How to make a T-40 lighter!

[Jeff 66]

Looks like a novel approach. Probably shaved a pound or two off the weight. Neck dive might be a bigger problem than weight at this point.

Looks cool in it's own way.


Peavey T-40 Natural 4 String Bass | eBay

 

[levis76]

That is terrible. I feel sick for having seen it. Like seeing a real picture of a disfigured corpse.

Hard to believe someone would do this. I thought this was going to be one of those 'remove pickguard and route out excess wood' threads.

I believe there was even a thread from long ago where someone sliced off the top and then routed cavities in the body then glued the top back on with a thin veneer of walnut or mahogany sandwiched in between. Very nice and cut the weight by almost half, but yeah, bigtime neck dive. Lightweight tuners are almost a necessity at that point.

 

[bassbrad]

That is sooooo wrong.

 

[smcd]

The guy selling that vandalized T-40 is a complete boob. What on God's green earth gave him the idea he could get $400 for that atrocity?

 

[Dark Horse]

Amazing how much $$$ they want from it. For $100-$150, it might be worth buying to scavenge for parts, but $400 ???

You gotta be kitten me !

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[Passifid]

am i the only one who saw this

'Shipping :

World wide shipping. This item will be shipped in 2 parts because it is too long for normal packaging

Payment :'

 

[zachoff]

Man, I can't even get $350 for my '79 natural in awesome shape!

That's like a zombie T-40.

 

[cropshy]

Jerry Casale of DEVO has played a "dehorned" Grabber since the 70s; maybe he should buy it.

 

[scottbass]

Funny - no bids yet!

Doesn't anyone appreciate good old home-made craftmanship anymore???

Seriously, that just makes me

 

[A-Step-Towards]

Im all for someone making a bass there own but 150$ shipped is tops id pay for its parts and the lay that body to rest

 

[TomB]

Gross! I've wondered about the possibility of passing a T-40 body through a planer once or twice. I seem to recall it was mighty thick and that might be a simple and aesthetically pleasing mod if you already had a modded subject. Lightweight tuners sound like a good companion idea.

 

[Corey Y]

They missed a few spots.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Now THAT'S funny!

 

[stflbn]

Rest in Pieces

 

[Never_grew_up]

I was going to say "add a wick and a flint" before I saw the picture.
Now I'll say just add lighter fluid and a match.
It looks sort of like he was trying to channel the Ovation Breadwinner guitar body -
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Just not very well.

 

[kjpollo]

Shockingly it auction ended with zero bids!

 

[darkstorm]

"it looks like the last owner customized the body. It was finished off really nice so it looks original" LMAO. At least he's not trying to sell it as a custom shop peice by mfg for some special unammed customer. A more descrete body modding to make it more look like dinky body version would have been ok, but this is a bit much imo.

 

[lowphatbass]

IMO, any "tasteful" alterations one could make to a T-40 to reduce weight wouldn't really be worth it, you'd still have a fairly heavy bass. They are what they are, love 'em or leave 'em.

 

[Avalon]

Clearly, this is better. Straight from the Peavey Custom Shop in Germany (in an aftermarket kinda sorta way), introducing the Peavey T-Rx.

 

[darkstorm]

I like that avalon. Peavey t-rx.