Wooden-necked stupidly expensive Travis Bean 'reissues'

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:51 pm

I've thought of an advertising slogan for them.

"Travis Bean.de - why fucking bother?"
http://www.travisbean.de/

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:53 pm

Hahaha, that's ridiculous.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:53 pm

That looks horrendous.

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:56 pm

This is ridiculous.

However, the guy who I did work experience for has an original one and he is CONVINCED that it is worth nothing. I ain't gonna tell him...

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:57 pm

ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:This is ridiculous.

However, the guy who I did work experience for has a original one and he is CONVINCED that it is worth nothing. I ain't gonna tell him...

Buy that shit off him!

I have a mate with a Travis Bean bass, it sounds amazing, but it's annoyingly neck heavy.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:57 pm

ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:This is ridiculous.

However, the guy who I did work experience for has a original one and he is CONVINCED that it is worth nothing. I ain't gonna tell him...

Get him to sell it to me for a tenner, I can just about afford that

ohyeahfuzzbear · Post by **ohyeahfuzzbear** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:01 pm

wwrrss wrote:
ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:This is ridiculous.

However, the guy who I did work experience for has a original one and he is CONVINCED that it is worth nothing. I ain't gonna tell him...
Buy that shit off him!

I have a mate with a Travis Bean bass, it sounds amazing, but it's annoyingly neck heavy.

I have played it and it is ridiculous amounts of heavy... still awesome as fuck... but heavy.

He got given it as payment for some dental work he did for someone. He thinks it's stolen so he doesn't want to sell it.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:19 pm

I would be interested in playing one before I knocked it. So it has a wood neck, who cares, what would prevent it from being an awesome sustainy guitar like any other heavy double cut, that sound awesome in a hard rock context.

The big T cut out in the wood is kind of dodgy though. Unless the wood is laminated I see that being a potential problem.

James · Post by **James** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:35 pm

I had a quick go on a couple of the originals and they're class guitars. If it wasn't for the crazy price rises they've had in the last 5-10 years I'd probably have bought one by now.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:01 pm

I've literally never met one person IRL who liked TBs and wasn't a total self-important, condescending dick on the subject of guitar chat. The fact that the people involved on an official level are no different is hardly surprising.

mellowlogic · Post by **mellowlogic** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:54 pm

That thing looks like ass