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NBD! Extremely special Peavey T-40!

#42
ctmullins said:
Fantastic!

I’ve lived in Mississippi for decades, but never heard of magnolia (our state tree) being used for bodies. Will have to look further into that….
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Perhaps you were just tone deaf to it's potential.

If you open up the first pic full size, it says it's mineralised ash in the text to the right of the pic in the book.
 
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#43
Absolutely beautiful and a part of music lore for sure. First bass I ever played was a T-40. I turned 12 that day, and I couldn't handle the weight lol. Chose some random Washburn bass instead that day for my mom to buy. Don't know what model it was. Seemed a stock thing in 1990. Have had a few T-40s through my years, and were always fun to play and had their own sound that I enjoyed. Never played one live. I'm not generally ever worried about the weight of an instrument, but dang lol.
 
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sylvanbass said:
I was built like a tuba back in those days, even now in my mid 40's, but agree lol.
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I complained about the weight of one of my bases in my early days here and was told something like "pfft, my son's in band and he has to march with a 32lb tuba. HT*U". I think one of my 6s is 12lb but I have a 5" padded strap so it's not too bad. Both my T40s feel lighter.
 
#49
Nicely done! Lovely bass. Ain't it great when something like that works out? :cool:

I have a similar story with another rare and super-special instrument with a slight touch of fame. It took me a while to purchase it, but everything worked out nicely. I love it. :)

kingforaday said:
I’ve been aware of it for years… never thought I’d see it in the flesh of course… then the owner posted it on Facebook a couple of years ago, I tried but couldn’t get near the valuation (I even tried a two for one trade on 2 other T-40s I had!) then recently he decided it was definitely time to sell, and luckily this time it was available cheaper than before.
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Well I also love me some T-40s, and I am both drooling AND green with envy! So much so that I might very well look into either making or having made a T-40 body with rear-mounted controls. That just plain looks FANTASTIC! If Hartley (or his future heirs) were to ever change their minds about making a re-issue T-40, I sincerely hope that they opt for that style of controls. Do you hear that, Peavey? "Go ahead.....TAKE MY MONEY!"

 
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A9X said:
If you open up the first pic full size, it says it's mineralised ash in the text to the right of the pic in the book.
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yeah this is what makes me not happy to say it’s 100% magnolia, as the book I’ve looked at for years contradicts it. I’ll side with the opinion of the man who made it though of course, he really oughta know right?!
 
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eldoryder said:
Well I also love me some T-40s, and I am both drooling AND green with envy! So much so that I might very well look into either making or having made a T-40 body with rear-mounted controls. That just plain looks FANTASTIC! If Hartley (or his future heirs) were to ever change their minds about making a re-issue T-40, I sincerely hope that they opt for that style of controls. Do you hear that, Peavey? "Go ahead.....TAKE MY MONEY!"
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yeah I had considered that option before to make my own as I’m a bit of an amateur woodworker, and I never thought I’d get the real thing. I guess I don’t need to worry now.

Here’s a messed up and broken T-40 I bought and turned into a useable (if a little weird looking!) fretless

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#58
ctmullins said:
Fantastic!

I’ve lived in Mississippi for decades, but never heard of magnolia (our state tree) being used for bodies. Will have to look further into that….
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thanks! Yeah in the info I found, Chip Todd mentioned it was the state tree of Mississippi, so as that checked out and he made it, I figured it was right!
The seller said “Apparently, although magnolia classified as hardwood, its light and slightly porous which makes it more resonant.”
 
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#59
A9X said:
Sure, I was just commenting on what the book said, and I hadn't seen your other post when I made it. To my eyes, it doesn't much look like ash.
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yeah for sure! I was originally like “well, the book says… soooo…” but the seller was insistent, so I did a bit of Googling and saw it mentioned a couple of times by Chip Todd. Then when the seller sent it to me (knowing I’m a crazy obsessive) he’d printed out a bunch of correspondence with Chip from years ago, where he talked about making it etc. very cool!
 
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#60
lug said:
Not as rare as it looks, there where 10 original "zero" models produced for salesmen. I also have a very early 6 digit serial numbered one that I bought new! :D
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can you make out any marks or indents between the numbers? Apparently they added decimal places or something between numbers so they could keep track of them, and if one got sold on they could tell which salesman it was!
 

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