NBD - '83 Peavey T-40 burst

amazingly this babe showed up a day early, glad I was home! I've never had a shipment make it from the East coast in 3 days, at any price, and after a week's delay in getting it off due to oversized cost hassles with the case and weight we decided to forgo the hamajanged case and extra expenses plus another month of waiting to just pop the neck off, compact everything, and it passed thru like a greased pig. had we done that from the start this would have been easy peasy like the old days before myriad shipping hells ruled each purchase.
for sure, just the body alone... this thing is insane HEAVY!
I'm still letting it all soak in as joy overcomes stress and anticipation, you know the drill...
I've examined the parts to find it's all in even better cond. than I expected, minus a tiny chunk out of the rosewood board on the G side edge at the 5th fret and will now put it back together and see what happens. I'm expecting big things from this monster, and that chunk can be filled and smoothed away imperceptibly if it's an issue. pretty stoked so far.
I'd been after a different Peavey altogether but again, $200 in shipping just won't do, so I'll try asap on that one in the future, but it gave the 40 it's chance. then it was a choice between it and a Curbow 5 str. which had been seriously flirting with me, I didn't want to lose either but in the end I sacrificed the Curbow and it went quickly to someone else just as the 40 would have gone cos a bunch of global calls came in for it as soon as I secured it. the sweet n sour, the yin and yang, this is a bittersweet episode but the Peavey has been a bucket list item and the Curbow 51 an iffy proposition since it would have been my first fiver. so I'm just gonna go with being thrilled to have the big brother to my T-20 FL and ignore the guilt of first world problems and towards those who wanted this one. the shocker is that it sat on the net for a month with no interest, and usually the primo examples don't sit around at $400, if it had a maple board* I think the story would be much different and I'd probably own the Curbow now.
*looking for maple boards for both the 40 and 20 if anyone has those necks for sale.
I've posted these pix in other threads but now it's home and all mine.

 

much appreciated, and thanx to all regarding this big boy. should it ever make it to the stage I'll be toting a comfy recliner couch and my Bassling invention with me so weight and neck dive will never be an issue! my T-20 is featherweight compared to this hulk, now I honestly can't conceive how anyone but Paul Bunyun has ever gotten on with one, and I'm no shrimp! I've been on a small body binge of late so that's been countermanded in a major way. I'm cleaning and tightening everything right now, then on go the neck and strings. whoever owned it played it a bunch but took pretty good care, minimal dingage, and as the pics show they got a bit carried away cleaning the pickguard, but not overly, maybe a touch of baby oil will minimize that appearance. or any other idea on that?

 

been chiseling out some significant finish glop covering and past the tilt wheel, not sure the wheel could or ever did move but it's clean and clear, and everything is level now ...hope I didn't commit the classic cardinal sin but I'm a pocket fanatic and want the best connection possible there. there was a real pile of it, like extra pancake syrup! I'll ask the Peavey Club but has anyone heard of this excessive gloopiness?

 

1st good news is there's no dead spots jumping out so far...whew!
lowered the action to med low and no fret issues yet, still some travel left on the G, plenty more on the rest.
dropped the bridge PU a bunch to match the neck and now each string rings evenly.
still figuring the wiring layout and if it all works, not sure of the neck tone knob, there's minimal reaction so far.
it packs a punch, and with round wounds it has plenty of mid sproing, we'll see if I can find sounds I like.
odd paint-like flecks on the back I thot were chips are slowly coming off, so the finish will be even better looking.
we'll see what the next verdict is in the morning after it's settled in.
say g'nite, Gracie

 

thanx, I hope so!
here's my morning update...
thank you, gentlemen!
looks like this is going to take some string experimentation to find the low end I expected to be in abundance.
LaBella Deeps are probably first up. I tune to drop D.
the hated phase switch; as expected, it comes in handy for playing in the apt. where I need to limit the low end yet still sound decent, and with headphones as well. I do get nice bottom thru the 'phones (when I crank the bass knobs) which tells me it must be there and my amps just aren't responding as usual with this circuitry.
seems we got us a work in progress.

btw, do they make mirrored replacement pickguards? hmmm, it might actually be cool on a nat. finish.