Why do people like them so much? I'mm really interested in them. and id like to know more about them. but how much do they really weigh? i hear its a lot.
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T-40s?
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People like them because they sound good and have a lot of useable tones. They are heavy I think mine weighs about 12 or 14 pounds. Try this site for more info Invalid Link Removed
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I like em 
I got a '79. I am modding mine though... currently with the my repair guy for some pickup mods and wiring. Still the pickups are great - single coil and humbucker modes, I just don't have comfortable amount of space for slap.
I got a '79. I am modding mine though... currently with the my repair guy for some pickup mods and wiring. Still the pickups are great - single coil and humbucker modes, I just don't have comfortable amount of space for slap.
I like them so much because:
1 - huge tonal range
2 - made extremely well
3 - look bad ass
4 - play great
5 - very undervalued
1 - huge tonal range
2 - made extremely well
3 - look bad ass
4 - play great
5 - very undervalued
At the time when they came out, they were kind of the Squiers of the bass world. Cheap, unfinished looking, no rounded edges, heavy as heck. Mostly it was new players that bought them. People who couldn't afford something nicer. They had nice tone, which surprised everyone but a lot of people couldn't get past the way they looked. I still have trouble with that, even though I owned one for a short time when they first came out. I still find it funny that they're sought after now. The funny, different looking bass is now in demand. 
After playing with both pu's on humbucker I don't understand why basses that only have single coils are even made at all. FATNESS that's all I can say.
Mine weighs in at 12lbs and while the weight certainly is manageable for me, I find the lack of any body contours to be the biggest pain. But next to my new L2000 it is the most versatile sounding bass I have played. Plus its built like a tank.
My first decent bass was a 70s T-40. It was heavy, ugly, and crude! I still have that bass and it is very nostalgic. However, I'd rather play just about any other bass I have than the old T-40. btw, I don't think it sounds all that much like a ric either. I suspect that many of the people fawning over them now didn't have to play them in the early 80s! The bandwagon is a very large vehicle
I still have that bass and it is very nostalgic. However, I'd rather play just about any other bass I have than the old T-40. btw, I don't think it sounds all that much like a ric either. I suspect that many of the people fawning over them now didn't have to play them in the early 80s! The bandwagon is a very large vehicle 
I have two, one with flats, one with rounds. Both get loaned out for recording because they are DEAD quiet and have a very versatile range of tone. And they can be played all day sitting down I've been told that in the studio, they have a better Ric tone that a Ric I don't play Rics myself so........
I've been told that in the studio, they have a better Ric tone that a Ric I don't play Rics myself so........
My friends dad owns a music shop and they had a warehouse until they sold it and they got a lot of instruments and a t-40 was one its bowed tho but its not bad
Heavy, god-awful ugly, but very flexible. If you could work through the different switches and knobs you could get alot of different sounds. Call me shallow though, because I still can't get past their looks.
All the info you could ever want is here in Eilif's master info sheet:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426305&highlight=peavey
Mine is an '82, painted. It weighs in at 11.5 lbs.
I'm actually considering selling my T-40 to fund the purchase of a (Tribby) L2K...
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=426305&highlight=peavey
Mine is an '82, painted. It weighs in at 11.5 lbs.
I'm actually considering selling my T-40 to fund the purchase of a (Tribby) L2K...
+1 The build quality and innovation far surpasses anything Squier.
I agree they aren't the most beautiful bass but DAMN!! There's a lot that are far UGLIER!! IMHO, getting rid of the black pickguard gets rid of 50% of the UGLY
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Well, nothing so much different here, but anyway I want to add why I like the T-40:
- An extremely versatile bass.
- One of the fattest-sounding passive basses ever made IMO.
- Neck is wide and shallow, exactly my favorite profile.
- The T-40 is a truly unique instrument. I mean, haven't heard of another bass (In its price range, at least) which pickups are able to work in both single coil and humbucker mode, no other bass has such a massive bridge, even the knobs and string retainer are unique! The pickups look like anything but P, J, MM, soapbars... Besides, T-40s with maple fingerboard don't have a separate maple strip attached to the neck but the fingerboard is crafted directly on the maple neck itself (Not trying to say that it's a good or a bad thing. Just another unique feature from this bass).
My T-40 on my bathroom scale:
And here's a thread I always like to recall: My T-40's arrival.
- An extremely versatile bass.
- One of the fattest-sounding passive basses ever made IMO.
- Neck is wide and shallow, exactly my favorite profile.
- The T-40 is a truly unique instrument. I mean, haven't heard of another bass (In its price range, at least) which pickups are able to work in both single coil and humbucker mode, no other bass has such a massive bridge, even the knobs and string retainer are unique! The pickups look like anything but P, J, MM, soapbars... Besides, T-40s with maple fingerboard don't have a separate maple strip attached to the neck but the fingerboard is crafted directly on the maple neck itself (Not trying to say that it's a good or a bad thing. Just another unique feature from this bass).
My T-40 on my bathroom scale:
And here's a thread I always like to recall: My T-40's arrival.
I have recently become very interested in T-40s just because of the other people on TalkBass alone. I want to get my hands on one first to try, but its been difficult up here in Oregon.
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