Luthier Travis Bean Dies

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Author Message hydrargyrum Senior Member Username: hydrargyrum Post Number: 1004 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011 - 12:24 pm:    Travis Bean certainly left his mark on the modern electric guitar. He passed away this morning at age 63. http://www.guitarsquid.com/Latest/luthier-travis-bean-dies.html lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4905 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 9:46 am:    Will he be buried in an aluminum casket? Bill, tgo benson_murrensun Senior Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 477 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 11:17 am:    (rim shot inserted here) crobbins Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 886 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 7:40 pm:    Great guitars. Here's an old shot of me with my TB.. lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 4907 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:51 pm:    They sounded great and were quite heavy. The aluminum neck never seemed to warm up, especially when playing outdoors. Kramer later left TB and built his own aluminum neck with wood inserts to deal with the "cold feel" issue. Bean was an innovator who left his unique mark in the history of the electric guitar. Bill, tgo