This is my bandmate's, but I helped him think through the restoration and did the setup.
1980s Peavey t-40.
He got this for $20 in a pawn shop. Yes $20. You can see why from the 'before' pics. Looked like the previous pervert, err I mean owner, had tried to make it run in stereo. It didnt work and we regret not taking a picture of it when the missing part of the pickguard had cardboard and glue gun glue holding it in place. We'd taken that off first thing to diagnose the neurological damage.
He opted for a different setup than the original. Tone knobs for each pickup, volume for each pickup, master volume. Some of that is admittedly redundant, but it filled up the holes in a cosmetic way. Around $250 into it with parts and labor iirc.
Happily they still have pickguards for this model on ebay. And Nick was able to even get custom pick up rings from dave @ http://www.fretsonthenet.com/
Sounds great now. Neck, frets, nut, tuners, bridge were always fine. I merely did slight bridge and truss rod adjustments. I'll do the intonation when the new strings settle.
Pickups are very punchy like I remember them (I had one of these briefly in the early 1990s.)
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1980s Peavey t-40.
He got this for $20 in a pawn shop. Yes $20. You can see why from the 'before' pics. Looked like the previous pervert, err I mean owner, had tried to make it run in stereo. It didnt work and we regret not taking a picture of it when the missing part of the pickguard had cardboard and glue gun glue holding it in place. We'd taken that off first thing to diagnose the neurological damage.
He opted for a different setup than the original. Tone knobs for each pickup, volume for each pickup, master volume. Some of that is admittedly redundant, but it filled up the holes in a cosmetic way. Around $250 into it with parts and labor iirc.
Happily they still have pickguards for this model on ebay. And Nick was able to even get custom pick up rings from dave @ http://www.fretsonthenet.com/
Sounds great now. Neck, frets, nut, tuners, bridge were always fine. I merely did slight bridge and truss rod adjustments. I'll do the intonation when the new strings settle.
Pickups are very punchy like I remember them (I had one of these briefly in the early 1990s.)
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