Travis Bean TB500 - Iconic Guitar Tones Recorded on It
1 iconic guitar tone recorded on a Travis Bean TB500 - pickup positions, tuning, amp settings, and pedal chains, all in one place. Adapt any of them to your own rig in under a minute.
- bright
- single-coil pickups
- medium output
- boutique tier
Translate any of these tones to your rig
The one original Travis Bean sold with single-coil pickups instead of humbuckers: a bolt-on aluminium neck on a magnolia body with a rosewood fingerboard and 22 frets. The metal neck gives long, even sustain and a bright, glassy attack with little of wood's softening, which suits clean, articulate lead lines. Jerry Garcia played TB500s in 1976 and 1977.
Songs Recorded With the Travis Bean TB500
Common Questions About the Travis Bean TB500
What does the Travis Bean TB500 sound like?
The one original Travis Bean sold with single-coil pickups instead of humbuckers: a bolt-on aluminium neck on a magnolia body with a rosewood fingerboard and 22 frets. The metal neck gives long, even sustain and a bright, glassy attack with little of wood's softening, which suits clean, articulate lead lines. Jerry Garcia played TB500s in 1976 and 1977.
Who plays a Travis Bean TB500?
In our catalog, Grateful Dead is the artist who records with a Travis Bean TB500 most often (1 song).
Is the Travis Bean TB500 good for progressive rock?
Yes - most of the songs in our catalog that run through a Travis Bean TB500 are in the progressive rock, jam band, rock world. Each per-song breakdown lists the pickup position and amp settings that pair with it on those tracks.
What songs were recorded with the Travis Bean TB500?
1 song in our catalog use the Travis Bean TB500, including "Terrapin Station" by Grateful Dead. The full list is above - each one links to the per-song settings page.
Do I need a Travis Bean TB500 to play these songs?
No - that's the whole point of ToneMirror. Each per-song page describes the sound on the record, and our match engine translates it to whatever guitar you actually own. Different pickup type, same recorded result.