Peavey T-40

4 string 24 fret maple wood neck and body. It has two dual humbucker pickups that can be set to single coil or out- of -phase. Has controls for volume and tune for both pickups. Very nice finish in my opinion with a lamenated sheen to it. It has a thick body. Nice tuners, though i think they are a bit loose. Mine came with a good custom case.

works good with vintage rock, southern rock, and with some clever adjustments, it has a great wooden tone for jazz. Use a variety of Fender amps, and sounds good on most. Full sounding. Not for use in any real "bouncy' bass. To solid for that. I like it on stage. It weighs a good bit, but big ole guys like I am don't need to worry.

Very solid everything, though I have trouble with vibratos on it.

Very durable. Good solid hardware. Pretty good finish. Generally solid. Yes i would play without a backup.

Never needed it.

Been playing a few years. I would get anither one, since it's just solid.

1. Made in USA, late '70s-early '80s 2. 4 string, 24 frets, maple neck 3. One word--solid. The thing weighs a ton but it really kicks ass. 4. 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch, phasing switch 5. 2 massive passive humbuckers 6. I think it's swamp ash-- quite heavy for long gigs. Solid maple neck and fingerboard. 7. Natural finish-- looks like a blonde oak. 8. String through bridge-- gets great sustain! 9. They look like regular peavey tuners 10. Pretty long neck. Not as thin a an Ibanez soundgear; not as wide as a p-bass.

This bass can fit any music style. Now I'm playing in an all original band-- sound similar to Train, Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms. We also do some rockin' bluesy kind of stuff too. I run through a Zoom 506 (really just compression) and an Ampeg B100r. The pickups seem kind of hot, but that's OK. I can get just about any sound out of it-- jazzy from the bridge (I put some GHS brite flats on it-- they sound great), rich and full with both, and deep and dark from the neck. The pickups go really far into the body so you can adjust for any sort of sound. This is really a great bass.

Action can be adjusted with the bridge saddles or by tweaking the neck. I've only adjusted the saddles-- had to readjust the intonation too. Whoops.

This thing was built over 20 years ago-- no dings, no corrosion. It will probably out last my career. I would use it on any gig without a backup. It's just a solid perfomer.

I've got an Ibanez sr400 fretless that I reallly love to play, and a Musicvox Spaceranger that is cool as well. But I'm always picking up the Peavey to play. It sounds great all the time, and is quite dependable. But (you knew this was coming), it's really heavy. After a three hour practice or gig you will definitly feel it. I found that using a wide padded strap helps. If you can find one of these, buy it. You won't be disappointed. I love this bass!