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It's a BXP and a bargain 🙂 Scorpio DEs had the mirror plate and Duncan QPs. Funny thing ; the Duncans were not Ellefson's idea , he liked the standard Peavey PJs. Tony Pasko , Peavey's marketing man, stepped in saying " No chance Dave , $50 of brand name pickups justify the $300 price hike." ☹️

Multi lingual ? I can barely speak English 🤣

My Neo Limited was stock. Pretty sure the pickups were out the G&B factory , no bad thing. Same time I had the Traben I'd 4 Peavey Cirrus . VFL pickups in the Peaveys also came from the G&B factory.

@Berserker Nice one 👍

Is it a good idea to recommend a beginner buy a used anything ? Does a beginner or the parents have the experience to spot faults on used basses , I'd say probably not. The MB-5 comes with 30 days return policy should any problems arise.

There a fella in the US , Scott Dasson , completely nuts about Tbirds. Few year back he started a thread about the Eric Customs sold by EY Guitars. http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=9864.0 You'd be around £90 for a pair from China, that's with pickup rings and shipping. https://www.eyguitarmusic.com/Thunderbird-Bass-Pickup-Vintage-Style-for-GibsonChromeNickel_p_2287.html Choice of 9.5k or 10k DCR . I've a 9.5k ohm in this slab body.

It'd be nice if the fella did a full band video but with the 4 basses as a blind test. Once you strip away the visual cues most folk are lost.

It's not unfinished , it's a satin finish. I'll take the satin finish on my Harley Benton over the gloss on my Fenders every time . Truth is ; my Paisley Fender is a lovely bass but the HB PB-50's see 95% of the playing. Boy in the video said he played the basses with "out of the box" set ups but tweaked the Squier TR due to excess relief , raising the Squier pickup might have improved the output.

Aye, that'll be 2 the other valid reasons 😃 Personally I don't hold with High Mass bridge = increased sustain . Owned more than a few Peavey T-40s , bridge on those weighs over 1 lb. If any of my T-40/45's sustained longer than any other bass , I certainly didn't notice.

IMO that reason carries more weight than the oft claimed "sustain" 👍

Sounds like they've been assembled back to front , or just not seated properly in the first place. Kmise UK on eBay sold Aklot 22:1 ratio tuners which were drop-ins on HB basses , looks like they've stopped selling those in favour of 26:1. Sadly the 26:1 have a larger mounting plate , think it's the same dimensions as Wilkinson.

Finally got around to fitting the black scratchplate to my pal's "non stealth" PB-20. Strangest thing , he asked me to A/B the stealth vs non stealth. Stealth seemed very tame compared to the original 20. Course it may well just be down to those individual basses rather than anything else.

Not as I recall. Had the dubious honour of being a Harley Benton forum mod and dishing out numbers on the HB Owners TalkBass thread , plenty folk reported 12lb+. Being a Peavey T-40 owner I was quite glad to hear that 😀

@Bassassin I'm lucky , haven't owned a TV in 20 years so I've never watched any of those shows. Gunter will have checked the pickups , though the "Owned/Used" then a list of names from the dark and dim past is complete sales bollocks. Course he's not claiming he played this actual bass with any of them , just laying out a line for some fool hoping to buy into supposed mojo.

Doubtful ; wonder what the 8x10 photo with his $9.9k 1973 Fender Jazz is worth. It's another "Celebrity Owned and Used by Gunter." .Oddest thing ; in his YT video on buying the 73 for $200 he hasn't a clue if he's played it or not. Enough to make you think he's a huckster 🤣 No, it's overpriced even at that. Couple of weeks back Martyn (bagsieblue) sold his on here for £520. Tail end of last week I was part of a German T-40 discussion , the local lads reckoned 600€ was a fair price for good condition inc the case. Might not be too heavy though 1980 is a bit early for a poplar body hiding under the solid finish. By 83 most were around 10 - 10.5 lbs , solid colours were poplar and the natural ash was actually hackberry. Benefits of hackberry are it looks like ash , is lighter than ash, easier to work than ash , cheaper than ash and was felled locally.

I know who the seller is , which bit of "picked up by a guy who frequents yard sales" caused confusion ?

So it's an 1980 T-40- picked by a guy who frequents "yard sales". There's no question Gunter plays bass but did he actually play this one ? I'd say it's unlikely since the bridge is not set for intonation. Is it worth near $1500 ? Not a chance , not in a country where most folks pay no more than $600 for a T-40. Earlier this year I ran a poll in response to one fella claiming $1000 was the bottom line for T-40 shopping , this fella didn't actually own a 40 himself 🤣 Anyway two owned up to spending $1000. 1 fella I knew from years past , collects 0000 sales rep's Peaveys . The other had a personal connection to his $1000 T-40. The rest were in the $300 to $600 bracket.

My handiwork. Pale blue in the centre is a refinished Harley Benton , 2 saddle/through body bridge and Jess Loureiro split single. Far right blue stain is my southern yellow pine slab . Again 2 saddle/through body bridge. Custom wound split single + a Noll preamp .

Where did you buy the "Stinger" stacked single ? When I looked into buying one , Duncan's custom shop had a "no European sales" policy.

Definitely more P than J. Not as much as you'd think . I've a split single wound to 29.9k in one of my builds , by rights it should sound like mud but it doesn't 👍 Split or stacked single will cure any 60 cycle hum .

I'll throw some in gigbags and pop round one night. That way you'll be testing on your own gear 👍

I love my single coil P-basses , so much I ended up with few. Some other variations on the theme. @lowlandtrees I would suggest you try and play one first . If the tone is not for you then it's game over ; I tried plenty of different pickups/caps in the builds , no matter the magnet type/ wire count it doesn't alter the character by much.