NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

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NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by mizbiz » Mon Jun 03, 2019 7:43 am

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I just wanted to share this T-15 project I completed... So I acquired this completely stripped T-15 for a really good price. All it had was the neck, body, bridge and pickguard. I had most of the missing parts just lying around in my parts drawer, and I’m absolutely in love with my T-60, so I figured it would be a fun little project to take on. It arrived on Saturday, and I got right to it. I have a set of 57 66 EMG active humbuckers I really wanted to throw in there, but when I started putting everything together, they didn’t fit, and I really didn’t want to attempt to rout out the pickguard with a dremel to make them! So I went with a set of pickups I pulled out of a Jazzmaster HH. The good part is that it is entirely unmodified, except for a few extra screw holes for the nonstock tuners and truss rod cover, so I could theoretically convert it to T-15 parts if I ever came across them. It came together nicely and I didn’t really run into too many issues while putting it together. I cleaned it, assembled it, and have it all set up and intonated. First impressions are that this thing is tiny. I almost have a hard time fretting weird chords cause of muscle memory. The frets aren’t where I expect them to be! It’s a fun little guitar… the Mississippi Mustang! I’m thinking of giving it to my nephew for his 8th grade graduation. I’m sure he could take advantage of this small scale beauty!

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by mulesing » Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:20 pm

looks great dude! awesome to see a project to completion.

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by czech-one-2 » Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:16 am

Hi, just came across your post and I have a T15 coming in the mail! Unfortunately, my plan was to put in a pair of EMG H pickups. ['S' single coils in a humbucker housing]. I'm kinda bummed cause you said they don't fit, but humbuckers do? I assumed they were the same size but you know what they say about assumptions....
Could you tell me how close they were to fitting?

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by czech-one-2 » Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:33 am

Also, could you tell me the width of the neck heel? I may want to put a tele neck on mine. I have read that these short scale peavey necks are true conversion necks, meaning that a longer scale neck will intonate just fine,
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Post by Maggieo » Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:25 pm

Cool project guitar!!

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by Lost In Autumn » Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:49 am

do you still have the original singles? they're the star of that guitar.

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by czech-one-2 » Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:09 am

Actually, my T-15 hasn't arrived yet. Two weeks from Germany to Czech Republic? :whistle:
Anyway, I will definitely give the super ferrites a good test drive before I decide to swap em. Especially if EMG humbucker sized pickups don't fit.

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by SignoftheDragon » Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:49 pm

Do you have the case for it? Sometimes these come with a crazy amp-in-the-case combo. I've been curious about it for some reason.

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by czech-one-2 » Wed Feb 03, 2021 5:13 pm

I guess you guys are asking the OP, as mine hasn't arrived yet. I was hoping the get those neck heel dimensions from him but he hasn't been back since his original post.

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Re: NGD: 1982 Peavey T-15 Vintage Natural

Post by czech-one-2 » Fri Feb 05, 2021 12:58 pm

Well mine arrived and I forgot all about adding the EMG's. Those Super Ferrites sound awesome!!!

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