6 number serial number for T-40

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6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Fuzzy » Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:03 am

Hi all! I was hoping to get some information on my T-40. The serial number only has 6 numbers unlike the 8 numbers on the listings. The number is 154001. Attached are some pictures. Thanks!
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no contour cuts
no contour cuts
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Pin strip around the truss cover
Pin strip around the truss cover
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original pickups?
original pickups?
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154001
154001
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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by e-merlin » Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:06 am

That's nice!

But, you mean "numeral." As in, "Six numeral serial number."
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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Classic30inCincy » Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:25 am

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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Fuzzy » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:42 am

Oops! I think I meant 6 digit serial number! :) Would you happen to know any info on my T-40?

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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Frank N. Peavey » Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:58 pm

6-digit serial numbers are very early production models. I see yours has the headstock pinstripe going around the truss rod cover. 6-digit T's are pretty rare, striping like yours is even rarer.

I've been collecting T serial numbers for about 8 years and have only documented 16 T-40s with 6-digit serial numbers. Yours is only the 2nd one with the early pinstripe.
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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Classic30inCincy » Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:17 pm

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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Frank N. Peavey » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:11 pm

Absolutely. A six-digit with truss rod cover surrounded is at the top of my "gotta have" list.
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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by e-merlin » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:22 pm

Congrats! It's a beauty! Still!
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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Fuzzy » Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:30 am

Thanks guys!

A little story to go with it... I bought it in the mid 80's from a band member I played/worked with while I was in the military (in Korea). He was going through a divorce and his wife was threating to take everything, so he started selling things just so she couldn't get her hands on it... I paid him $100.00 and was suppose to hang onto it until his divorce was finalized, then sell it back for the same price. He ended up being moved to a base in the U.S. and me to a base in Japan, where we lost touch. Like me, if he had stayed in the military, he should be retired now.

About 10 years ago I had some friends who knew of his whereabouts and gave him my contact information, but he never responded. As a drummer (I play a little guitar and bass), it's been out the case 2-3 times for me to play, however I had kept the T-40 in the best of conditions in case he might have wanted it back. Then last year I found out he had passed away in South Carolina. That's why I decided to get some information on it.

It is a beauty! It's now in my guitar collection. Again, thanks guys and thanks to this forum for its information!

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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Classic30inCincy » Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:49 pm

Fuzzy-

Thank You for telling us the T-40's History.

Great Bass & Keeping Memories Important.

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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by MuttBastard » Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:57 am

Isn't that a newer case?

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Re: 6 number serial number for T-40

Post by Fuzzy » Mon Dec 18, 2017 4:26 pm

I thought the it looked newer too, but I'm not sure about the age of the case. That was the case it was in originally when I received it. It is a nice case though :)

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