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Location: Carle Place, NY | I just picked up a new toy, a Peavey T-60, which is considered an under-rated guitar. The guitar was developed in the late 70's and has lots of innovations in the electronics such as coil-tapping which is activated with the last 1/4 rotation of the tone knobs and a phase switch. These guitars have their own fan club site.
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Location: South of most, North of few | Now that's a strange looking bass on the wall...
Nice guitar tho.... |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | Originally posted by Trader Jim:
Now that's a strange looking bass on the wall...
Nice guitar tho.... I thought someone would notice that. It was my son's high school wood shop project. He started with a $49 bass guitar that we got from Music123. He kept the neck and all of the hardware and made a new body. |
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Location: Scotland | I had one of those, they were great in their day, but a little clunky by current standards. Though Peavey claimed the tone-control coil-tap as their innovation Jim Burns did exactly the same thing on the Burns Scorpion guitar which was launced at the same time as the T60 |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Hey Beal... It took them 22 years to make that???
LOL !!! ROFL!!!! |
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Location: SoCal | Jerry Reed played one for a while.... |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | It is a bit "clinky" but not as heavy as some claim. This one weighs 9.5 lbs. The neck is very sweet tho. The pick-ups are a lot hotter than what I'm used to. They start to crunch at only 4 on the knob. The neck p/u sounds really nice particularly in combo with the bridge. Too bad I suck on electric guitar, but I'm practicing and keeping optimistic that some day . . . . |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The woodshop guitar would actually be interesting if not for the pickguard. I would have given him A's for effort and achievement, sans the pickguard, but maybe only a C- on the utility of the cutout. The best I ever did in woodshop was an 8' free-standing two-dimensional reindeer for which I would have given myself an F for utility. |
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Location: Carle Place, NY | He should have worked a bit harder on the pick guard, but was running out of time. I was surprised he finished it at all. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yeah, it took him 22 years for that!
I had one and the matching bass T-40. Nothing special. I sold them both. Skinny necks and heavy body. I think it was one of the first that haevily used CNC tools to make and finish the bodies and necks. That and Mississippi wages allowed it the sell for $349 I think it was(case included). |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by Mitchrx:
He should have worked a bit harder on the pick guard, but was running out of time. I was surprised he finished it at all. I think you should get this Flip Out to match it.
Come to think of it, how ahead of his time was he on that idea? |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Did/does PEAVEY make guitars themselves ? |
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| I can't stop looking at the bass! |
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Location: Jet City | Congrats on the T-60 Mitch. BTW, does it say "Patent Applied For" on the neck? If so you have an early PAF.
Nice find either way.
To those who haven't played/heard these things, they have some very unique sounds and a cool retro look and feel. The necks are thin, but I don't mind that.
All that said, UK II is still the king! |
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| Hey man, don't be hatin!
Ok, the looks aren't that good, but the thing works, i got the intonation perfect and it gets ridiculous harmonics. It took a long ass time to carve that body out, leaving little time fore the rest of it.
And I intend on playing that Peavey when i get home |
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Another under-rated guitar