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U.S. Peavey Club
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Beauties! I remember seeing the threads for the 2 modded ones, but that '79 is the mintest I've seen! I owned a '79 before and it was a beater but tone monster, love that collection you got there didn't realize they all belonged to one person!
New old stock 1978 T-40 on eBay $1,299.00 - original case candy included
This same dealer has sold some NOS 1978 T-60 guitars, too; one still had the plastic on the pickguard.
This same dealer has sold some NOS 1978 T-60 guitars, too; one still had the plastic on the pickguard.
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mark beem
Wait, how does this song start again??
Nice!
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Very interesting. Only the very first few T-40's had that headstock outline, if I recall correctly. Still, I don't know if it's worth 5 times what a standard T-40 goes for.
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Really nice example. Not the original strings. They had wrap the same color as the inside of the case.
mech
Wow. I wonder if Peavey would honor the warranty on that, as a new purchase, after all this time. And what they would do about it if you actually needed a warranty repair.
Knowing how AWESOME Peavey's customer service is, I bet they would do at least something !! I LOVE Peavey ! ( Wait... don't we all ? This is the club thread
PS - For what it's worth, a new friend of mine who I met here on TB actually has a T-40 with the original hang tag and sticker price - It was $495 back in 1979 !!! What is that in today's money ?
Peavey Parts Dept. sold me the special 'S' taper pots for the T-40 tone controls. $4.53 ea. They still have 'em. The volume pots are ordinary 500K audio tapers. I think they'd be capable of honoring the warranty, at least from a parts perspective.
By the way, that Koa TL-5 ended with a high bid of $46.00. Didn't meet the reserve, though.
By the way, that Koa TL-5 ended with a high bid of $46.00. Didn't meet the reserve, though.
Here are a few pictures I took tonight with my phone. If you can tell me anything about my guitar I'd appreciate it. Btw, there' no serial numbers or model numbers on it.
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Kirk Thompson said:
First generation on grind ntb bxp. Should be made in Korea I believe. It is for sure not made in USA. They did make a model similar to that, that was made in the US. Can't remember what they called it, it was short lived til sending it over seas and calling it the grind. Nice bass though!!
Beauties! I remember seeing the threads for the 2 modded ones, but that '79 is the mintest I've seen! I owned a '79 before and it was a beater but tone monster, love that collection you got there didn't realize they all belonged to one person!
Thanks,
The White one is no more the pickups and neck having gone into the brown bass and the body back to the original owner (who had a set of pups and a neck ready). Still, I'm really happy with the 79 and the franken.40
That's good to know. When I got my T-40 (the one with the pickguard film/label still on) I think it had strings of that wierd brownish color wraps on it. My T-40 was one of the one's that came with the tolex case though. It also had some of the coil style cables and a pair of wrenches in a small yellow envelope and a very wide plain black leather strap. Were any of those original?
Knowing how AWESOME Peavey's customer service is, I bet they would do at least something !! I LOVE Peavey ! ( Wait... don't we all ? This is the club thread
PS - For what it's worth, a new friend of mine who I met here on TB actually has a T-40 with the original hang tag and sticker price - It was $495 back in 1979 !!! What is that in today's money ?
approximately $1,650 if my inflation calculator is right
Kirk Thompson said:
Well, it really depends from model to model. On yours, the big giveaway is the cut out just below the g string to the bottom horn. If it were US the serial # would be engraved or sometimes stamped on the back of the headstock. Those came with a sticker containing the serial # (stupid). I'm sure it has either fallen off or taken off. The US grinds were either a pj setup on 4 strings or a jj on the 5 string and were 35" scale. I actually have the brochure with them in there. None the less, those are actually pretty cool basses. Sound and play great!!
