T40 not much sound coming out the jack.. no frets.. wobbly fret board…
Nice Ash body (but heavy)
Nice headstock but bent tuner on the E string
Interesting defret and filler job… will put frets back in
Love the grain
When stripped down the back of the pickups were loose (held on with masking tape) this was repaired
masking tape was used to join wires! no wonder very little sound was getting to the outside world
All stripped
Body cleaned and bridge back together (all screws on the saddles needed straightening
Plastics cleaned up
All pots lubed up and original wiring schematic used (some great sounds can be had from a Peavey T40)
Just waiting for the phase switch to come in then the wiring can be finished and the pickguard go back on
Electrics finished except for the phase switch
Phase switch ready to install
All electrics done and scratch plate screwed down
Waiting for the neck to be finished!
Nice metal nut to be reomoved
Nut out
adjusting the truss rod to give a straight neck
Sanding down surface to give a 12.5 radius
fretboar reradiused
cutting new fret slots (removing plastic padding!)
3 fret slots done!
fret slots cleaned out and you can see the original tang marks still filled with filler nice 😉
Frets levelled and crowned fun part taking off the making tape
New truss rod cover made (original missing
Testing out with the Trace Elliot Bass Amp Sweet!
Restrung with the original flatwound strings as they were not significantly worn
Love these controls
She is one deep sounding bass heavy and strung with flat wounds seel! Nice Peavey T40 taken from a defretted no functional guitar into a great deep and solid bass it required a total rewire and neck re-radiused new frets and setup. Now sounding amazing! The customer is selling bass so if interested contact me.
