Background
Following his parent"s divorce, Stever grew up in both Park Ridge, New Jersey and Nyack, New New York
Following his parent"s divorce, Stever grew up in both Park Ridge, New Jersey and Nyack, New New York
Travis acts as a lead and rhythm guitarist in the band. Travis along with Claudio both share leads and solos in the band"s music and will often switch back and forth in the "dueling guitar" style made popular in the 1970s. Stever is the lead guitarist and vocalist of a side project called Fire Deuce.
An 80s style metal band who released "Children of the Deuce" in 2005.
Stever has also embarked on a second non-Coheed project named Davenport Cabinet which released "Nostalgia In Stereo" in 2008, "Our Machine" in 2013 and "Damned Renegades" in 2014. Besides guitar, Travis plays other strings instruments such as lap steel, banjo, mandolin, and dobro.
He is credited with these instruments on various tracks of Coheed albums and experiments with many of them on the Davenport Cabinet albums. Uses a guitar talk box, as seen in Neverender Box Secretariat.
Guitars
All Electric Guitars strung with DR Strings: DDT-10/52
Gibson Les Paul Standard in Wine Red w/ Bigsby B5 Tailpiece, Sperzel locking tuners, and Gibson black speed knobs
Gibson Les Paul Standard in Vintage Sunburst w/ a Graph-Technical nut and Chrome Grover tuners w/ Electromyography 81/85
Gibson Les Paul Standard in Heritage Cherry-Burst, kept stock
Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Traditional w/ Bigsby B7 Tailpiece
Gibson Les Paul Custom in Ebony w/ The Keywork graphic built into the finish
Gibson Les Paul Studio in Alpine White w/ Gold hardware, kept stock (The Running Free video)
Gibson SG Special in Blue-Teal Flip-Flop w/ Chrome Grover tuners and a Graph-Technical nut tuned B-B for Sentry the Defiant
Gibson Johnny A. Model (Domino the Destitute video)
Taylor 814-Civil Engineering Acoustic/Electric
Rickenbacker Lap-Steel Slide Guitar tuned to Open F (Used only in "Once Upon Your Dead Body" and "The Willing Well II: Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness")
Amplifiers
Bogner Uberschall 120W Head w/ Standard Grill
Marshall JCM900 100W Head
Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Deuce 100W Head
Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Ace 2x12 50W Combo
Marshall JCM2000 Head
Mesa/Boogie Lonestar 2x12 Combo
Mesa/Boogie Electra Dyne Head
Mesa/Boogie Mark V Head
Fractal Audio AxeFX Ultra (current live rig)
Cabinet(s)
Mesa/Boogie Rectifier Oversized 4x12"s
Bogner Uberschall 4x12"s
Marshall 1960A 4x12
Effects
Heil Talk Box
Dunlop 535Q CryBaby Wah
Boss Doctor of Divinity-3 Digital Delay
Boss Personal-5 Super Shifter
Boss Technology Union-2 Chromatic Tuner
Ernie Ball VP Junior Passive Volume Pedal
Morley Steve Vai Bad Horsie 2 Contour Wah
Fractal Audio AxeFX Ultra (current live rig).
Travis Stever is a founding member of the band which is named after the title characters in lead singer/guitarist Claudio Sanchez"s story which is central to most of the band"s albums.
