The Peavey T-60 and T-40 story, with a lot of help from Chip Todd.

[FlatEric]

Hi - Me again!

Just popped in for lunch, as it's been some time. . . .

Hope you are all well!

Just read in "Other brands" about the pawn shop T-40, although
I can't see the pics,

It also included the "Boat anchor" reference - Tank, is another one.

Yes, these are a little on the weighty side but are very well balanced.

I have a few "Divers" but only really as a collector, they are not easy to play
comfortably.

Anyone here got a Thunderbird type bass?? - OK, OK - not all at once!

Most of you, then!

I have a good friend who plays a T Bird - just under 10lbs!
He does, however, rest his arm on the body, to balance it (he does the same with
an Explorer type) and just for a laugh, I said - take your forearm off it and don't
"hold up" the neck.
Now play.
Mmm, not so comfortable!

Then, I tied a cord on the rear strap button and hung the first thing I could find
that would do the job - a large ish tin of paint.

That just about balanced it, a treat!

Weight of the paint tin - just over 2 1/4 lbs!!

So, a total of 12.25 lbs!

Mmm, makes a Forty sound quite reasonable.


Waits for deluge of abuse!

Cheers.

[ilan]

The T-40 is shaped like a P bass. It would balance perfectly on a strap even if it weighed 9 lbs. Anything over that is unnecessary weight and does not improve the balance.

[Dave W]

When Mark F. (fur85) owned the Epi Embassy now owned again by gweimer, he added a weighted bag to the lower strap button to make it balance. That looked odd enough, but a large can of paint sounds unwieldy! Whatever works, I suppose.

When Tommy Stinson was in the Replacements, he had a lead weight inset into the lower treble side bout of his Thunderbird to make it balance.

[ilan]

Paul McCartney attaches his wireless transmitter and battery pack to the strap near the lower strap button to balance his >5lbs. Höfner.