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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Thought since things have been slow for the last few days that I would post a few pics of the newest members of my family.
WARRIOR '55 VINTAGE THROWBACK
TRAVIS BEAN TB1000 ARTIST
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Location: NJ | did you know the tb1000 is the alpep signature model?
I played on for about 10 years out in the local club scene |
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Location: Midland, MI | That TB is awesome. Some Kramer's used to have aluminum necks, too...was that a Bean rip off thing or did they work together on it? |
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Location: NJ | I think kramer ripped it off. their necks were aluminum but the TB had a solid assembly where the neck pickups and bridge were one assembly.
great playing and sounding guitar but heavy as lead I think I shrunk two inches from the first to fourth set |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | i wanna put fingerprints all over that 55 Throwback.
I can almost hear Sultans of Swing played on it from here... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Al,
I don't know how you could have played that for 10 years....it does weigh a ton. Has the back ever recovered???
You are right about the sound...it has the most amazing sustain of any guitar I have ever played. I believe you could probably hit a single note and hold it throughout the whole song.
Playing in the winter in a cold bar might be tricky. Kinda like sticking your tongue on the frozen lamp post! |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | If you what something cold, try one of these:
Abel Axe
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | WOW!
That is a wild looking axe.
Do you own it? How does it play? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Jeff, you nailed it.
You must have gone to the gallery and read what I said about it. As pure a strat or tele tone as you could ever hope for. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by stephent28:
Jeff, you nailed it.
You must have gone to the gallery and read what I said about it. As pure a strat or tele tone as you could ever hope for. Haven't gone to gallery lately...that giutar just screams Dire Straits licks.
off to the Gallery |
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Location: NJ | I never had problems with the necks being cold
I never had problems with the guitar going out of tune.
that sucker has the sound.
damn I am going to have to dig it out and play it again. I have been playing my hamers almost exclusively over the past few years |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I was just about to ask if you still had it.
I was just upstairs wailing away on it with the '66 Princeton.....man o'man what tone.
When the guitar showed up, UPS left it outside by the door in 35 degree weather. I brought it in and opened it up just to take a look and the damn neck was so cold I almost got frostbite! Now that it has been inside for a few days, not a problem.
Al, does yours have the bare aluminum neck or the aluminum neck with whatever coating they starting putting on them? |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Yeah, it belongs to me. I've also got some Aluminators as well.
About the only advantage is the neck joint is about 1/4 of an inch thick.
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New members of the family