NBD: Peavey T-40

[xaxxat]

What that beast can do.

 

[rodneyat]

One of these was my first bass in 1995. It was a natural one just like this one. It was a true closet queen. A guy had received it as a gift in the mid 80's and played it a few times and stuck it in a closet. When I bought it from him the pickguard still had the original plastic on it. It sounded great..but dang was it heavy. LOL

 

[TheReceder]

Me on the day of unpacking my T40 welcome to the club View attachment 3132800

I'd have the same Grin if it was ME

 

[TheReceder]

Neat to see the rods present.

As for case linings, for the early cases with fur it seems to hold up pretty well. For the more common later versions with just foam it seems to be almost always be gone or melted.

Yeah, I've gpt a few too many foundations... anyway that's what my wife thinks, and I think I've got at least 2 cases where the case linings were gone when I bought them. I think Ill try DAP contact cement on one to see how it works. Absolutely love the functionality and the look of the T40. Just wonder if I could rebuild a T40 balsa body and get it to weigh in at about a the same as my burger from McDonalds.

 

[BassholeKI]

@ christopea Pretty sure he had to have a luthier install it. At least he told me the batter compartment lid was cut from the wood in the back. Glued onto the plastic cover, and the grain matches.

When I had that system put into my partsbass Jazz, I had a luthier cut the battery compartment lid from the body, then glue it to the compartment cover and match the grain so well you have to be looking for it.

And I used concentric knobs to have the required 4 pots. Other than the pups not having exposed pole pieces it looks stock.

 

[A9X]

Nice score. I have two, both natural. One has wood grain that looks like yours, and the other almost looks like a single piece of ash. The third I used to have was obviously made of all the scrap pieces they had laying around. I have hardly played either in a while, so I must get some new strings and bring them out again.

Great basses. You may find a hater here or there but, this bass is cemented (no pun intended) for a reason.

Our old keyboard player, a wee waif of a thing, tried to pick up mine one day and never even got it off the stand; from then on it was the Concrete Bass. For several gigs after that I kept it on a stand next to her rig when I usually played my XL2. Perplexed, she asked why, and I told her "if it gets windy, you can hold onto it and we won't have to come looking for you in Kansas".

 

[Charley Umbria]

That’s wise...knees bent to support the load!

Right! Lift with your legs, not with your back.

 

[Mark Andrew]

Right! Lift with your legs, not with your back.

Is been a while since logging some T40 time. First time with the minimax tonight... That should happen more often ....