Travis Bean TB1000 standard
Travis Bean TB1000 standard
Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1974 to 1979
The Travis Bean TB1000 came in standard (TB1000S) and artist (TB1000A) versions. The key feature of this guitar is the aluminum neck - which came in 2 width options. The later catalogs refer to this as just "The Standard Guitar" - without the TB1000 model number. There were 1422 TB1000S guitars produced in total.
Specifications (23)
Controls
| Number of control knobs | 4 control knobs |
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups |
General
| Finish colors | black finish, natural finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body material | koa body |
| Body shape features | double cutaway |
| Pickguard material | stainless steel |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | mother of pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Neck joint | bolt on neck |
| Neck material | aluminum neck |
| Neck width | 1.5 inches wide at nut, 1.75 inches wide at nut |
| Number of frets | 22 fret |
| Nut | aluminum nut |
| Peghead (headstock) | cut-out headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Tuners | Schaller tuners |
Prices (2)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | $595 | new | guitar-list | List price |
| 1995 | $1000 | good | Bill Jaenicke | Was hard to find one. The guy I bought it from had two TB1000S and initially wasn't interested in parting with either one of them. A couple months later he got back in touch with me when he decided he would sell one. I snatched it up. When it arrived and I opened the case I gasped. It was (is) the most beautiful guitar I had ever seen. Picking it up I could sense the quality of the workmanship. And playing it was a whole new sonic experience. It still looks and plays great all these years later. |