New to Forum, New to the T40, a couple of questions!...

Greetz, all!

I'm Brandon, been playing for 3.5 years now, usually use a Fender Hwy 1 P bass in a 50's band I'm in (and a MM Stingray 5H at church) but JUST agreed to a T40 (locally) and I'll have it in about a week. I am THRILLED after reading up on the brand and model and reading all your posts!

It is what the seller calls "trans red", sort of a burgundy color. Pic below (if link works)
I am interested to know what the most common to least common colors are? I see "natural" the most, followed by sunburst. Rarely have I run into this color in my searches. Black and White (seen in only the one "family" pic here on the forum) also seem to be rare.

Anyway, if anyone knows production run numbers for colors, that sort of thing interests me

Thanks and I'll post "real" pics once I receive it!

Congrats! It looks like it's a beauty.

That color name is actually Royal Burgundy. You don't see a lot of those on the T-40 or T-60.

From what I've seen here is the order from most common to dang near mythical.

Natural
Sunburst
Black
Red
White
Royal Burgundy
and the fabled Frost Blue


No one knows the true production runs for colors, years or anything. If Peavey did track that info they have held it close to the vest all these years. Chip Todd has stated numerous times that they simply didn't think to track stuff like that in the beginning. He does wish that they had taken the time. I do too. I am also one of those info geeks that loves trivia like that.

I maintain a serial number listing for all vintage Peavey instruments and track color, pickups and a lot of other variations. If you are interested in the T-40 info I could email what I have so far. Just PM your email address to me and I'll put the info in an email for you.

Anyway, if anyone knows production run numbers for colors, that sort of thing interests me