1981 Peavey T-40 Bass Guitar Review By Scott Grove

[theonlyty]

Please sell me this bass. Please.

[groovydjs]

@theonlyty LOL,  This one's staying right here. I saw 2 of these go on Ebay this week. Same color, same condition and for about the same price. AMAZING. Some people are getting smart and picking these up and a ton of people are getting stupid and letting them go. Then they will go out and buy an Epiphone or some nonsense like that. lol

[J1613R]

I scored one of these in high school (1990) for $225. It is still one of my main basses!!! Kiddies, forget all the new stuff; if you want to get a solid functional bass, find one of these things on ebay, craigslist, classifieds, etc...and pick it up...you won't be sorry at all (remember tylenol for your aching shoulder though lol)

[groovydjs]

@J1613R That is so very true. It's like strapping on the whole tree, but....it's all worth it huh?! Nothing a few dozen pain killers won't take the edge off of. lol

[mapleblackdrums]

What was that? A Flux Capacitor? How does it work? lol.

[groovydjs]

@mapleblackdrums If I understood the question, I'd be more than happy to answer it. Oh yeah........um,  lol.

[gust0o]

Scott, silly question and couldn't quite make it out from the vid - a lot of people are saying this is a good way of nailing the Gibson Grabber sound, but without the outlay. Would be a good idea for playing live, to my mind - thoughts?

[groovydjs]

@gust0o They are very wrong. This thing burries a typical Grabber 1. If you want a Grabber sound, just grab a P-Bass or......a Grabber or any $100.00 Dean bass out there with a set of P pickups in it. This thing has total clarity and definition, 2 things that a Grabber couldn't get in it's best day. 2 VERY different basses. This one does weigh about 2X as much as a Grabber though. Put it this way, if you turned all the tone knobs off, had dead strings, it MIGHT sound like a Grabber.

[Luka38]

thanks for the wider guitar strap tip!

[groovydjs]

@Luka38 My pleasure, your back will thank you for years to come!

[mapleblackdrums]

I can get one for $350 obo right now. Man, cmon pay day!

[groovydjs]

@mapleblackdrums Sweet! Well, you already know that he'll take $300.00 then, then work for $250.00 and call it a MAJOR SCORE!

[scoorieboy]

My favourite bass of all time. I played mine right around the world with me, and it could take a LOT of punishment - and versatile too. Couldn't sell it. Ever. Beautiful.

[groovydjs]

@scoorieboy You said it my friend. The T-40 is the work horse of all basses. There's nothing tougher out there. You could beat the hell out of 20 drunks on the dance floor and go back on stage, strap it on, continue playing and still probably be in tune. It's a great weapon of an instrument and as a weapon of destruction. lol Yeah, this one isn't going anywhere either. I can't imagine it not being here.

[iloverush123]

I used to have one of these. I still believe getting rid of it was the biggest mistake I ever made. 

[groovydjs]

@iloverush123 I hear you. I've had a lot of those moments too. lol

[jeraldsrestoration]

Yeah. I didnt no who he was either. When i was with that black group. They played his music a lot so. I thought it was different hearing a person play bass like that lol. He was also a basket ball player. The Contemporary jazz that he played. Ill let u hear some of his stuff. I got an album of his

[groovydjs]

@jeraldsrestoration Yeah, I'd love to hear it my man. Lay it on me!

[jeraldsrestoration]

woe! here i am again. Keep u busy my friend huh? lol. I like the tone almost off when i play a bass. Sometimes i would do the funk thing but lol. Its a lot of fun. Reminds me of Waymon Tizdale. Awesome bass player. He played jazz bass but like lead guitar. His sound was amazing. There was no bass on it. it was sweet sounding. He passed away a couple years ago I would use that funky switch just 4 giggles make people wonder what's wrong with that bass? lol. That's all fun & i love it lol.

[groovydjs]

@jeraldsrestoration I'm not sure who he is. I don't listen to music much, so I'm not sure who many players are.

[runninonempiy]

WOW..The best review on youtube..Looks like I AM SPENDING ALOT OF TIME ON YOUR CHANNEL THANKS

[groovydjs]

@runninonempiy Thanks so very much! I really enjoy you hanging out here. I just couldn't find a single review on this bass that did it any justice. People just figure that since they have the axe and a camera that it qualifies them to do something that should influence other people. But, they forget......You REALLY need to know what you're talking about and how to convey the pros and cons to folks. Many thanks for stopping by my new friend!

Scott

[CCGuitarGod]

Hey Scott, my girlfriend got me one of these for Christmas (I love that woman), but I have a huge problem: When the pickups are in phase, the bridge pickup doesn't work. Out of phase it's "fine" (it has the junky Silvertone sound). Do you think it's a problem with the pickup, or the Willie Nelson switch? I wanna get it working by Friday for band practice, so I'd like to figure this out quickly without paying someone to figure it out for me. Also, someone replaced the steel nut! That bastard!

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod That's too cool my friend.  It sounds like a wire simply came off of the phase switch is all. So, you get to pull the strings off, take out those 20 some pickguard screws and look for the wire that came off. I would bet that's what it is. Yeah, you don't want that out of phase sound on. Isn't that goofy sounding? lol Let me know how it goes.

[CCGuitarGod]

@groovydjs No dice. After accomplishing the Herculean task of removing the pickguard, I found that all wires were intact, and still no bridge p'up.

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod It's good that those are very, very common switches, you can get them at any music store and any Radio Shack. It should be a very quick solder job.

[CCGuitarGod]

@groovydjs They had to replace both the phase and three way switches because that one went up on them too. So I got it back today and could only play it for 5 minutes before work. But one thing concerned me that I figured I would ask you about: Is the phase switch supposed to act like an on/off switch when you're just on the bridge p'up? The tech told me on the phone that it was supposed to do that, but I wanted to check with someone who owns a working t-40. Thanks again for all the help Scott!

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod Your bass should not have anything on it that acts as an on/off switch at all. So, if it's doing that....they screwed up. lol Here's how to tell if it's right. Turn everything on 10 on your bass. Your 3 way toggle switch should act like any toggle switch, one or the other pickup by itself if it's up or down...both if in the middle. Phase switch will work when the bridge or both are on. Doesn't do anything w/neck pickup only, but will still give you 100% sound.

[CCGuitarGod]

@groovydjs Just talked to the tech. He said he'd fix it for no extra charge, and it was just an oversight: HE FORGOT THE PHASE SWITCH! Damn techs. Unfortunately that means I can only use the neck pup till Monday when he gets the right switch, but it's alright. I'm gonna miss her. Hopefully it'll be less than 2 weeks to fix this time lol. Anyways, thanks for all your help with the bass, and for putting up all these cool reviews. You've been a huge help to me, and countless others.

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod LOL, my pleasure my friend. These are Guitar Center folks are they? lol

[CCGuitarGod]

@groovydjs Nah, it's music go round. The thing is, even though it's a chain, they're all frnchises, and they run it alot like a mom and pop deal. The tech is good and all, just a bit flaky it seems. And he didn't fix the fret buzz either. I hate fret buzz, HATE IT! I'm not trying to sound like Geddy Lee, y'know?

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod I hear you. I've dealt with those differen't Music Go Rounds and have yet to find a lot of bright folks at them. It seems like the people that own and work at music stores, really have no business being there. I would have your Bass fixed and buzz free in 10 minutes total. Soldering in both switches and doing the action, intonation and truss rod adjustment. You would be in full swing and have the best sounding bass for a couple hundred miles this weekend!

[CCGuitarGod]

@groovydjs Damn, if I knew that, I would've sent her out to you,and had you do it. I mean, you clearly know what you're doing, unlike these guys. I would've had to throw a few more bucks your way, and have it shipped and all, but it would be worth ti to know I was getting it done right. Live and learn I guess.

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod Yeah, I hate when something gets out of my league and I actually have to send something off to be repaired (since there are no music stores or qualified repair people anywhere near me). I know that EVERY single answer to every problem is somewhere on the internet. I just don't have certain things like wood heating machines to reshape necks that are warped beyond what the truss rod can do etc. But everything else, I just research it and go for it. Got to find a TRUSTED source 1st

[CCGuitarGod]

@groovydjs So, he replaced he sitch, checked everything with a volmeter, looked for connection, and soldering errors, and there were none. Still not working. His guess is hat the pickup winding has a break in it somewhere. At the very least, it seems to be a problem with the pickup, which I did notice, doesn't get as loud as the neck one. So now I'm on the hunt for a t-40 pickup, but there so rare. No dice. I couldn't just go with a p bass. Nope, had to be different. FML I have no regrets.

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod You'll find that pickup with no problem They come up on Ebay all the time. Never go for a P bass. YUCK! lol Nastiest sounding basses around except for the Gibson EBO.

[CCGuitarGod]

@groovydjs Also, he noticed a tone cap wired directly to the jack, which he said shouldn't cause problems, but wasn't in any of the schematics he saw. Do you know if yours has a cap on the jack too?

[groovydjs]

@CCGuitarGod I just pulled that corner of the pickguard and no cap on my jack my friend.

[TheTHESTOOGE]

the three way switch on my bass acts like a cut off switch... i think some one made it so it didn't work,like for a cut off or something. it annoying how do i fix it?

[groovydjs]

@TheTHESTOOGE That's a bummer. There are schematics all over the internet for the wiring on these. A simple Google search will bring up the pdf's of how theses are supposed to be wired.

[redonculus214]

awesome review!

[groovydjs]

@redonculus214 Thank you so very much. This bass deserves it.

[TheMAJofficial]

my bass player got a T-40 on Monday he loves it except for the phase switch and the three way switch are back wards

[groovydjs]

@TheMAJofficial Very cool, and of course an easy fix, put them back where they go, the wires are still long enough I'm sure.

[TheMAJofficial]

@groovydjs yeah i sure hope so do you even need to re sadder anything

[groovydjs]

@TheMAJofficial Naaah, Some bonehead just swapped places with them and probably when tightening the outside bolts, got them even switching the wrong way and all. lol Not a lot of bright musicians in the world.

[TheMAJofficial]

@groovydjs yeah thats great because i don't know how to do all that stuff i don't even know how to change pick-ups or anything like that

[groovydjs]

@TheMAJofficial It's all so very easy. Just unsoldering a ground wire and a hot wire in most cases and putting the new pickup in it's place and solder the 2 wires back where the old one's are. If you have something more complex like a Peavey, then it's just a matter of if you are replacing the pickups with new pickups that you want to do all that groovy stuff, coil splitting, and out of phase etc. Then it's still the same colored wire going to where the original one was. Quite easy my friend.

[TheMAJofficial]

Fleetwood mac Chains... me and my bass player are trying to find one of these

[groovydjs]

@TheMAJofficial Exactly! These are a superb axe and truly are just as sweet as they come. Plus that cheap to buy? That should be illegal.  lol

[IMTHEVINCE]

is it really heavy?

[groovydjs]

@IMTHEVINCE You bet. It's a monster. I love it.

[stonedparyah]

One of the best reviews I've ever seen! Really informative and loads of sounds with no bullshit. I'm also a huge Peavey fan :D keep it up dude

[groovydjs]

@stonedparyah Thanks so much. This bass really deserved a great review after seeing all the ones I saw on here......so I just bought the T-60 and T-40 within weeks of each other to honestly give the world a taste of what great axes these things actually were and are. The guitars of today are just sad compared to these. The kids just don't know what they are missing by spending their cash on the toys out there. I can't believe that these haven't went through the roof in price. Someday! lol

[HardMod67]

"you noticed how i suddenly developed a southern accent, well you have to when talking about peavey down there in mississippi....Are those humbuckers? They can be. Are they single coils? They can be."

!!!!! HAHAHA yes !!!! dude i died when i heard that! haha..

Cheers from nashville. Lovin this bass and definitely looking to purchase one very soon as my main just got stolen. Review ruled man! Thanks a lot...

[groovydjs]

@HardMod67 LOL, yeah...it happens when you start talking the good, old Peavey stuff for sure. You couldn't step foot in Nashville in the late 70's through the mid 80's without there being Peavey emblems on everything as far as the eye could see. The Opry, all the stages of the clubs, the Nashville Now set and every stage of everybody that played music period. Not to mention the racks and racks of those boat anchor CS-800 power amps that still to this day refuse to die. Just USA at it's best!

[NKingTotoro]

How does this bass compare to other old Peaveys? I'm also looking at the Peavey Foundation and the Fury for good cheap bass.

[groovydjs]

@NKingTotoro The Peavey USA basses are all great. Includidng the Foundation, Fury, Dyna Bass, Grind etc. So, you can't go wrong with any of them. This is by far the HEAVIEST of them all by a few pounds. I really like the Foundation and the Dyna Bass. Really Solid instruments.

[65micheal]

This is great, and one of the most amusing and least pretentious reviews I've seen. The only other passive basses I've played with this much versatility, the Gibson Ripper with the 4 position switch, (but your not gonna pick up a Gibson for $200-$400 ). You were dead on brother, great review.

[groovydjs]

@65micheal Thank you very much my friend. You are right, the Ripper is a great bass and you'll be hard pressed to find one for much less than a grand. So, this really is the best USA bass going and with the most features. Someday the prices may reflect their value, but for now......more people should really snatch one up instead of the balsa wood things that are being thrown out there. Superb basses for sure!

[joshpri2008]

i can beat you brother got the same model same year peavey T-40 from my ex girlfriend's dad for a whopping 50$ .. that was a steal i tried to keep my poker face while handing him the cash and i celebrated all the way home... so far so good i love this guitar. use it to play a lot of tool but the top string broke so i need to replace it ... alltogether amazing guitar

[groovydjs]

@joshpri2008 Sweet Score! You gotta watch playing with your TOOL though, you don't want to break that. lol A string is one thing, but don't break that too. lol Congratulations! Toss some good, new Elixir strings on that puppy and head for tonal bliss!

[ImmoTheMando]

I've just bought one, came to me on friday, sunburst with Blade pickups.

Awesome. Just simply awesome.

And the series/parallel switch is quite nice addition, it gives - with proper controls setting - lots of nice tones, including sort of autowah-ish sound.

When I was dreaming about having one, I thought it's just a "heavy" music type bass, but it's quite funky, too. It'll do in any kind of music, while having incredibly unique sound. Or three of them. Or six. Eight? Well, many.

[groovydjs]

@ImmoTheMando Awesome my friend! Congratulations. You're right, they will do ANYTHING you throw at them. Sure, they are trees with strings......but so much more. I wouldn't trade it for anything. When you find a great one, it's really go an endless array of tones for sure.

[TheGargoyleLives]

How do go about adjusting the truss rods? Do you have original Peavey wrenches or?

[groovydjs]

@TheGargoyleLives Hi my man, I do have all of the original wrenches with the ones I buy, but I keep a set of a few hundred truss rod wrenches in my tool kit, both Allen wrenches and the box wrenches for the Gibsons, Ovations, Peavey's etc. The Ebay Guitar Luthier section has sellers that sell complete sets of these both regular and metric, so I just grab lots of sets of everything made so that I'm always covered. The initial investment can be slightly costly, but you'll always have them then.

[TheGargoyleLives]

@groovydjs Ok, I was wondering because I'm trying to adjust the truss rod on my Peavey T15 (It's like Robin Hood) and when I do tighten it, it doesn't seem to do much. Is it like Rickenbacker necks where you have to apply pre-stress before adjusting?

[groovydjs]

@TheGargoyleLives It's possible that the truss rod is broke. Have you tightened the truss rod all the way until it won't turn any more? Of course, that will let you know if it's broke or not. If you can get it tightened to the max, that should straighten that sucker out all the way and by morning, you would probably have to back it off a turn or so. So, give that a shot and see that the truss rod indeed will tighten all the way.

[TheGargoyleLives]

@groovydjs I've tightened it a bunch with no avail. GAH. If so what are my options?

[TheGargoyleLives]

@groovydjs It was Daddys Junky Music. The day before they closed shop LMAO. So, I think I will save up some money and get a new neck because it is just an unbelievable sounding/playing guitar.

[groovydjs]

@TheGargoyleLives Yeah, they are superb axes, just sounds like the rod is snapped and the necks can be found for dirt cheap. Worth every dime to get it right for sure. I really need to grab another one of those guitars up. Too Sweet!

[TheGargoyleLives]

@groovydjs There's a couple on ebay as we speak, but whether they're up to your collecting standards or not is not my call lol.

[groovydjs]

@TheGargoyleLives Yeah, I couldn't find one in the finish I'm looking for. Found a cool T-26 though.

[TheGargoyleLives]

@groovydjs I think I saw that one actually, the sunburst? 

[groovydjs]

@TheGargoyleLives That's the one my friend. I just couldn't deal with the "chocolate" thing. It looked like a bowel movement gone wrong. lol I've never been a natural wood kind of guy, so I always just skip over them no matter how great of condition they are in. Goofy, I know, but we like what we like huh? lol I honestly do see those necks pop up on here all the time. People are discovering that these guitars are going to make them SO much more money if they are parted out for sale.

[groovydjs]

@TheGargoyleLives It sounds like it's a snapped truss rod. So, you would be looking at either the nut on the butt end of the neck is off, or the rod is simply snapped. So, that would mean getting a new neck sadly. I'm guessing that the seller knew this when he sold it. I would question him on it.

[flyboy8492]

the out of phase switched was used extensively by ross valory by journey to get his sound. i use it a lot too. think the song dont stop believin

[groovydjs]

@flyboy8492 Yep, it's an out of phase switch and it can be used however you want. I don't get into names of band members or relating tones to different songs. So, I would have no idea who Ross is or have cared to listen to his bass tone. I'm only concerned about my own. lol Not that there's anything wrong with that. lol

[flyboy8492]

@groovydjs well to each his own i guess

[groovydjs]

@flyboy8492 100%. Not sure what this particular comment is about. But, to each his own. lol Just play and enjoy.

[taltor727]

Man you gotta roll off some of those volume knobs when outta phase to get some very different tones. Love those Peaveys!

[groovydjs]

@taltor727 You are so correct about that my friend. The out of phase mode requires some major knob twiddling, but you end up with some really interesting and complex tones that only the Peavey will deliver. Gotta Love Them!

[themacstack]

So I own an 8M serial number version of one of these. LOVED this review. Informative, entertaining, DETAILED. A++++ I have a line on one of these in white like yours with the hard case. About the same as yours.

[groovydjs]

@themacstack Thank you so very much.  You just can't beat these things huh? Let me know if you pick up the white one. I'm checking out your natural T-40 now through the Micro-Korg. That's too cool my man! Love it!

[themacstack]

@groovydjs Will do, If Peavey made cars they'd run forever.

[groovydjs]

@themacstack Isn't that the truth. Could you imagine and old school CS-800 Peavey Power amp inside there to power the car stereo? lol

[themacstack]

@groovydjs Massive!! So you know the only thing left out of your fantastic review is the fact that you need the Extra extra long scale strings for these bad mamajamas. I found out the hard way by snapping a string from a brand new set. I think I'm gonna take the plunge and get the white one here in town for 210 with the larger hard case, not the brown or black shaped one. A killer deal and too good to pass up.

[groovydjs]

@themacstack I just tossed on a regular set of Elixir strings and had to cut them down. No problems at all with the length of standard length strings. That is a great deal on that white one....quit talking to me and go get it or give me their number. lol

[mikeymacaque]

I've commented on your videos too many times now, but I just have two more things to say:

One: Thanks for using that honky-tonk blues type of lick! It inspired me to write some stuff using that type of a bassline. Hope you don't mind me stealing your idea!

Two: Have you played an original Peavey Fury? The ones with the diagonal pickup look rather interesting, wondering if you could give me feedback on it before I buy one.

[groovydjs]

@mikeymacaque Hi my friend. Please use anything that I put out there! Take it all. Any glory days I ever had are long behind me and I just want to hear great stories from folks such as yourself and if anything I do can help at all....have at it my friend.

The Fury is also a great bass. Peavey just make great guitars and basses period. I have owned many of them over the years, including the Fury, and it is as good as any of them. If it tickles your fancy, grab it an let it tickle yours back.

[mikeymacaque]

@groovydjs

Yea I'm particularly looking into the Fury (not the P-bass copy) and the Patriot Bass. I picked up a T-40 and it's my favorite bass ever, but I do need a backup and figured the Fury would be nice at $150 used. Do you know of any versatility issues or anything else?

[groovydjs]

@mikeymacaque Yeah, the Fury (both the P-bass version and the single slanted pickup version) and the Patriot basses are very much a one trick pony and sound pretty much identical. You had better love that one and only tone that they put out because that's all you'll get from either one. If you have everything on your amp set up for either one, you'll be fine and dandy, but, if you go from a T-40 to either of the others, you'l be doing a LOT of amp adjusting to try to get your tone back.

[WTNall]

The first electric bass I ever had was a white T-40 I bought from a pawn shop in 1983 for $75. Unfortunately, that one was stolen from me at college in 1987 but a couple of years ago I got a natural wood T-40 on Ebat for under $250 (shipping included). Needless to say I am one very happy camper. This, in addition to my Samick 6-string bass allow me to do anything I can imagine and make the other members of my instrumental group at church pleased.

[groovydjs]

@WTNall Wow my friend, you made out very well both times! I bet you can cover some real ground with that 6 string for sure. You gotta love the T-40 for just being the solid, work horse that it is.

[Tommorichards]

Nice review. I notice that the there is a gap where the neck sits in the neck pocket. is that stock, or is it a slightly different neck than original?

[groovydjs]

@Tommorichards Thank you. What you are seeing is the result of the Micro Tilt neck adjustment feature that is found on all of your highest grade bolt on neck guitars. You can just loosen a couple of screws on the neck and use an Allen wrench in the micro tilt adjustment hole in the neck plate to adjust the tilt of the neck instead of having to shim the neck to get whatever neck angle you want. That is something that you REALLY, REALLY want in all fine instruments. So, it's a GOOD thing.

[FlatEricsCollection]

Absolutely Brilliant!! I have a large collecion of Peavey "T's" and this is perhaps the best review I have seen. Obviously a keen and enthusiastic fan of the T-40.

Excellent! :)

[groovydjs]

@FlatEricsCollection Thank you so very much! I've seen so many reviews of the different "T's" on here and they are done by, well......less than informed folks. So, I just did my best to show them in the light that they deserve. I appreciate you appreciating me. lol Thanks!

Scott

[rezisehtnys]

Awesome demo!!! Definitely the best on YouTube. My dream bass. I had wanted to get one, still want one. But they're going for $300+ on feeBay. Still a more than fair price for what you get, just out of my range currently. Was able to pick up a '92 USA Fury for $135. Great bass, can't beat the American Peavey stuff. Keep up the great work, look forward to more Peavey demos!

[groovydjs]

@rezisehtnys Thank you very much! Yeah, Peavey is the hidden treasure of all guitars for sure. I would pay a grand for one of these any day of the week before I would pay it for any other bass. They are just that good. These are indestructable too. Peavey will never have to "reissue" these. They will always be around, plenty of them and the prices are too good to pass up. NOBODY makes a better bass in this price range, and in most cases...in any price range. Thanks again!

[rezisehtnys]

@groovydjs

Most welcome! Definitely, let everyone have their Fenders and Gibsons. Just keeps the Peaveys cheaper for us. Not saying Fenders, Gibsons, etc... aren't nice. Just, can't beat the value on the USA Peaveys. Get an American made instrument for the price of the import junk. I'd put my Fury up against any Fender P-Bass, just as good if not better. If you can't tell I'm a huge Peavey fan. :P Are you on the Peavey forums by chance? If not should check it out, great place.

[groovydjs]

@rezisehtnys So very true. Peavey has always had some major bang for the buck. I have never been to the Peavey forums, but I'll gladly sign up. I'm sure there are a lot more people over there with open minds than the blind robots that simply follow some stoner that happens to play any X brand and therefore the stoner must have one too....just because. Peavey users typically enjoy things like great tones and great value instead of trying to impress the followers with a certain headstock decal.

[rezisehtnys]

@groovydjs

Indeed, that's why I'm such a big fan of Peavey. They also have the best customer support I've ever come across, if you ever happen to need it. Everyone there is very nice, definitely the best forum I've ever been to. Look forward to seeing you there. My username on there is Box.

[groovydjs]

@rezisehtnys Cool my friend, I'm on my way to join now. You are correct, they have somehow managed to keep their down home, personalized service intact in a world that outsources everything to folks on a phone in India. lol It's nice to call them and not have to press 1 for English, you actually get to talk to a person. Their support is great.

[buhmabee]

This is by far the best T-40 demo I've ever seen. I love my T-40 and you did it justice. Well done and thank you.

[groovydjs]

@buhmabee Thank you very much! I've seen some of the others on here and I had to post one myself. They always make them sound like people think they can ONLY sound. lol It was time to let folks know that they are serious basses and really deserve a second look. I'm glad you are enjoying yours too. I can't imagine letting this one go. You know that when you have a T-40 in your hands....you're holding a REAL bass.

[groovydjs]

@bobandbil2011 Yeah, old Hartley Peavey doesn't give up. Those folks are always keeping up and pushing the envelope. Peavey is a rock solid staple in the musical world and they won't be going anywhere for a long time I hope. If they do fold up.........they will have left behind some really innovative and cool things for others to discover down the line.

[TheDeathStar1990]

Do you have any 6 string basses?

[groovydjs]

@TheDeathStar1990 Nope, haven't ventured there. I'm sure I'll pick one up someday. I don't really see the need for it, but that has never stopped me before. lol

[mikeymacaque]

Best T-40 review online. Commented on your T-60 review too, but you need as much kudos as possible. Hope to one day match your collection, but I'll have mostly basses haha.

Wanna know what's cool about the T-40s? Every schmuck's got a J or a P (not that they're bad basses, nothing sounds like a good Fender), but I can make my own tone with a T-40 cuz barely anybody uses it.

[groovydjs]

@mikeymacaque Thanks my friend. Yeah, the T-40 is one of the most versatile basses ever made. Every possible tone in the world that you could want. Regular old P or J bass gonna do that? Nope. Sure, they sound fine, the P sounds like your typical "mud bass". The Jazz is a great, all around bass that at least has more tricks than the Precision, but still strictly a single coil bass and not all of the options at your finger tips like the T-40. What a great axe!

[mikeymacaque]

@groovydjs

Yea exactly. What I like about the T-40 is you can cop P or J and even Ric tones, but this isn't a "copy" bass. You get a P sound with T-40 flavor, and I think the wide open single coil setting is unique and definitely one of the most underrated tones in all of music.

[groovydjs]

@mikeymacaque Very true. Will the world ever learn? Probably not. They will keep shelling out for the plywood instruments and paying three times as much for them. Or paying a few grand for a bass with half of the brilliance behind these puppies.

[hansolo989]

Haha the non funked up Detroit rock city

[groovydjs]

@hansolo989 Yeah, you gotta play it the right way now and then. lol

[stonedrocker666]

wood on wood, metal on metal, sounds like a real guitar to me.

[groovydjs]

@stonedrocker666 Exactly. This was made with a brain involved behind it. Who would've thought that could've been possible? Since then.........Peavey has gotten "Guitarded" with the rest of them. Same crappy guitars today. Same imported garbage made by Samick, just a Peavey logo on the headstock. Sad. But.....that's the world we live in now. Peavey as we knew it, when they made REAL guitars is dead.

[stonedrocker666]

@groovydjs the only things that confuse me are the tone pots as splits and the phase switch, other then that its pretty daggone good.

[groovydjs]

@stonedrocker666 Yeah, they did some of the greatest wiring ever on these. It's just that if the tone pot is on 10, you have single coil pickups, and if they are on 7, you have humbuckers.

[stonedrocker666]

@groovydjs can you still get that rolloff between 8 and 10is it?

[groovydjs]

@stonedrocker666 Yes, very much so. The tone roll off on the single coils works great from 10 until it reaches the point at 7 where it turns into a humbucker and then the tone roll off happens again from there to 0. Why they didn't simply put the split at 5 and an indent so that you could FEEL where the split takes place, is beyond me.  It would've been a nice feature for sure.

[cars812]

you should get a mike lull t bass

[groovydjs]

@cars812 Just another Thunderbird copy, I'll get the real deal.

[jamiecott123]

have you got a partnership on YT now?

[groovydjs]

@jamiecott123 They should give me one huh? lol

[TheSammyreynolds]

You're right, that probably is the best passive sounding basses I've heard. Most passive basses suck.

[groovydjs]

@TheSammyreynolds So true my friend. These old work horses have tone for days and so many different ones to pick from. Hard to believe it's not active huh?

[JackGuitarRock]

Lovin' these long videos! I watched both of your lessons (both very helpful thank you very much) but I'm very happy to see a long review! Keep 'em coming and keep on rockin'!

[groovydjs]

@JackGuitarRock Me too my friend! Lord knows I love to talk. lol

[JackGuitarRock]

@groovydjs Hey if you keep talkin' I'll keep listening, nothing wrong with that I think.

[groovydjs]

@JackGuitarRock Thank you very much. I just love these hunks of wood and wires. I could ramble about them all day. lol

[bassplayer2011ify]

i have had my wireless for about half a year now and i love it is it a pain to set up yes but that is the only down side about it

[bassplayer2011ify]

15s + horn = awesome bass tones

[groovydjs]

@bassplayer2011ify Thanks, plus there is the 8" in there too for some clarity. I have 12 of these cabinets. My other rig has 8X10"s and 8X8"s and 2 horns. That rig is punch as all hell.

[bassplayer2011ify]

@groovydjs i bet it does what head do you use?

[groovydjs]

@bassplayer2011ify On this one I was using my Carvin BX1500.

[rb7magnetico]

Major awesomeness on that Peavey

[groovydjs]

@rb7magnetico Thank you very much. You gotta love a real bass made out of a real tree.

[hansolo989]

Wow a phase shifter in a bass? LOL jk. I love the heavy basses.

[groovydjs]

@hansolo989 Don't make me come over there. lol Yeah, I agree. If you are laying down the heavy stuff....you might as well haul the heavy load. It just FEELS right to do so.

[RavenMadd9]

old war horse

[groovydjs]

@RavenMadd9 That it is. Good old ride too. lol

[Mahoivlich]

Those pickups look cool.

[groovydjs]

@Mahoivlich Yeah, they are very cool!

[HARDROCKRAMMSTEINFAN]

FENDER!

[groovydjs]

@HARDROCKRAMMSTEINFAN MORON!

[OriginalElliot]

Beautiful sounding bass, Peavey are so underated they play gorgeous and they are as cheap as chips :)

[groovydjs]

@OriginalElliot That is the truth big time my friend!

[Loganator259]

Dang! I want a white t60 that thing awesome.

[groovydjs]

@Loganator259 Go get you one, they are everywhere!

[MrAlcatrazDick]

I have an 86 spector ns 2000-5 and my uncle has a similar one from last year, old is soo much better than new, built like a tank, new stuff is garbage. It's really true that things aren't built like they used to be.

[groovydjs]

@MrAlcatrazDick

[groovydjs]

I hear you. I thought my grandpa didn't know what the hell he was talking about when he always said..."They just don't build them like they used to". He sure was right!