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Peavey T-40 Club
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Yep. Not only that, This is the serial number of one of them...
Oh thats wild! ^_^
I love aggressive highs in my sound and that explains why I tend to like the sound of my '85 over the '79 I had originally and it sounded awesome as it was (wacked luthiers neck and all).
Oh you are the person I need to talk to. I have a T40 neck coming to me that needs a repair down by the heel. Once I do that Im defretting it and refinishing it to put on my '85. Theres nothing wrong with the neck on my '85, I just want to try a fretless and no way will I do that on its original neck. The T40 that the neck came from has been gutted and parted out. I was planning on writing the serial number down for posterity sake and I was wondering if theres a register somewheres for T40s to show which ones survived and which ones sadly did not. Would you know?
I want to play
My $200.00 craigslist find.
A burst/rosewood!! That rocks! I lub my T40 to pieces but its burst/maple... oh well...
I want to play
My $200.00 craigslist find.
Oh yeah! Looks just like mine (on page 1).
That's very likely the explaination. It's also why I prefer my '79, it's punchy and all, but I set it nice and warm. Of course, my Darkstarred '80 can do both, but that's a whole other can-o-worms...
As for the serial#, I would record it, but AFAIK there is no central repository for tracking individual instruments. I doubt that Peavey or Chip Todd would even be interested, though you're welcome to try them. (again, contact leads are in the "info sheet")
I'm in!! Great bass that sits proudly with much more expensive basses. Picked it up on Craigslist for $100. I had to replace the switches, strings and set it up.
I've gotta be the worst TB'er ever when it comes to buying gear and completely FAILING to take pictures of it! I still haven't posted pics of my custom 610 i had built back in january, and i've completely neglected to take pics of my two T-40's... Anywho.
I have '79 in the classic natural ash on maple neck, and I probably paid more for it than i should have from a store (thru Gbase) considering it's taken a serious beating. The neck has what looks like a cigarette burn, one of the toggles has been replaced, and both pickup mounting rings came completely cracked and mangled... and my rough pickstyle playing since broken off most of the neck mounting ring. But I love the damn thing. Sounds great, feels great... heavy as hell, and the pickguard is a bit warped, so i would never go so far as to say she's pretty... but I love her nonetheless.
And my new score, snagged with some birthday money a few weeks back, is a 1980 model in black w/ maple neck. Absolutely beautiful, in much better shape... in practically every way. Only thing it needs is a setup... the previous owner apparently liked ridiculously low action, and I certainly do not. Every time I pick with any sort of velocity the string smacks the frets. Of course this thing came strung with Fender nylon tapewounds, which leads me to believe the bass was being put to a much different use... Anyway, this one's a little weird... feels just as good in my hands, and it's a little lighter, but the tone is significantly different, even when strung with the exact same strings (DR SS Lo-Riders). This one has a more full-range tone, less low-mids, more bass and a bit more highs... but it's lacking the thick, hit you in the gut, low mid thump that my '79 so easily produces. I can approximate the same tone by finagling some knobs, but I prefer the '79 sonically at this point. That's ok, this one can be in the music video.
Anyway, I only have pics of the black one (named Veronica for now, the blonde being Betty), and they're taken from the original seller.
I have '79 in the classic natural ash on maple neck, and I probably paid more for it than i should have from a store (thru Gbase) considering it's taken a serious beating. The neck has what looks like a cigarette burn, one of the toggles has been replaced, and both pickup mounting rings came completely cracked and mangled... and my rough pickstyle playing since broken off most of the neck mounting ring
. But I love the damn thing. Sounds great, feels great... heavy as hell, and the pickguard is a bit warped, so i would never go so far as to say she's pretty... but I love her nonetheless.And my new score, snagged with some birthday money a few weeks back, is a 1980 model in black w/ maple neck. Absolutely beautiful, in much better shape... in practically every way. Only thing it needs is a setup... the previous owner apparently liked ridiculously low action, and I certainly do not. Every time I pick with any sort of velocity the string smacks the frets. Of course this thing came strung with Fender nylon tapewounds, which leads me to believe the bass was being put to a much different use... Anyway, this one's a little weird... feels just as good in my hands, and it's a little lighter, but the tone is significantly different, even when strung with the exact same strings (DR SS Lo-Riders). This one has a more full-range tone, less low-mids, more bass and a bit more highs... but it's lacking the thick, hit you in the gut, low mid thump that my '79 so easily produces. I can approximate the same tone by finagling some knobs, but I prefer the '79 sonically at this point. That's ok, this one can be in the music video.
Anyway, I only have pics of the black one (named Veronica for now, the blonde being Betty), and they're taken from the original seller.Can someone please explain what the appeal of a T-40 is?
I played one to compare it against my my 75 Jazz (back in the 80's). I hated it. I was ugly, it weighed about 3,000 lbs, the hard corners cut into my ribs, and the sound of it... well... let's say it was no match for the Jazz's wonderful growling tone. I just don't get it.
I played one to compare it against my my 75 Jazz (back in the 80's). I hated it. I was ugly, it weighed about 3,000 lbs, the hard corners cut into my ribs, and the sound of it... well... let's say it was no match for the Jazz's wonderful growling tone. I just don't get it.
I know with my Ranchero500 there is a national registry where you go and register the VIN of your car/truck (Yes Ford was the original and Chevy copied it with the El Camino...
) and its an active database to keep track of how many of these wicked machines are left around. I think its only a matter of time before something like this is started with not only the Peavey T40 but perhaps other make and model basses as well. Shoot I might actually be game to try and start the database but I'd need to really look into it and find out just what I need to do and see how much time it would take for me to keep up with it. Shoot no!!!!! Dude, go Hendrix on it and have a ball!!!
I've gotta be the worst TB'er ever when it comes to buying gear and completely FAILING to take pictures of it! I still haven't posted pics of my custom 610 i had built back in january, and i've completely neglected to take pics of my two T-40's... Anywho.
I have '79 in the classic natural ash on maple neck, and I probably paid more for it than i should have from a store (thru Gbase) considering it's taken a serious beating. The neck has what looks like a cigarette burn, one of the toggles has been replaced, and both pickup mounting rings came completely cracked and mangled... and my rough pickstyle playing since broken off most of the neck mounting ring
And my new score, snagged with some birthday money a few weeks back, is a 1980 model in black w/ maple neck. Absolutely beautiful, in much better shape... in practically every way. Only thing it needs is a setup... the previous owner apparently liked ridiculously low action, and I certainly do not. Every time I pick with any sort of velocity the string smacks the frets. Of course this thing came strung with Fender nylon tapewounds, which leads me to believe the bass was being put to a much different use... Anyway, this one's a little weird... feels just as good in my hands, and it's a little lighter, but the tone is significantly different, even when strung with the exact same strings (DR SS Lo-Riders). This one has a more full-range tone, less low-mids, more bass and a bit more highs... but it's lacking the thick, hit you in the gut, low mid thump that my '79 so easily produces. I can approximate the same tone by finagling some knobs, but I prefer the '79 sonically at this point. That's ok, this one can be in the music video.
Hey you aren't the worst TBer for pics. I think I take the cake with that one...HAH...hopefully some of the regs know by now that when I say I will post a pic in a 'couple of days' or 'tomorrow' that means like maybe by the end of the month LOL And half the time all I post are auction pics of the latest prize.
And you know, after I fixed my Yammy the neck was out of wack cause I didn't do anything to the truss rod adjustment before I took the strings off in the couple of weeks I was waiting for the wiring kit. Now the strings will slap the frets but I love the low action on this beast and Im not fighting against the slap but actually working to incorporate it into what Im working on. Just my thoughts on the matter. I /do/ need to adjust the neck on my Dyna though. It sat with no strings for a good bit longer and no adjustment on the truss (yea Im stupid) so when it got repaired and restring....oh dear....I think the strings slap the frets a wee bit too much for me to work with on that monster...ahh well..nothing that can't be adjusted out.
What is it about the T40? I don't know if I can put it into words but I will try. They are bad ass, heavy, wicked, awesome, in charge, anvils, sound machines if you know how to work them, attention getters, 'not your daddys fender', in your face, killing your back but nirvana to the ears, smooth necked, smooth sounding hunk of trunk that can take on anything. They are indestructible, great clubs, great low end monsters....they are Peavey T40s, they are what is bass all in one chunk of ash that can take on most of what is out there IMO. What it is about them is hard to put into words, at least by me but Im sure someone else can word it better than I. ^_^ they just /are/ what they are and I think if you ignore the weight and 'listen' to it, it will let you know what its all about.
Look, when I got my first one it was a pawnshop special that had some nightmare custom neck. I didn't know any better, it was the only Peavey bass I had ever seen. I thought it was a fluke from am amp company and nothing more. It had action high enough to make your nose bleed, the neck was tough, rough and impossible but the way it felt, the way it sounded, the way it looked...I. didnt. care. Now true, in a weak moment I repawned it and let it go cause I got tired of its weight but when I got back into playing about this time last year, all I obsessed with was getting another one back no matter what!! I did and the neck on this one was RIGHT and I love it even more then the first one I had. But I think that has to say something about the axe when one as butchered as my first one was still retained enough of its 'presence' so to speak that I wouldn't stop till I got another one years later.
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