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Peavey T-40 Club Part 2

#401
Imaginos said:
Thanks for all the praise! Going to try her out in a band setting on Sunday - really can't wait!

I have one gripe with this specific bass though: my luthier said that the neck can't handle Ernie Ball's Super Slinkies (100-80-65-45) so he put in 95 and 40. He also said that the truss rod is one of the worst kind he's ever seen because it doesn't add support to the high fret area causing a slight bow there. Thankfully the smaller gauge strings are more than playable and he set up the action ultra low so it's a wonderful thing to play.
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Almost any bass with trussrod access at the head has the same support setup, your luthier should know this (on Fenders it's called the ski-ramp effect, but it can happen to almost any bolt-on bass with the adjustment in the head). Also, he may not realize that there is a microtilt adjustment at the heel of the neck that could be messing up his adjustments.
 
#405
lug said:
Almost any bass with trussrod access at the head has the same support setup, your luthier should know this (on Fenders it's called the ski-ramp effect, but it can happen to almost any bolt-on bass with the adjustment in the head). Also, he may not realize that there is a microtilt adjustment at the heel of the neck that could be messing up his adjustments.
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He's a seasoned and well-known luthier so I'm probably just paraphrasing him wrong. He just babbled something about the truss-rod not really helping out as much as it could and the current system being a bit of a pain in the arse. I think this specific bass of mine has got some minor problem with the lower part of the neck, I'm not sure. Anyways, since he could handle the problem there's no need for me to whine. :hyper:
 
#407
Hi all. Just joined the forum after a renewed interest in the T-40.

My name is Kirk Matthews and I was the founder member and bass player in the 1970's Punk Rock band "The Vicars" based on Canvey Island, Essex, England.

I started off playing with a "Shaftesbury" Rick' copy, then had a Fender Precision and finshed up with the T-40. Sold it when I finished my playing days and went into management. How I regret that now!!

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3 songs on the myspace site were recorded using the T-40.
"Im Going Mad" (NOT the Alf version) "Simple Minded" and "Come Back"
I was 19 years old and they were recorded in 1980.

This is a picture of me playing a T-40 on stage at "Scamps" nightclub, Southend on Sea, Essex, England in 1980.


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#408
After continuing setup tweaks and mini-jams after work for the past several mornings, I`m lovin` the T-40 more each day ! This morning I tried out some early- Metallica. The bass (along with a Line6 XT Live) copped Burton`s tone on tunes like "Call Of Ktulu" better than any bass I`ve ever owned. While it is a sort of Swiss Army knife, it has a really nice sound of it`s own, too - deep and smooth. Every day, I`m discovering more of what this bass can do !
 
#409
Hi all,

I joined TB this week after finding so much useful info here. I was upgrading a Fender J Bass and stumbled on to the T-40 a few days ago. I remember these basses from high school but never actually heard one, since no one was playing Peavey basses or guitars.

Anyway, after hearing the tone of one compared to a Rick, I was really impressed and started looking for one. Oddly enough, the one I found on Ebay was only 15 minutes away from my house. I went and checked it out but didn't realize that it had a bad bridge pup. After getting it home, I pulled the pick-up apart and found an open connection and re-soldered it. It's a 1981 model working perfectly now. I went and bought some DR High Beams and restrung it and did a test recording trying to cop a Geddy Lee tone with it.

Here's my tone experiment, recorded in Reaper to isolated original tracks from Moving Pictures.... Geddy's bass track is muted of course.

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#411
Scalerwave said:
I went and bought some DR High Beams and restrung it and did a test recording trying to cop a Geddy Lee tone with it.

Here's my tone experiment, recorded in Reaper to isolated original tracks from Moving Pictures.... Geddy's bass track is muted of course.

SW Red Barchetta Bass tone test 6 T-40.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage
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WOW!! :eek:

The only thing you cop better than a Geddy tone is the Geddy technique and feel on that Barchetta track.

Nice job!
 
#413
The owner's manual tells you how to do it. I did mine today but I think I'm gonna tweak it some more. I had to make a tool for the truss rod... didn't feel like waiting for one.

Josh Pelican said:
I really need to get mine to a tech for a professional setup. I need to lower the action and fix the neck bow (although I think I fixed it myself).

I might put R. Cocco's on it tonight. I like hearing flats on it, but it has three Pyramid Golds and one D'Addario (g string).
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Hey Greg and Engine, thanks for checking it out. Glad you liked it. I'm working on a cover collaboration for Youtube.
 
#415
At the 12th fret, the manual says the string should be no less than 1/16th on the fret.

It also says that the neck tilt should be adjusted before the saddle pieces.

I'm gonna try and adjust the tilt even though the strings seem to be 1/16th at the 12th fret. Just seems like it should be a bit lower.

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#417
Mine was ridiculously high when I got it. I set it up over several days to let everything settle in. After kinda chasing the setup, I zeroed the tilt and saddles. Put on a heavier set of strings than were on it, and the neck had quite a bow. Over a few days, I had to put about two full turns in on the rod before it settled in. Used a socket with an Allen wrench in the end. A couple 1/4 turns on the tilt, saddles raised a hair, now she plays like a dream !
 
#418
I just finished polishing mine. I applied lemon oil, brushed it in, then let it sit for a while to soak in. I brushed it and let it sit again, then slowly began wiping it down. I let it set in between wipes because the lemon oil was still oozing out.

I dropped some R. Cocco's on it and damn, does this thing sound nice with them.
 
#419
pnut166 said:
Mine was ridiculously high when I got it. I set it up over several days to let everything settle in. After kinda chasing the setup, I zeroed the tilt and saddles. Put on a heavier set of strings than were on it, and the neck had quite a bow. Over a few days, I had to put about two full turns in on the rod before it settled in. Used a socket with an Allen wrench in the end. A couple 1/4 turns on the tilt, saddles raised a hair, now she plays like a dream !
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Which strings did you put on it? Also, what is the string height at the 12th fret now? I'm surprised you had to turn the truss more than a whole turn.

By "zero the saddles" you mean bottomed out right?

I'm surprised at how the frets on this one shined up.
 

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