Over the years I've heard this said,even saw a couple of examples
One of the finest examples was the work of former Peavey engineer Ronnie Goss. It was never really a thing I gave much thought to,a fella in Wales had one and Ronnie warned me "if you play it,you'll end up buying it ". Time was against me that trip to Wales.
Last week a T-40 went on sale here in Scotland and a previous owner had made an attempt at converting to 5 strings. Not a very good attempt and the bass was priced to reflect that. I had a choice either part it out or finish the job
Following advice from Ronnie I opted to finish the job. Bar a couple of points it's a fairly straightforward process. The nut needs swapped and the saddles replaced for singles. A fair bit of filing is required for better action and string spacing. String spacing is 16mm,it's 16.5mm on my Foundation 5,TL-5 and Axcelerator 5 so I don't have a problem missing .5mm
Before intonation was set
And next to it's brothers
Missing knob should be here by end of the week.
If only T-40's came in 5 strings.
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If only T-40's came in 5 strings.
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Re: If only T-40's came in 5 strings.
Nice collection! If you ever decide to sell one of those 4 string T-40s, let me know. I'm in Scotland.
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@captainkfam
Can't see me selling any for a long time but if I hear of one for sale you'll get a PM.
If you've linked your email to your account here I'll send it that way,You'll get it faster.
Can't see me selling any for a long time but if I hear of one for sale you'll get a PM.
If you've linked your email to your account here I'll send it that way,You'll get it faster.
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That would be greatly appreciated. Any private messages will forward to my email now that I've adjusted the settings. Cheers!
That would be greatly appreciated. Any private messages will forward to my email now that I've adjusted the settings. Cheers!
Re: If only T-40's came in 5 strings.
I just bought a t40 that is in pretty rough shape, it is missing some of the string settings for the bridge, which I can't seem to find without buying an entire bridge at around 50 bucks, I noticed you used single string settings on your 5 string mod, wondering if you could shoot a close up of the bridge so I can see how you did it. Also wondering if the machine heads holes are compatible with standard size bass machine heads. I know this has nothing to do with your original post, just hoping for some pointers as I attempt to restore this bass.
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Re: If only T-40's came in 5 strings.
Hi @Layton84
Let's see what we can do to get your 40 playing Here's a close up of the single saddles fixed to the bridge base plate.
As I was using 5 saddles it meant string through body wasn't an option but my Grind 5 has mono saddles and it's through body strung so I'm certain there's saddles come with 3 holes. 2 fixing holes and 1 for string.
The winding shaft of the tuners is just over 1/2" so look for something close. Easier to bore the hole wider.
Let's see what we can do to get your 40 playing Here's a close up of the single saddles fixed to the bridge base plate.
As I was using 5 saddles it meant string through body wasn't an option but my Grind 5 has mono saddles and it's through body strung so I'm certain there's saddles come with 3 holes. 2 fixing holes and 1 for string.
The winding shaft of the tuners is just over 1/2" so look for something close. Easier to bore the hole wider.
Axcelerator,B-90,B-Quad,Cirrus,Dyna,Dyna/Unity,Foundations,Forum,Fury,Gbass,Grind,International,midibase,Milestone III, Millenniums,Patriot,Resolite,RJ-IV,Sarzo,3 T40,T45,T20,TL-5,Tragic,Unity,Void,Zephyr5,3 Zodiac.