Peavey T-40 Club Part 2

[ba55i5t]

Also - will this do the job for adjusting the truss rod?

5-16 inch Box Wrench | Allparts.com

 

[mech]

A new one joins the herd. A T-40 parts body with a late model Milestone III rosewood neck with a 1 1/2" topnut. As much as I love the way the T-40 sounds I never got along with the 1 3/4" four string topnut spacing. Had to massage the neck pocket about .010" each side and file a taste of wood off the round heel of the neck for fit and to have some lateral adjustment for string margin. Drilled new mounting holes in the neck but didn't have to dowel the old. Strung BEAD, this one's perfect for me. The Milestone neck had the large clover tuner holes so the Titan nuts needed some masking tape wrapped around them for a snug fit. Put the truss rod cover on for the "vintage" look since the trussrod has the wheel at the heel (is there a song there?). I've changed the applied pinstripe to follow the peghead contour and not have the fake gut hook. Don't know what i was thinking but I had just finished doing the same thing to a new natural ash Milestone. Guess it just carried over. Hardware changed from chrome to black and neck swapped for a rosewood.

 

[ba55i5t]

A new one joins the herd. A T-40 parts body with a late model Milestone III rosewood neck with a 1 1/2" topnut. As much as I love the way the T-40 sounds I never got along with the 1 3/4" four string topnut spacing. Had to massage the neck pocket about .010" each side and file a taste of wood off the round heel of the neck for fit and to have some lateral adjustment for string margin. Drilled new mounting holes in the neck but didn't have to dowel the old. Strung BEAD, this one's perfect for me. The Milestone neck had the large clover tuner holes and so the Titan nuts needed some masking tape wrapped around them for a snug fit. Put the truss rod cover on for the "vintage" look since the trussrod has the wheel at the heel (is there a song there?). I've changed the applied pinstripe to follow the peghead contour and not have the fake gut hook. Don't know what i was thinking but I had just finished doing the same thing to a new natural ash Milestone. Guess it just carried over. Hardware changed from chrome to black and neck swapped for a rosewood on it.

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That's pretty. When are you starting production on Peavey TL50s? I want mine with the blade pickups.

 

[Eilif]

Nice work on that one. I personally think the standard T-40 neck is one of the best things about the breed, but it's cool to see a T-40 for folks who like a skinnier neck.

 

[ba55i5t]

Can I also get a number please?

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

Picking this up tomorrow - never owned one can you tell me how to determine the date and any other links with info on T40's (of course I'm reading through this thread)

 

[Toolmybass]

can you tell me how to determine the date

Google is your friend. This took about 6 seconds to find lol
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[mech]

Welcome on board, @Honk'n_down-low. Looks like a good example you'll be getting. From the blade pickups and large bat handle switches you'll have an '80s model. Here's a list of serial numbers toward the bottom with the years used. Only the first 4 digits are needed.
List of Peavey guitars - Wikipedia

Here's a link to @Eilif 's T-40 info sheet.
T-40 infosheet

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

Google is your friend. This took about 6 seconds to find lol
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Thanks I put you guys above Google

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

Welcome on board, @Honk'n_down-low. Looks like a good example you'll be getting. From the blade pickups and large bat handle switches you'll have an '80s model. Here's a list of serial numbers toward the bottom with the years used. Only the first 4 digits are needed.
List of Peavey guitars - Wikipedia

Here's a link to @Eilif 's T-40 info sheet.
T-40 infosheet

Thank you!!

 

[ba55i5t]

Peavey T-40 Basses

Also check out Flat Eric's blog on T40s where he interviews Chip Todd. I recently cut my red wire based on Chips advice.

 

[Toolmybass]

Thanks I put you guys above Google

So what year is yours?

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

So what year is yours?

Looks to be a 79

 

[Honk'n_down-low]

Also my switches are not flat and I thought 40s had flat switches

 

[ba55i5t]

If it's a 79 then someone modded it. My 79 has flat switches. Yours has bats and the blade pickups. It should be an early 80s.

 

[Dluxe]

I bought this one on eBay recently. I was looking for a blank plank maple Precision bass but this one popped up and I had to have it. Six digit serial number with mostly zeros.

 

[Eilif]

I bought this one on eBay recently. I was looking for a blank plank maple Precision bass but this one popped up and I had to have it. Six digit serial number with mostly zeros.

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Wow!
Is that a one-off or a custom fingerboard.
I've never seen a maple board fretless T-40 and AFAIK it wasn't a stock option from Peavey.
That is beautiful.

 

[mech]

@Dluxe ....that looks great! Makes me want to try fretless again.

 

[Dluxe]

It's a standard bi-cut neck with dots along where each fret would be. It doesn't say FL on the headstock either. I put some TI Jazz Flats after I did a setup.

 

[lug]

6 digit serial numbers were the very first T40's right after the 10 all zero basses. do you have a shot of the headstock? The pattern around the trussrod adjustment is another hint.