Jerry Garcia's Travis Bean

Started by Jkendrick, July 06, 2014, 12:49:52 PM

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Jkendrick

I saw Umphrey's McGee last night at Red Rocks and both Jake Cinniger and the lead singer for the opener, Moon Taxi,  played Jerry's white Travis Bean for a few songs.



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Down_With_Sco

Why him? How did it sound, he sound?
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Jkendrick

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I don't know what the deal was and why it was there. I'm pretty sure it isn't owned by either band. But I do know the UM guitar tech. He was kinda busy last night, but I've got a message to him today to try to find out more.

It sounded great. Couldn't tell much during Moon Taxi's set, but the UM tune it was used on was a quieter piece (for UM) and it sounded really nice. It's such an unusual guitar. I'd love to try it out.

For those that don't know much about this guitar:

"It features an aluminum neck (a design pioneered by Bean), three single-coil pickups and Garcia's onboard effects loop. This guitar was the first to employ the onboard effects loop, which was later incorporated into all of Garcia's guitars."

http://www.guitarworld.com/jerry-garcias-travis-bean-tb500-guitar-be-auctioned-december?page=1
1989 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 (Seymour Duncan 59s), POS Fender acoustic
'78 Silverface Fender Deluxe Reverb (Weber California w/ paper cone)
Teese RMC3 Wah> Boss Tu-3 Tuner> MXR Phase 45> Ibanez TS9 (Keeley modded)> TS808 (Analogman TV)> Keeley Compressor (two knob)>VFE Rocket Boost EQ> Boss DD-3> DigiTech JamMan Solo XT

Walker done done

Apparently a friend of Jake's owns the Bean guitar and brought it to the show so they could play it.
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Jkendrick

I heard from the guitar tech, who did get to play it. He said it was super heavy but had fun just doing a bunch of Jerry licks. He said he *thinks* the owner is a friend of someone in Moon Taxi. He did meet the owner. Doesn't sound like anyone in UM knew the guy before Saturday.
1989 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 (Seymour Duncan 59s), POS Fender acoustic
'78 Silverface Fender Deluxe Reverb (Weber California w/ paper cone)
Teese RMC3 Wah> Boss Tu-3 Tuner> MXR Phase 45> Ibanez TS9 (Keeley modded)> TS808 (Analogman TV)> Keeley Compressor (two knob)>VFE Rocket Boost EQ> Boss DD-3> DigiTech JamMan Solo XT