Travis Bean Guitars No.1

Travis Bean Guitars played by great guitar players (six).

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Music

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• travis
• bean
• guitars

[hezzart]

RIP

[stamp1220]

RIP Travis Bean

[curtisslow]

stanley jordan is at 1:56

[curtisslow]

@ 2:16 I think to be Keith Levene from Public Image Limited.

I am however at a loss as to the guitarist at 1:56. and would like to know.

[howeuth]

who starts playing at 1:56 and at 2:16?

[raboglu]

@Singlpilot : Iet's stop discussion here. You are certainly a good man, don't take it personal.

In summary :

1) You owned a Bean that apparently went out of tune and you have this "scientific" theory on why an aluminium instrument can't stay in tune.

2) a few thousand other people around the globe own Beans that stay in tune perfectly well

3) luthiers have been making aluminium instruments in the US for the past 120 years, including acoustic violins, double basses and guitars.

Full stop.

[Singlpilot]

the Travis Bean is a self contained aluminum chassis that is rigid from one end to the other...Take out a cold guitar, and tune it. Warm the neck with your hands for about 10 minutes like you would if you were onstage...if you CANT see or hear that the tuning has changed...then you cant HEAR..

[80selectro]

@Singlpilot there is some truth to this. I was an industrial painter and have used Imron countless times. Imron is not going to crack easily, it will expand and contract with the material it is applied on significantly. Epoxy and certain enamels will not withstand the amount of stress that urethanes will. It also does have great insulating properties. I think they more or less coated the necks with Imron to keep players hands from getting too cold due to the aluminum, though.

[gizgy]

I bought a TB2000, sent from Canada to Europe. They were having -35 deg Celsius and a snow storm over there... Customs also held it on my side, and it spent another 3 weeks stored in a cold locations. When it finally got home to me, it was freezing cold outside, and +20 deg Celsius in my living-room (yes, I like it nice and warm). I opened the box and saw the beauty. The varnish on the Bean had all cracked, due to temperature changes (who cares), AND it was still nearly in good tune !!

[raboglu]

No Singlpilot, you have it wrong, again.

There is a very simple reason why they tried the black goop on TB necks, at the end. And it has nothing to do with "expansion". You should know it. It's the same silly reason for which Gary Kramer (Bean's ex-partner) had some wooden inserts put in his alu necks. It is a business reason, and that black stuff certainly did not add any tonal quality to the instrument, on the contrary ! Again, please check the Bean forums if you don't know.