Yannis Philippakis

In this Instagram photo of Yannis holding up two of his new guitars, the one on the right (in his left hand) is a Travis Bean TB-1000s. The Instagram photo is dated May 2014.

In this article from GQ Magazine, Yannis says "I bought quite a few Travis Bean guitars that were made in the Seventies".

In the 2019 guitar.com interview, Yannis is briefly discussing his relationship with Travis Bean models, saying, “I like the fact that you feel like it’s playing you and not the other way around,” he says of his many Beans. “I like the weight of them and I like the fact that it feels like a commitment – and it doesn’t feel like a toy. It’s something that is crafted. It’s like, what’s the difference between using heavy metal cutlery and plastic? Well, I’d rather use heavy metal cutlery! It feels like that. Not in any kind of cold way, but it is definitely different. And I feel like it’s a kind of a potent guitar, y’know? It’s a commitment to play it. I like the fact that it’s ‘other’ as well, that it is different and rare. And they come from this particular era when it was viewed as being the next great evolution in guitar making and then, for whatever reason, they were kind of frozen in that time and every time you buy one, you’re essentially dipping back into that mindset of guitar playing in the 70s when they were viewed as being this futuristic evolution. So I like the romance around them as well, I guess.”

Yannis is seen here playing a Fender Squier Vintage Modified Mustang.

Yannis Philippakis posts a pic to Instagram that reads, "New axes." The one he is holding in his right hand (left in the photo) is a Gibson ES-347, according to the badge at the bottom of the headstock. His particular model does not appear to have a pickup selector switch below the pickguard, as some ES-347 models have. Given the Gibson ES-347 was in production from the late 70s to the late 80s, his model is one from within this range.

Yannis can be seen here playing the Gretsch Special Run G6128T Duo Jet.

In a studio photo shared on Tumblr, Yannis Philippakis is pictured using a Fender American Special Jazzmaster Electric Guitar.

Within the clip of Lonely Hunter Yannis can be seen playing a starcaster

Yannis Philippakis is pictured playing a 1963 Fender Jaguar in a user-uploaded photo on Imageshack.

In the user-uploaded photo from the Foals gallery, Yannis Philippakis can be seen holding a Travis Bean TB500. Although the image is flipped, it clearly shows him with the guitar. Another image here also depicts him with the instrument, though his face is less visible.

Back in the days of "The Edmund Fitzgerald", here you can see a young Yannis Philippakis playing a red Fender Telecaster

In this Instagram photo posted by Foals, Yannis Philippakis is holding a vintage Gretsch Double Anniversary semi-hollow electric guitar. Photo is captioned, "La Fabrique // Photo credit: @nabildo"

During Foals' live performance of "2 Trees" on KEXP, Yannis Philippakis plays a Fender CD-140SCE acoustic-electric guitar.

Philippakis favours Hiwatt amps or his 1960s croc-skin Selmer, and almost exclusively plays Travis Bean guitars. "I've played them since I was 18," he says. "The other guitar I played quite a bit on the record was a '67 Gretsch Country Gentleman that I picked up in Cincinnati, and it smells like your grandma's house."

In this video Yannis use this guitar all the time. You can see that this TB1000A by square position markers