At first, the only problem was a loose jack, which they repaired for free (considering i dont know of anyone who payed this much for a T-40 in recent memory), and it was pretty dirty. The guy who had it before didnt do much about taking decent care of this bass.

However, for a bass made in 1979 (Peavey told me the year it was made when i emailed them--very good cust. service), this thing stayed in very good shape. Other than fact its scratched, dinged, and beaten to hell, it has yet to fall apart or screw up in sound at all. This thing has some of the best construction ive ever seen on any bass.

The sound is powerful. Very powerful...if i put active EMG's on my jazz bass, they wouldnt sound as powerful as these passives on here. 2 Huge humbuckers of death!

I hear this bass is good for country music...Skynrds's bassist used it...ive really only used it for punk though...the action on the G sucks, more or less...

The pickups are too high off the pickguard, it disables me from putting it at my low action, and my amp cant really handle the pickups on this thing (my amp sucks!!), so i really just use it for simple punk, and i can beat the thing around as much as i want. in fact, if me and this bass got in a fight, it would win simply because of injuries i would suffer hitting it, its built like a rock!

But along with being built like a rock, its also like 13-14 lbs. Kinda hard if you want to do a really long show or practice with it...it made my 9lb once-heavy jazz bass feel like an Ibanez, and i can hardly play Ibanez or Gibson/Epiphone SG's w/out feeling like a wuss anymore. Unless they have a really good punch to their pickups, they just turn into crap after you've played a T-40. If you ever need to hit someone in the audience with your guitar, then definately get this, it'll AT LEAST give them a good concussion if it doesnt make their head fall off.

It also looks like a total badass. Put a cool bumper sticker on this thing's pickguard, and if you play to punk crowds like i do, you'll look so cool. People say its ugly, but i dont mind a bass that literally looks like a beast...BC Rich's are just stupid compared to this TRUE beast considering they try and look cool...Peavey didnt need to try, this bass just naturally became a badass.

Not good for any funk/jazz stylings though. Get a Fender J-bass for that or something, thats what i did. The neck is really wide (and heavy), which doesnt allow much crazy bass lines for people who dont have big hands (bigger than most 4-string necks). And the G and E are both pretty close to the edge of the fretboard...if i play high notes on the G it will either slip off, of the string will hit the pickup because the action up there needs to be kinda high (on my bass anyways, maybe mine just has bad nut carving...and i think the neck was taken off and placed on in a poor position...). The nut is cool though, its metal!

The bridge is the biggest thing ive ever seen, its string-thru, and doesnt buzz like Fender's often will...

Frets are in good shape...dirty when i got them though...the guy who had it made a smiley face out of some type of sauce on the last fret too, he was sick...

Stays in tune good. I strung it up recently (D'Addario 50-105's), and it really only had to check the tune 2-3 times since i restrung it. And i strung it like a month ago, and i play this thing in a pretty rough fashion, so i guess its doing good.

Pretty good sustain, tone is pretty "bahhh!", i guess you could say. When i play it on my amp at high volume, it makes this fuzzy noise because my amp cant handle this bass's wrath.

If you were looking to play jazz masterpieces or something...go get something else, but if you want something decent for punk, metal, country, or rock...this should do the trick.

Overview of my only problems: action isnt great, i dont like the nut positioning much, the jack was loose at first, i think the pickup selector and phase switch could be better reinforced (weak, can break easily, they take away from the bass's wrath), one of the knobs fell off once, and it was kinda hard to get back on, the pickups are too high, its heavy, i think i got overpriced (although i plan on keeping it), the guy who had it before wasnt clean at all...and thats really about it...nothing is really that bad about this bass, except for the action which is still playable unless your anal retentive about everything.

Construction	100%
(fantastic!)
Appearance	95%
(apearance is entirely subjective, but i think it looks cool!)
Playability	75%
(between "average" and "below average" its leaning more towards "average")
Sound	85%
(i like it alright, but some people dont...)
Customer Service	100%
(Peavey has GREAT customer service, screw Fender)
Value	85%
(these things go for a pretty good price)
Overall	85%
(its a good bass to own unless you like classical/jazz/funk styles.)