I like the neck pickup tone at about 6, volume full, bridge tone at 10, volume at 9. Big, fat neck pickup with the bridge to help cut.
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Peavey T-40 Club Part 2
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I seldom played the neck pickup soloed, as it got WAYYYYYY boomy. Maybe with flats to try and cop an upright tone, but overall I used both or bridge soloed. Got a great tone with all knobs maxed (both in single coil mode), kind of a ric tone.
I'm working on installing a push-button killswitch in my parts T-40 right now, and I think the next mod will be a third T-40 pickup in the middle position so it can cop a real P-bass tone.
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What a great idea.
I have it installed in the body of a different bass with a bad neck right now. I used a chisel to do the work... Came out surprisingly clean, although it was a much longer process than using a router (which I don't have and can't afford).
I haven't seen or heard of people modding T-40's except for a some really crazy attempts at making them lighter (two variations are the Swiss Cheese or the Gunstock). Folks typically like them the way they are. But yours is the second significant mod (the other is putting a Dark Star pickup in which also seems to work well in the T-40) that I have heard about that sounds like it could be an improvement and by that I mean, it will still be a T-40 but it will be a T-40 Plus. Let us know how it turns out.
I just became a T-40 owner for the second time.
Had an early serial # natural/maple a couple years ago....loved it, but could not handle the weight....so we parted ways.
At the time I used a tiny 2" guitar strap.
I've found the glory that is 4" wide.
Just purchased a white/maple T-40 w/OHSC today. Should be here next week.
Man, I miss my old T-40's tone!
It will go well with my USA Foundation 5 and USA Millennium 5.
Had an early serial # natural/maple a couple years ago....loved it, but could not handle the weight....so we parted ways.
At the time I used a tiny 2" guitar strap.
I've found the glory that is 4" wide.
Just purchased a white/maple T-40 w/OHSC today. Should be here next week.
Man, I miss my old T-40's tone!
It will go well with my USA Foundation 5 and USA Millennium 5.
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Maybe a strange question...always loved the look and sound of T-40's and T-45's...was thinking of doing a frankenbass...found a body and rosewood neck, which is what I was holding out for....now...how important is the original bridge? Also debating between finding stock pickups, or possibly putting in TV Jones Thundertrons...or something else, but I love Thundertrons. Anyone ever thought about such a thing?
If you want to go frankenbass you might as well try to find a way to lighten the body, heaviest bass I have ever played. I have seen pickups on ebay frequently lately, including quite a few of the first generation 'toaster' pickups. As for the bridge There isn't much big enough to cover the huge footprint that thing left, personally I loved the thing, solid as a rock and sustain for days.
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I remember seeing a website about a year ago where a guy had set up his woodworking tools ( with jigs ect) to chamber out peavey guitar bodies. I think he was doing this on a commercial scale to a degree. I'm not sure if he was also doing T-40's but look around on the web and maybe you'll find the site.
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It is certainly arguable, but I believe that the density of the bass' body is what gives the -40 part of its tone.
I like the weight. Yeah, my back hurts after playing it for a few hours... but I don't really mind.
If someone has chambered their T40, I'd love to hear a sound clip.
I wonder how a T40's electronics would sound in a hollowbody bass... like an Ibenez Artcore or an Epiphone Jack Casady?
I like the weight. Yeah, my back hurts after playing it for a few hours... but I don't really mind.
If someone has chambered their T40, I'd love to hear a sound clip.
I wonder how a T40's electronics would sound in a hollowbody bass... like an Ibenez Artcore or an Epiphone Jack Casady?
You might be referring to Chip Todd, creator of the T-40. He's retired from such business now, but he did do some impressive hollowing jobs.
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From what I've read, it won't affect tone nearly as much as some folks would like you to think. Personally, I think it's subjective... some people want to hear a big difference from a small amount of chambering.
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http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/visiting-chip-todd-peavey-ish-content-544533/
Yep that was the guy. The man himself!
This might sound crazy, but what about dropping the T-40 pickups and electronics into a swamp ash body? It could be a direct replica of the T-40, just in swamp ash or even into something along the lines of a P or J bass. Seems like a swamp ash body would be a LOT lighter than the hard ash Peavey used. They've got another T-40 at the local shop and even though I'm sure it can't it feels like it weighs twice as much as my Jazz. My jazz has a swamp ash body, so that's what got me thinking about it...
