Peavey's 80's Stratty Little T-30

[Hugh]

The T-30 was made '81-'83. Basically a hard tail Strat style. The molded hard case was available with or without a small practice amp .
-Short scale 23 1/2"
-Vintage Kluson style tuners stamped Peavey Trulock
- 2 piece bi-laminated Rock Maple neck
-solid Northern Ash on the natural finish - ( I think Western Maple was used on the painted bodies- still researching)
-12" radius
-18% nickel silver frets
-Blade pole style sc's Peavey deemed "Single Coil High Performance, High Power, Full Range"
- neck=5.6k middle=5.85k bridge=6.0k ( on mine anyway)
- 1 tone control and 1 "Tone Compensating Volume Control"
-Die Cast Alloy bridge - triple chrome plated w/adjustable single/compensated saddle
-Die cast metal nut
-Centralab 5 way pup switch-Switch-craft output jack
-Cream and black 3 ply pg
- Neck tilt adjustment
- 7 3/4 lbs.

Full manual here
http://www.peavey.com/media/pdf/manuals/80370016.pdf

[Hugh]

Size comparison..







Noodling around to see what clean tones it has through my Epi VJ head and Epi VJ cab

http://www.box.net/shared/uo8d6ptl2d

[MedicineMan]

Don't forget the T-60.

Not sure what the "60" meant.
We just figured it was truth in advertising about the weight of the thing.
LOL

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by MedicineMan

Don't forget the T-60.

Not sure what the "60" meant.
We just figured it was truth in advertising about the weight of the thing.
LOL

Yes, the T-60 guitar and the T-40 Bass are heavy if they are the Northern Ash body models, thus the "Peaveys are too heavy" stigma. They were the most popular of the T series, so it's understandable.

But those two are examples of as versatile a guitar/bass you can find as far as passive instruments.

[rhh7]

Very nice, thanks for the pictures!

[Diamond Jim]

I was the proud owner of a T-60 in "walnutburst". Wish I still had it, along with my Peavey Bandit amp. I've always been a Peavey fan and never understood the bad rap. If I ever have money, I'm going to be a Peavey collector.

Jim

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by rhh7

Very nice, thanks for the pictures!

Thanks man, here is a shot of the bridge. Looks cheesy but the intonation is fine on 5 strings and just a tad flat on the 3rd. Not enough to bother with.
5 points of adjustment.

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by Diamond Jim

I was the proud owner of a T-60 in "walnutburst". Wish I still had it, along with my Peavey Bandit amp. I've always been a Peavey fan and never understood the bad rap. If I ever have money, I'm going to be a Peavey collector.

Jim

Hey Jim, I'd like to have a T-60. There was a youtube video of a cat demoing one plugged into a Peavey Mace. It's amazing how many tones he got out of it. I had it bookmarked but it's gone now.

Watch craigslist, there was a T-60 on there a couple of weeks ago, and I've seen them pop up on the Bloomington and Indy cl's a few times.

[MedicineMan]

I had a early 80's T-40.
Sold it in 1995 for $150.

I guess I could be a "Peavey Colector" quite easily.
The main factory and warehouses are within 2 miles of my house.

I'm just PO'd at Hartley.
He laid off a buttload of people and shipped all the (low paying) jobs out of the country.
All while the local job market was suffering from lack of work.

Their motto used to be "Making it in the USA".
Now it's "Importing it from foreign sweatshops."

I might check the local and area pawn shops to see what's there.
Most people don't "value" the Peavey very much right in this area, so a deal or two might be had.

If I find anything worth repeating, I'll post it up here.

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by MedicineMan

I had a early 80's T-40.
Sold it in 1995 for $150.

I guess I could be a "Peavey Colector" quite easily.
The main factory and warehouses are within 2 miles of my house.

I'm just PO'd at Hartley.
He laid off a buttload of people and shipped all the (low paying) jobs out of the country.
All while the local job market was suffering from lack of work.

Their motto used to be "Making it in the USA".
Now it's "Importing it from foreign sweatshops."

I might check the local and area pawn shops to see what's there.
Most people don't "value" the Peavey very much right in this area, so a deal or two might be had.

If I find anything worth repeating, I'll post it up here.

I understand the sentiment. But then he could have stood his ground and continued until he was operating in the red and sent them all packing.

Is Hartley to blame or the American consumer ? Got kids or grand kids ? What percentage of those toys under the Christmas tree were made in China ? I go round and round with my family every year about that. Personally, I refuse to buy an import guitar or amp new, but I'll buy a used one. The damage is done by then anyway.

It's the American consumer and the American worker's fault. My father told me how he used to go to steel industry trade shows in the late 60's. The American contingent would show up, go through the motions, and couldn't wait to get out of there and go bar hopping that night. The Japanese contingent "were crawling all over and under the machines taking photos and notes" he recalled.

Anyhow, this is a strange thing to discuss on a Squier forum lol.

[MedicineMan]

Originally Posted by Hugh

I understand the sentiment. But then he could have stood his ground and continued until he was operating in the red and sent them all packing.

Is Hartley to blame or the American consumer ? Got kids or grand kids ? What percentage of those toys under the Christmas tree were made in China ? I go round and round with my family every year about that. Personally, I refuse to buy an import guitar or amp new, but I'll buy a used one. The damage is done by then anyway.

It's the American consumer and the American worker's fault. My father told me how he used to go to steel industry trade shows in the late 60's. The American contingent would show up, go through the motions, and couldn't wait to get out of there and go bar hopping that night. The Japanese contingent "were crawling all over and under the machines taking photos and notes" he recalled.

Anyhow, this is a strange thing to discuss on a Squier forum lol.

I think I made the wrong impression.
Nothing against imports.
Variety is the spice of life.

Here's the deal.......

Hartley BLOCKED (yes he's that powerful) several big industries from coming into this area because he would have had to pay more than $7 an hour to keep workers.
(low wages there is another discussion)

Then he up and moved manufacturing out of the area anyway.

Not mad at the "foreign products", but at the "local backstabber".

We could have had an automotive plant to fill the void when he moved production.

[Hugh]

Originally Posted by MedicineMan

I think I made the wrong impression.
Nothing against imports.
Variety is the spice of life.

Here's the deal.......

Hartley BLOCKED (yes he's that powerful) several big industries from coming into this area because he would have had to pay more than $7 an hour to keep workers.
(low wages there is another discussion)

Then he up and moved manufacturing out of the area anyway.

Not mad at the "foreign products", but at the "local backstabber".

We could have had an automotive plant to fill the void when he moved production.

Fair enough, I'm not privy to all the local doings.

I've never attempted to learn anything about Peavey until the last year or so, and then only specifics on all the T-Series, the Foundation Bass guitars, and also the older tube bass amps they built.

I will say Hartley had good help back then. These guitars are built well and well crafted, so hats off to those who built them

[66musicmaster]

MAn, in the 80's EVERYBODY around here had a Peavey, either gtr or bass. And yes they weighed a ton. A friend of mine has an old T-27, SSH. Still a nice guitar. And my son bought a 2001 Custom Shop LTD ssh last year. A very nice guitar built in America.

I hate the way things work, as far as jobs leaving. Our area has been hit HARD by jobs moving away. And the folks in charge can't seem to find anything to replace the jobs lost. Very gloom and doom.

I blame Walmart....which usually opens up a whole new political discussion, so let's leave that alone.... : )

Randy

[Scooter91]

I've got a couple T-60s and a T-26, all are holding up real well for 25-30 year old guitars. The Northern Ash is a skoche on the heavy side, though....

[squier]

i kinda actually like the peavey!