I bought a.................................Peavy T40 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Denis · June 11, 2009, 05:39:59 AM

Holy crap!

Highlander · June 11, 2009, 04:39:44 PM

... and I thought my RD was heavy...

Pilgrim · June 11, 2009, 06:06:04 PM

Quote from: Dave W on June 10, 2009, 04:44:01 PM
Not as heavy as a Gibson Victory, which is typically 13-14 lb.

Lawdy, lawdy! That's WAY too much for a bass....

ilan · June 12, 2009, 04:33:14 AM

Back when I had a T40 the weight didn't bother me at all. In fact I didn't even notice it was heavier than other basses.

uwe · June 18, 2009, 04:22:03 AM

Freuds_Cat · June 18, 2009, 06:40:15 AM

OK now that is just pure PORN UWE! I keep looking at each bass and darting to the other then thinking NO I want to look at the previous, then the next etc etc

uwe · June 27, 2009, 05:55:52 AM

For whatever reason, I've always considered my T-40, B-301 A and Magnum II as a group. Maybe because they are all American and have brownish fins!

Highlander · June 27, 2009, 06:40:54 PM

Brownies... a bit American, like Mom, and Apple Pie...

ilan · June 28, 2009, 01:56:35 AM

Maybe because all three are attempts by manufacturers better known for other musical equipment, to enter the bass market. If you had a Martin bass, would it be there too?

uwe · June 29, 2009, 08:05:16 AM

Yup, they are all three brave failures in a way!

Highlander · June 29, 2009, 04:46:57 PM

Bet their mum loves them, all the same...

uwe · June 30, 2009, 04:19:09 AM

Hope she does. Ovation Magnum II is sort of the Elephant Man of basses. So ugly it moves you instantly.

Basvarken · June 30, 2009, 06:13:46 AM

I really dig the Magnum II.

uwe · July 17, 2009, 05:40:22 AM

Am I preaching to the already converted here

or did you like me not know the following:

The "tone" controls of the T-40 - each of them - are split. 10-5 does not affect treble (0-5 does), but actually activates the extra coil that makes the two pups (at ten in solely singlecoil mode) to full-fledged humbuckers. If you have the two tone controls at 5, only then the bass works with both pups in humbucking mode.

I had never realized that. $:-\$ I had noticed that the tone controls work "weirdly"

(kind of WALish, you never know what is happening, but it always sounds good!), but never figured it out.

Now the German bass mag Bass Professor had a reverential feature on the T-40

and "explained"

the electronics.

You live and learn. And now I know why "reducing treble" on my T-40 made the bass louder and angrier.

I also finally realize where that glistening presence comes from which is quite unlike any other bass: The T-40 is a singlecoil bass unless you adjust the "tone" knobs.

Or was I just stupid?

Please be gentle with me.

SKATE RAT · July 17, 2009, 05:44:51 AM

i like when you run both pups full vol. w/ the neck tone all the way down and bridge tone all the way up and out of phase. you get this cool hollow spooky sound