating that the entire thing is sitting there without a nut!
BTW - After lengthy research, I DID find one of the right width at Guitar Parts Resource and ordered it. Whether or not it is the right thickness and will work is another story and remains to be seen.
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06-23-2010, 03:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | T-40's use a metal nut. I see them on Ebay every now and then. |
06-23-2010, 04:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pompano Beach, FL | | | one other thing you should be aware of....that fury neck had 21 frets and your T-40 neck has 22, so you might have to get a little creative with the bridge to make up for the added length |
06-23-2010, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BOOCAKE4U one other thing you should be aware of....that fury neck had 21 frets and your T-40 neck has 22, so you might have to get a little creative with the bridge to make up for the added length | Unless the SCALE LENGTH is different--which I doubt--this is incorrect. The scale, before compensation, is twice the distance from the front edge of the nut, to the center of the 12th fret.
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06-24-2010, 09:41 AM
| | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Thanks for the throughts. I didn't think about this possibility as the T40 neck dropped right in.
A quick measurement shows that 34" is about in the center of the bridge. It seems to be a little further back than it should be, but should be OK. We'll see when I intonate it. There is plenty of room to move the bridge back 1/4 - 1/2" if necessary.
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06-24-2010, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JLS Unless the SCALE LENGTH is different--which I doubt--this is incorrect. The scale, before compensation, is twice the distance from the front edge of the nut, to the center of the 12th fret. | right, but if the neck pocket is the same length on bass A and bass B and the neck of bass A is 1/2" longer (due to having one more fret), you're adding 1/2" to the scale length if you slap it on bass B, unless i'm missing something...
heres some measurements to help clarify (maybe)
79 t-40 - neck pocket, heel to butt - 3.5", neck from nut to butt - 23.75"
82 fury (super ferrite fury) - 3 and 16/32", 24.25"
94 fury (precision style fury) - 3.5", 24.25"
(all measurements done with a tape, as accurately as possible)
so in actuality, the T-40 neck is shorter by ~1/2" in the critical dimensions, not longer (which corresponds with what you noticed)...but yeah, not a huge deal to shift the bridge back a bit on either model fury (worst case)...keep us posted, sounds like a cool project |
06-24-2010, 04:42 PM
| | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Jeez - How do you guys know all this stuff?
I do think I need to shift the bridge back a little so that the string angle over the saddles is not too extreme.
Added: I compared the necks, and the Fury neck IS about 1/2" longer, equating to +1/4" at the saddles. When I get the nut I will see if I can work it as-is, before moving the bridge. This is only so that the 2 holes from the front of the bridge don't show. If I MUST move it - then so be it.
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06-25-2010, 02:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chicago | | | Just be warned: the T-40 nut slot follows the arc of the fingerboard. Unless your replacement nut is also cut in an arc, you may need to file the slot flat to fit it.
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06-28-2010, 11:38 AM
| | keepin' the beat since the 60's | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Studio City, SoCal, USA | | | Well, it is all moot now. A TB'er needed a neck for his T-40 body, and made me an offer I couldn't refuse! That's OK - I will find another neck for this Fury body, and I have learned how to do the refinishing.
Thanks again all for your valuable input.
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