Peavey T-40 Club

[kjpollo]

I have the chance to pick up a solid condition natural one this weekend for $250. I play all genres but I really love slap. About a half hour drive to test it/pick it up. Sound like a good deal?

Did you end up following up on this one? Since you're only 1/2 an hour away, I personally would take the drive and check it out.
As far as slap goes, I had a tough time finding a good slap tone. Of course, that probably has more to do with the fact that I play very little slap and I'm not very skilled at it either!

 

[tuBass]

my daughter filming band practice...we were a little rusty, it had been since march since we played together..

 

[fowlerclone]

Did you end up following up on this one? Since you're only 1/2 an hour away, I personally would take the drive and check it out.
As far as slap goes, I had a tough time finding a good slap tone. Of course, that probably has more to do with the fact that I play very little slap and I'm not very skilled at it either!

yeah i actually just got done jamming on it. its a 1979 model. i love it, just needs new strings

 

[Engine207]

my daughter filming band practice...we were a little rusty, it had been since march since we played together..

That's hilarious! "This is the inside of my mouth" Substantial amount of metal in there!!

 

[tuBass]

yeah... i'm glad they are baby teeth... she's only 6. she's lactose intolerant, so we need to find a way to ramp up her calcium intake..

 

[Tommygunn]

How much do these run for?

Edit: the basses not the little girl... LOL

 

[Jaymi]

they vary. I need a pickup to complete the one that i am putting back together....anybody know someone who has a spare pickup lying around?

 

[tuBass]

How much do these run for?

Edit: the basses not the little girl... LOL

if you watched the video, you can see she's priceless..

the basses you can pick up in great condition for 200-400

 

[Essthreetee]

Not in the club and don't have one, but I found [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] and had never seen one with a single pickup before...does anyone have one of these???

 

[Basstovsky]

Not in the club and don't have one, but I found [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] and had never seen one with a single pickup before...does anyone have one of these???

That's a T-45 actually, sister to the T-40. Had some odd control setup that I'm not sure of, the third knob was like a mid-control or something of the like, I'm sure someone here remembers it exactly

 

[whoatherechunk]

how many different finishes have there been on the t-40's?

 

[king_biscuit]

By the time you add in the rest of the band and vocals you wouldn't be able to tell one from the other. Wonder if they both used the same strings.

I think that if you plugged a Jazz bass into that same setup, it would sound about like the Ric and the T-40. Let's have a good comparison of the Ric and T-40 running completely clean with no effects. I have one of each, and plugged straight into my Super Redhead, there is a world of difference in the two. The neck pickups are similar, but the treble pickups are worlds apart.

 

[kjpollo]

how many different finishes have there been on the t-40's?

Known factory finishes?
Natural is by far the most common.
Solid Colors-white, black & burgundy and 2 different bursts. A sunburst and something called "Sienna Burst" which is more like what you would now call tobacco burst.

The sienna burst is the rarest factory finish. I dont know the years it was offered but it is definitely the rarest.

I think there was a post around here somewhere talking about a few other oddball colors that pop up from time to time. they might have been one-offs from the factory or they could've been aftermarket.

Hope this helps

 

[kjpollo]

Not in the club and don't have one, but I found [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] and had never seen one with a single pickup before...does anyone have one of these???

IMHO the T-45 is the least seen of the "T" family of basses. T-40's are all over the place and you see T-20's pop up fairly often but the T-45's seem to have been made in pretty small numbers.

Sorry-I also have no idea about the 3rd control knob-I've never seen one in person, let alone played one.

 

[lug]

T45 Article:

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The less-popular T-45 differed from the T-40 in a number of ways besides having one less pickup. The single humbucker on the T-45 was the same as the two pickups found on the T-40, and it also had the same unique tone circuit, which allowed one coil to be "faded out" (the term used on factory price lists) to affect a single-coil sound. Also different was the location of the T-45's "harmonically-placed" pickup. The T-40 had a phase-reverse switch, while the T-45 didn't... but note that the T-45 has three knobs - volume, tone, and a "special mid-frequency rolloff control for maximum tonal flexibility."

Curiously, one word was altered in price lists after '82; the third knob was referred to as a "special low-frequency rolloff control."

As for necks, the T-45 offered a 21-fret version, while the T-40 had 20 frets. On price lists from '82 through '85, the scale on the T-40 was referred to as "long;"the T-45's scale was referred to as "34"."
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[Jaymi]

I would like to try a T45....

 

[Simon Langley]

Well, here she is in all her uncleaned glory. Couldn't wait long enough to shine her up before I took a few quick pics for you all. I know the rule: No pic, no bass!

Only have one construction grip. The neck pocket on the body is poorly shaped and and hangs over the neck (see picture). Is this typical?

Gonna go plug her in and see what she can do. Will get back to you later. Enjoy!

 

[whoatherechunk]

Dude beautiful bass!!! How does she play?

 

[paradigm_shift]

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[franchelB]

Myself? I don't own a T-40, but a T-20. It's a "back-breaker", but it was free.