Peavey T-40 Club

[Basstovsky]

Its easy enough to convert one to lefty at least, swap button to other horn and flip the metal nut, hooray for symmetrical bodies

 

[Eilif]

Eilif, as long as you're taking care of these details, the appearance of the "Peavey T-40" logotype on the pickguard would seem to be a thing worth noting.

I guess someone already explained this, but on a related note, it would be neat to see when the control marker dots disappeared. Early year t-40's have a marker dot next to each knob that is actually a hole drilled through the black layer of the PG, exposing the white layer of the B/W/B pickguard.

I also need to incorporate into the info sheet some mention of the changes to the pinstripes around the headstock and the different ways that the patents are noted at the end of the headstock on different years of t-40's.

 

[johnnyflats]

i love the look of these basses so much that if someone in the uk was willing to trade for a cij 57 reissue precision i would rip their arm off, and im deadly serious.

 

[Goodlawdy]

This is a website dedicated to T-40's. Lots of good info and kind folks there indeed!



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[Basstovsky]

I guess someone already explained this, but on a related note, it would be neat to see when the control marker dots disappeared. Early year t-40's have a marker dot next to each knob that is actually a hole drilled through the black layer of the PG, exposing the white layer of the B/W/B pickguard.

I also need to incorporate into the info sheet some mention of the changes to the pinstripes around the headstock and the different ways that the patents are noted at the end of the headstock on different years of t-40's.

I have a late '79 and it has the drilled 'dots', the pinstripe is flat along the base of the headstock rather than looped over the truss cover, and of course it was before the patents.

 

[kjpollo]

This is a website dedicated to T-40's. Lots of good info and kind folks there indeed!



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Great help here! Through this link I found a link to a T-60 board that contained an approximate date chart.
If their chart is accurate,mine is a '79.

 

[kingpin2512]

Red your #41 once you get it.

 

[kingpin2512]

Eilif my 82 has the drilled dots.

 

[kjpollo]

Eilif my 82 has the drilled dots.

So does my 79. The headstock also reads "Patents Applied For" but I cant recall the pinstriping.

 

[countshockula]

My '81 has the drilled dots

 

[countshockula]

A very common problem when the rear pup doesn't work is a failure in the phase switch. My phase switch was broken and only the neck pup worked. I've talked to several others that had the same problem. Check here first before doing anything major.

+1

 

[Eilif]

OK, so we've got 79 or before for the pinstripe surrounding the truss rod cover. Anyone have a 79 wth the that feature, or is it an early 78 only?

Dots appear on the pickguard at least up to 82. Anyone have a 83 or later with the pickguard dots?

On the T-40 forum there's a description of the various logo and patent arrangements, I'll bring it over here in a couple of days and ask you guys to weigh in on what year and arrangement you all have.

On an unrelated note, Transparent Red Vs Burgandy.
Is ther anyone that has seen examples of both in person and can confrm that they are in fact different colors? The pictures that have been posted here and elsewhere of red (candy apple, trans, etc) and burgandy look awfully similar. I'm not doubting anyone, I just want to be accurate in my color list.

 

[cdef]

OK, so we've got 79 or before for the pinstripe surrounding the truss rod cover. Anyone have a 79 wth the that feature, or is it an early 78 only?
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My six-digit (199951), which is a 78 according to Peavey, has the pinstripe going straight under the truss rod cover.

 

[Eilif]

My six-digit (199951), which is a 78 according to Peavey, has the pinstripe going straight under the truss rod cover.

Excelent! Know we know for sure that the pinstripe round the truss cover is only a brief early run 78 feature. Thanks!

 

[lug]

Zero bass:

6 digit bass

unfortunately, I don't have a good pic of the front, I try to take one later.

 

[cdef]

I think I read somewhere that the workers at the Peavey factory complained that the early (surrounding) pinstripe decal was too difficult to fit onto the headstock neatly, so that's why it was changed.

 

[lug]

I think I read somewhere that the workers at the Peavey factory complained that the early (surrounding) pinstripe decal was too difficult to fit onto the headstock neatly, so that's why it was changed.

I read the same thing. Chip Todd said they even had another pinstripe setup where the truss rod cover outline stopped halfway up the cover and the cross bar went under it. I'm never seen one and am not sure if one like this every actually went out as a production unit.

 

[bsilva]

My '83 does not have pickguard dots.

 

[Eilif]

Excelent, now we know that in 83 the dots disappeared!

Good work detectives.

 

[Eilif]

Ok class,
Great work figuring out the year for the disappearnce of the pickguard dots. Assignment number 2. Let's find out exactly which years the headstock info configuration changed.

Below are the 3 different logo/origin/Patent configurations. Special thanks to "PT43" over at the T-40 forum for this info. Please post the year of your T-40 and which configuration you have ( 1, 2 or 3 )

1) PAF (6-digit, 8M and early 8-digit serial numbers)

headstock front
-small "Patents Applied For" text
-big Peavey logo
-big T-40 logo
-small "Made in U.S.A."

headstock rear
-stamped serial number

2)Mid Models/U.S. Patent (8-digit serial numbers)

-headstock front
-small "Made in U.S.A."
-big Peavey logo
-big T-40 logo
-small "U.S. Patent No. 4,164,163 Other Patents Pending"

headstock rear
-stamped serial number


3) Late Models/U.S.A. Made (8-digit serial numbers)

headstock front
-small "Made in U.S.A."
- big Peavey logo
- big T-40 logo

headstock rear
-small U.S. Patent Nos. 4,164,163 and 255,462 and 4,327,944 and Other Patent Applications Pending"
-stamped serial number