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My first Bass was a T-40 as well.
Due to the coil tap on the tone controls they could do a fair mimic of a Rickenbacker:
If I remember right, you backed the tone off a bit on the treble pickup only which brought it to humbucking mode and left the neck tone all the way up it got a nice clanky sound, sort of Rickish...
If you went to the neck pickup only and backed the tone off a bit it went sort of gibsonic
Both pickups on and tones up gave you a Stingray sort of sound. (Think of John Glasscock from Jethro Tull)
Treble pickup only with tone down could do an impression of a Wal bass.
It could not do a "P" sound to save it's life, and sounded a bit too open for a "J"

T-40s are a truly great bass, prehaps I'll get another someday.

emac.

http://peaveyt40.forumotion.com/peavey- ... ussion-f4/

A very quiet but cool forum for the T-40.

Funny, a few of the guys there have a dozen or more, just like our little RIC forum!

Just thought I'd post this here. I don't know why, but it is nearly impossible to find this site!

I found it one day like 40 pages in on a Google Search, and even then, I found it through a link through another forum!

Tony, that bass on the login page looks like it means business!

LoL,

I'm after one JUST LIKE IT right now John.

I'm HOPING to find one on the cheap to have made into a fretless....one of these days....

I'm just wondering, does anyone know if MAPLE makes a good fretless neck?

The one pictured is one of the earlier ones, the later ones show the magnetic blade in the field of black in the 'toasters".

Without joking, I hear that the vintage toasters sound better!
emac.

weemac wrote:Without joking, I hear that the vintage toasters sound better!
emac.

Yeah, I keep hearing that. I've heard is said the they have a more mellow tone, and the "blades" have more bite.

I thought a "more mellow tone" would be great for fretless.

Well, it's cheap fun and the Mrs. doesn't go NUTS on me when I say "PEAVEY" instead of "RICKENBACKER".

Hey Tony, thanks for getting the word about the T-40 out there!! As I said on the Peavey forum, I couldn't tell much of a difference between the blade and toaster pickups. If there is any, it's very subtle.

Maple vs. Rosewood fingerboards? Yes, I can tell a difference. Rosewood, to me is warmer.

scottpro1969 wrote:Hey Tony, thanks for getting the word about the T-40 out there!! As I said on the Peavey forum, I couldn't tell much of a difference between the blade and toaster pickups. If there is any, it's very subtle.

Maple vs. Rosewood fingerboards? Yes, I can tell a difference. Rosewood, to me is warmer.

Hey Scott!

Glad to see you here! You've discovered my home bass....I mean base....

My pleasure, I'm having a BLAST with that bass!

Thanks too for the input on the blades vs the toaster, much appreciated. There just isn't a whole lot of reliable information out there. It's a shame the T-40 forum isn't seeing a bit more action. I can't remember having so much fun with so little guilt!

Count me in as another Ric guy that started on a T-40. I was 14 years old and spent the winter shoveling snow to earn the $185 for it. I never realized how heavy it was because I thought basses were supposed to be big and heavy. I have always been a big Geddy fan, and it was a poor kid's version of a 4001. After another winter of snow shoveling with a summer of lawn mowing mixed in, I finally had enough to buy a brand new '80 4001, if I could only get $150 for my Peavey. Had I saved a little longer, I'd still have my old '79 T-40!

These days I'm looking for a sunburst T-40 with a rosewood board. Not that I need it - I still have Old Reliable, my '80 Jetglo 4001, and two Fenders (a J and a P), but it's kinda like lusting after the first car you ever had, only this time in excellent condition...not like the beater version you drove in high school with the 8-track and windows that wouldn't roll all the way up! Here's a couple of photos from about 30 years ago...

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Great story, George. Welcome to the forum!

Yeah, great first post - welcome! With the T-40, you look serious; with the Rick you look joyous.

Welcome George!

GREAT old pictures!

I love seeing stuff like that!

I currently have 2 T-40's, the sunburst one is now fretless and the Maple is still totally stock.

It seems like a natural progression to a RIC, I'm not sure why but many a player here started off the same way you did.

I play the burst most every week. Not that it will ever replace my RICS, but it is a guiltless change of pace. They are still a great buy if you keep you eyes on Craigslist. I've seen them commonly go for under 200.00 if you are patient.

Glad you found way here, the door is always open for those who wish to enter!

That'd be a big slice toaster.

I recently saw one over at talkbass with darkstars.

Welcome to the forum George, glad to see you here. I had a US made mid 90s Peavey Fury that was a great playing and sounding bass. Nothing in its price range could touch it.