Peavey T40
Peavey T40
I have just acquired an older T 40. Can anyone guide me on how to decode the serial number? and possibly find out where this bass was sold new? Thanks.
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Re: Peavey T40
Congrats and welcome to the forum. If you can post, or PM me your number, I can give help on the T40.
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Re: Peavey T40 Manufacture Year
I have a sweet Peavey T-40 that I would like to sell, so I am seeking the
Manufacture year. Serial number is 00345063. Can anyone help?
Manufacture year. Serial number is 00345063. Can anyone help?
Re: Peavey T40
Dating- Due to a Database malfunction Peavey no longer offers dating of vintage Peavey Instruments.
The chart below will give approximate dating:
6 digit and 8Mxxxxxx 1978 There were also a few all zero serial numbered basses sent out as dealer demos.
0000xxxx -0030xxxx 1978
0031xxxx -0047xxxx 1979
0048xxxx -0065xxxx 1980
0066xxxx -0099xxxx 1981
0100xxxx -0129xxxx 1982
0130xxxx -0169xxxx 1983
0170xxxx -0199xxxx 1984
0200xxxx -0239xxxx 1985
0240xxxx -0259xxxx 1986
0260xxxx -0339xxxx 1987
The chart below will give approximate dating:
6 digit and 8Mxxxxxx 1978 There were also a few all zero serial numbered basses sent out as dealer demos.
0000xxxx -0030xxxx 1978
0031xxxx -0047xxxx 1979
0048xxxx -0065xxxx 1980
0066xxxx -0099xxxx 1981
0100xxxx -0129xxxx 1982
0130xxxx -0169xxxx 1983
0170xxxx -0199xxxx 1984
0200xxxx -0239xxxx 1985
0240xxxx -0259xxxx 1986
0260xxxx -0339xxxx 1987
Re: Peavey T40
Mine is 200021 I can't fit it into that list. What do i have here?
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Re: Peavey T40
Did you read the reply from Cnivek61 ? First line says
"6 digit and 8Mxxxxxx 1978 "
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Re: Peavey T40
Looks like I missed it.
Re: Peavey T40
Very old post so sorry for the bump. My T-40 was bought in August 1978 and it’s serial number is 199969. I am the original owner. So it seems to have been made at the latest around the middle of 1978. If yours is 200021 then possibly later than mid year 1978. Fourth quarter 1978 as opposed to third quarter for mine.
Re: Peavey T40
Being 6-digits, I'd guess both of yours were made quite early in the year, and I'd bet money that yours and his were made within a business day of each other, and possibly the same day - your instruments are only 52 serial numbers apart, and Peavey made thousands of T's in 1978 (mine is 211100, so that's more than 10,000 instruments later than yours, and I'm sure they made a lot more 8Ms and 8-digits judging from the relative rarity of the 6-digits). There's a possibility that they're even closer than that, since I don't know if anyone knows for sure whether the T-40 and T-60 shared a common pool of serial numbers or were numbered separately.Jbeary wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:27 pmVery old post so sorry for the bump. My T-40 was bought in August 1978 and it’s serial number is 199969. I am the original owner. So it seems to have been made at the latest around the middle of 1978. If yours is 200021 then possibly later than mid year 1978. Fourth quarter 1978 as opposed to third quarter for mine.
Since the actual dates of production have been long lost to time, I can't even say when my own six-digit and 8M were made beyond "sometime early in 1978 before Peavey got their numbering nailed down properly". I don't think even Chip Todd remembers when in 1978 they used the various numbering schemes.