T-40 FIVE Ash/Tort Contoured

[mech]

After a buddy played my black and rosewood T-40 Five he had to have one so we found a 1979 at a very reasonable price. I did the five string portion of mounting the bridge saddles and extra tuner. He decided he wanted the body contoured and a tort pickguard so out came his disc sander and various things for removing and smoothing wood. The body has the original outline and the grain was filled with black filler. He also made the tort pickguard. This is the almost finished result and it has a semi gloss clear sealer but will get gloss clear poly in a few weeks. The contouring only reduced the weight a few ounces. It weighs 9.4 lbs. Looks good to me!

 

[jeffmensch]

I love it. Great job.

 

[Britsie]

WOW, that is a nice job and the result is beautiful.
I went the easy way: I tuned my T-40 in BEAD. I only needed to drill the hole of the bridge for the B-string. (Well, actually I asked somebody to do this for me)
Which bridge saddles did you use?

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Ace!

 

[mech]

Which bridge saddles did you use?

I used the individual type as seen on so many basses in recent years. Here's the thread about my black/rosewood that goes into some detail.

T-40 FIVE

 

[Chico Ruger]

After a buddy played my black and rosewood T-40 Five he had to have one so we found a 1979 at a very reasonable price. I did the five string portion of mounting the bridge saddles and extra tuner. He decided he wanted the body contoured and a tort pickguard so out came his disc sander and various things for removing and smoothing wood. The body has the original outline and the grain was filled with black filler. He also made the tort pickguard. This is the almost finished result and it has a semi gloss clear sealer but will get gloss clear poly in a few weeks. The contouring only reduced the weight a few ounces. It weighs 9.4 lbs. Looks good to me!


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Well done, sir.

 

[99Z3]

That is pretty slick.. i like the way you all did that one! Kudos to you all!

After a buddy played my black and rosewood T-40 Five he had to have one so we found a 1979 at a very reasonable price. I did the five string portion of mounting the bridge saddles and extra tuner. He decided he wanted the body contoured and a tort pickguard so out came his disc sander and various things for removing and smoothing wood. The body has the original outline and the grain was filled with black filler. He also made the tort pickguard. This is the almost finished result and it has a semi gloss clear sealer but will get gloss clear poly in a few weeks. The contouring only reduced the weight a few ounces. It weighs 9.4 lbs. Looks good to me!


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[Bill Whitehurst]

Slick conversion.
Looks great!
9.4 isn't unreasonable for a 5er.
So, does that make it a T50 , now?

 

[Charley Umbria]

Excellent! Looks totally stock.

 

[Geri O]

Man, that is so fine! Makes me want to fast-track my T40 5-string conversion!

 

[bassbully]

Yup!

 

[mech]

So, does that make it a T50 , now?

Chip Todd made a custom T-50 but he went with a 21 fret neck, 1 7/8" topnut, a 3-2 peghead and the back of the body was chambered. Looks like he used ebony for the fret board. I imagine it was pretty much neck heavy. That's why I call mine T-40 FIVE.

 

[Reggiep]

So...How much does it weigh now?

 

[Reggiep]

Sorry, already been answered.

 

[nuhckes8]

Are you considering selling the original saddles? Well, that's if you still have them, I could use them.

 

[mech]

Are you considering selling the original saddles? Well, that's if you still have them, I could use them.

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