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the TB500 i played was exactly the same.williamsaut wrote:I can say that the Kramer aluminum necked mahogany one I had sounded fantastic. Full tone with lots of bite and dynamics.
Sorry, it was "consistancy". GP interview, talking about how the Irwin (Wolf) is custom made and not replaceable. "Only the Travis Beans offer that level of consistancy.... I have a couple of Beans, and they are virtually identical in terms of their setup, neck, and fingerboard, so there's no question of regaining chops if one breaks down on the road or something. No other production guitar is like that- they're all completely different.. I also think the Bean's single coil pickups are the best I've heard. As far as I'm concerned, the Travis Bean is the finest production guitar on the market." (no date, but late Bean/pre-Tiger).TI4-1009 wrote:I thought Jerry liked TBs for their stability!?!?
I really don't think metal expands or contracts nearly as much as wood.> **Interviewer(GT):"Is that the one you were using last night?"
> **JG:"Yup."
> **GT:"What was the one with the 'T' in the neck?..."
> **JG:"Um, Travis Bean."
> **GT:"Are you still using that one then?"
> **JG:"Uhh....yea, I had been using it, but I just got this back from uh, the guy (Irwin) who made it for me; whose been- whose worked on it some...and uh, wanted to...see if there's...still anything...between me and it."
> **faint tuning noises**
> **Unidentified Girl:"You done?"
> **JG:"Well, I have to let it sit for awhile,"
> **GT:"Stre-e-e-tch..."
> **JG:"...And everything has to get adjusted.
See, the Travis Bean, the nice thing about it is that it's uh, incredibly stable, so you can change the strings and it doesn't have to go through any changes.
...But this guitar (Wolf), like other wooden guitars, to get it to really work right and play in tune and stuff, you gotta set it up again every time the strings are changed, because it changes the whole (unintelligible)."
> **GT:"How old is that thing?"
> **JG:"Oh,it's about 5...maybe 5 years...6 years old I guess. I'm not exactly sure how old."
Might explain some of the problems with my guitar .....tigerstrat wrote:Oct 2, 1977 Portland, Oregon, backstage post-soundcheck interview. Garcia has just finished putting fresh strings on Wolf:
I really don't think metal expands or contracts nearly as much as wood.> **Interviewer(GT):"Is that the one you were using last night?"
> **JG:"Yup."
> **GT:"What was the one with the 'T' in the neck?..."
> **JG:"Um, Travis Bean."
> **GT:"Are you still using that one then?"
> **JG:"Uhh....yea, I had been using it, but I just got this back from uh, the guy (Irwin) who made it for me; whose been- whose worked on it some...and uh, wanted to...see if there's...still anything...between me and it."
> **faint tuning noises**
> **Unidentified Girl:"You done?"
> **JG:"Well, I have to let it sit for awhile,"
> **GT:"Stre-e-e-tch..."
> **JG:"...And everything has to get adjusted.
See, the Travis Bean, the nice thing about it is that it's uh, incredibly stable, so you can change the strings and it doesn't have to go through any changes.
...But this guitar (Wolf), like other wooden guitars, to get it to really work right and play in tune and stuff, you gotta set it up again every time the strings are changed, because it changes the whole (unintelligible)."
> **GT:"How old is that thing?"
> **JG:"Oh,it's about 5...maybe 5 years...6 years old I guess. I'm not exactly sure how old."
hey man -mgbills wrote:Hey T-Jedi.
Just an observation...usually for my guitars when they get buzzy, it's a truss rod adjustment. We run a wood stove to drive out some of the dreariness of Western WA. Acoustics's stay in in cases with Damp-it's. My electrics probably should too, but my go to Strat is out every day, so it typically resides on a stand. About yearly it'll need about 1/4 turn one way or the other.
If I remember correctly you're playing a modified Ibanez Musician. I think they physics would be the same, even if the wood mass is greater. Mostly hard maple, and the density will be the same as a Strat neck, even if the mass is different. Point being that it'll respond to changes in humidity. If your house has a heat pump (or any forced air heat), or you're gigging in places with HVAC, moisture is absent to a large extent. The neck will change as a result. (You might ignore everything but the last sentence, as it may be another epic Mart diatribe.)
Raising the action would help, but if the relief is wrong it can still buzz. Mine are now set & 13/128th of an inch (a smidge under 7/64th, which would be Tiger spec. It'll start buzzing a bit about 3-4 weeks after the wood stove starts.
Worth checking regularly.
Peace
M
