NBD - 1982 Peavey T-40

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:42 am

Picked up this tank of a bass today. One of the switches is a little faulty, and the frets were GREEN with oxidization and rust (don't work already fixed em with steel wood and sanding). Got a cool pink vintage strap and OHSC. Hard to get the action low and truss rod needs some sort of special tool to adjust

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:45 am

Pics tomorrow, I saw wilco tonight and did all the work on this bass after that.. it is 1:45AM. Fuck.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:59 am

Sounds really cool! Pics would be awesome.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:59 am

Peaveys are this week's Cyclone it would seem.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:03 am

LOL I was thinking the same thing. It needs to be Toronados though. People need to buy Toronados. By the way, wtf is up with the Toronado name? Not Tornado... Off topic, sorry. LOL is it like Gibson spelling Epiphony wrong for Epiphone?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:15 pm

HNB wrote:LOL I was thinking the same thing. It needs to be Toronados though. People need to buy Toronados. By the way, wtf is up with the Toronado name? Not Tornado... Off topic, sorry. LOL is it like Gibson spelling Epiphony wrong for Epiphone?

Oldsmobile Toronado. It has no meaning, it just sounds exotic.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:06 pm

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:07 pm

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:07 pm

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:08 pm

Wow. Triple post, thanks google chrome.

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:11 pm

Congratulations on your new motherfucking beastlord. The t series peaveys are boss as fuck.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:13 pm

How's the coil split on these guys? Actually give a single-coil tone??

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:20 pm

Ankhanu wrote:How's the coil split on these guys? Actually give a single-coil tone??

I've just played it through a practice amp, but I would say it does. 7-10 on the tone is single coil, it sounds pretty fenderish. I like a muddier bass tone myself.

Also the pickguard screws arent all missing, I just dont want to put them back on as they are like 1/2" long and take forever to screw in. Just need to order a replacement switch and adjust truss rod now.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:48 pm

That looks sexy! For a second I was thinking, that is a guitar... I thought he got a bass.... it has four strings... oh it is a bass! Never seen bass pickups like that. Really cool looking.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:51 am

This bass takes no prisoners. It is a 13LB fucking destructor of hope.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:07 pm

cobascis wrote:This bass takes no prisoners. It is a 13LB fucking destructor of hope.

wow, I was just about to ask how much the beast weighs, DAMN.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 2:59 am

Those basses sound and look crazy awesome, but they are notorious for being heavy as hell!

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 3:36 am

I'm calling him "Fritz."

Peavey annoyingly made it so only their tool can adjust the truss rod. (Gibson type, but the walls of wood surrounding it make it so you need a really thin socketed tool), so I had to order one as it is a bit bowed. The phase switch is also fucked.

This thing sounds great with a fuzz, let me tell you. My bands bassist played it today and loved it. The neck is nice and wide like a singray, and not too thin like some of the t-series. I think the neck on the T-15 guitar is wayyy to thin. I want a matching T-60 for this bass.. hmm.