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Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:17 am
by Derelict78
Also the bridge pickup cover is an add on. I have seen t-40s in much better condition and itch all 4 strings. Be sure to play it and test the electronics before you buy, they are notorious for having jacked up electronics. An easy fix but something to be aware of.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 2:02 am
by kbit
Achtane wrote:
Pickups haven't changed, but I did totally strip it and, now that I have AN ACTUAL ROUTER OH MAN, smoothed out the bottom of the previously chiseled sections and turned it into one big swimming pool cavity. I shielded everything, trimmed the "pickup ring" (
) and added 3 on-offs instead of that weird other volume thing. I also recessed the bridge...pretty much because I had a router in my hands and wanted to. Now I don't have to fuck around to make the bridge wire work. Also I really, really like the volume pot being wired backwards. Swells and stuff seem much easier for me.
The neck mudbucker is pretty self-explanatory. If you combine the P and a mudbucker it yields the trebl-iest P sound ever. Probably because one pickup is like 8k and one is 30k. Double mudbucker is instant DUB MODE. I very strongly considered throwing 2 old strat pickups in there instead of the bridge one, but I also very strongly did not feel like screwing around with it anymore. Maybe some other time.
...also the pickup screws kinda...poke out of the back. Whatever. When you impale yourself on a pickup screw it really helps you connect with the instrument.
I just thought this bass needed to be seen again.
Volume pot wired backwards for swells is a neat idea.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:31 am
by warwick.hoy
^^^Yeah; That bass has always given me a super hard on.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 6:43 pm
by THEBEERHAMMER
Whats the difference between the t40 pickups that have the blade and ones that don't???
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:04 pm
by excane
The change was made around '81.
I had a '79 without the exposed blades and had an '82 with them.
Some say the earlier one's are better but I never heard it.... it's another idiotic wankfest discussion they like to have over on TB.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:44 pm
by THEBEERHAMMER
excane wrote:The change was made around '81.
I had a '79 without the exposed blades and had an '82 with them.
Some say the earlier one's are better but I never heard it.... it's another idiotic wankfest discussion they like to have over on TB.
Ive got a t40 fl but its missing some tuners and saddles. Ill post pics as soon as i feel like digging through the closet...
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 6:24 am
by Derelict78
Hmm parts t-40. Want to
Sell some shit off it? The blade PUs are brighter.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 3:12 pm
by THEBEERHAMMER
Derelict78 wrote:Hmm parts t-40. Want to
Sell some shit off it? The blade PUs are brighter.
You can have the neck....i want to replace it with a fretted neck as soon as i find someone that has one that isnt $150.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:07 pm
by Derelict78
I'm just looking for a PU ring
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:35 pm
by whiskey_face
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 10:08 pm
by Derelict78
Nice
what's the first one?
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 12:18 am
by whiskey_face
1978ish renaissance. company only made about 300 guitars and basses before closing doors in 81. plays fucking awesome sounds awesome. I never heard of them until one day i saw that thing in sam ash and i HAD to have it. so 70s brass everywhere dimarzio active pre amp + pups and a badass bridge. im pretty sure the 300$ i bought it for was a hellova deal. no idea what it might be worth.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 8:16 pm
by Jwar
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Sun May 26, 2013 9:51 pm
by Achtane
kbithecrowing wrote:I just thought this bass needed to be seen again.
Volume pot wired backwards for swells is a neat idea.
warwick.hoy wrote:^^^Yeah; That bass has always given me a super hard on.
d'awww
That bass is in pieces right now; stole the bridge mudbucker and slapped it into the Jag, the P went into the SBV-500...but I just borrowed my friend's soldering iron so that P is going back to its rightful place. As much as I love mudbuckers, bridge ones are pretty useless; better to use a neck one in combination with a different humbucker in the bridge. THAT sounds awesome.
Plus I can fix my cables and shit now, gonna be so nice.
Re: Let's see your BASS!
Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 1:36 am
by excane
jwar wrote:Roscoe love
If you ever decide to part with this, lemme know!
