Scott Fraser Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-travis-bean-20110716,0,1279750.story Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I still remember being amazed by those guitars in the mid-70's - he worked on the brief run of Kramers with metal necks, too, IIRC. R.I.P. Travis . . . "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Yeti Bigfoot, Esq. Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 He was an innovator. "And so I definitely, when I have a daughter, I have a lot of good advice for her." ~Paris Hilton BWAAAHAAAHAAHAAA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Wow, what a surprise, damn, that's too bad! He was an influential innovator, to be sure. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I still remember being amazed by those guitars in the mid-70's - he worked on the brief run of Kramers with metal necks, too, IIRC. R.I.P. Travis . . . Philip Petillo http://www.petilloguitars.com/ also designed the metal necks used on the early Kramers. I know because Phil used to do all of my guitars, and when I was in his shop he showed me the prototype neck, and shorty after that they came out on the market as done by Phil. Anyways RIP Travis I hope you passed easily. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Always a drag to hear things like this. As I've said before, that's why I try to post reminders of players, etc., before it's RIP time. The life is what we should recall, not the passing. I never played a TB but I had a Kramer gtr & bass set for a while. Not the same thing (Kramers had wood inserts in the neck) but they were easily the heaviest instruments I ever wore & I suppose that applied to TB's gtrs. Anyone here actually familiar w/them ? Pickups, wiring, etc. ? (First-hand comments, not just specs). d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Not the same thing (Kramers had wood inserts in the neck) Those are the ones that Phil Petillo designed. Like I said above I was in his shop at that time, and he showed me the prototype, and I played it, I kinda liked it. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Did anyone notice that on the same page of Bean's obit were the announcements of Susie Rotolo's and Phoebe Snow's deaths? Susie was Dylan's girlfriend at the time of his first two or three albums and Snow was an unusual voiced but gifted singer. Sad day on many levels. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Did anyone notice that on the same page of Bean's obit were the announcements of Susie Rotolo's and Phoebe Snow's deaths? Susie was Dylan's girlfriend at the time of his first two or three albums and Snow was an unusual voiced but gifted singer. Sad day on many levels. Whitefang They both passed many months ago. The LA Times just has them listed under Travis Bean's notice as an item of interest to the music community. Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 R.I.P. Travis... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Gee...I wasn't a great fan but Phoebe Snow was a really good singer. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Yeti Bigfoot, Esq. Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Holy Smokes! I didn't know Phoebe Snow had died too. Apparently she was in a coma for about 3 months before she died. "And so I definitely, when I have a daughter, I have a lot of good advice for her." ~Paris Hilton BWAAAHAAAHAAHAAA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I used to own serial# 125. It was a very neck heavy axe, and impossible to keep in tune. The sun going down at an outdoor gig wild throw it flat, but it was a cool novelty. Wish I'd kept it. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 RIP Phoebe Snow, I always admired her singing, she would have been a super star if she was looking like Beyonce or any other real attractive woman. I never got why she was not a superstar, I never had to look at a singer to appreciate their talent, and Phoebe Snow had it in spades. dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Phoebe Snow was indeed a great singer. She has graced a great many records you might not guess. As for Mr. Bean, I'm not that knowledgeable but I agree that he was a great innovator in the realm of luthery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I've seen a pic of Keef playing one, and I'll add that his later offerings were much more evolved than the one I owned. I'd certainly consider another. He was a motorcycle builder before the guitar venture. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 RIP Phoebe Snow, I always admired her singing, she would have been a super star if she was looking like Beyonce or any other real attractive woman. I never got why she was not a superstar, I never had to look at a singer to appreciate their talent, and Phoebe Snow had it in spades. She made a lyrical comment on her own self-image as the character in `At 17`. I didn`t know about her passing either. Fabulous talent. Can`t recall if I played a Travis Bean, I certainly remember seeing them on the shelves. I did play several Kramers, I think when they came out with the Focus series they were still good but kinda lost the uniqueness. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 RIP Phoebe Snow, I always admired her singing, she would have been a super star if she was looking like Beyonce or any other real attractive woman. I never got why she was not a superstar, I never had to look at a singer to appreciate their talent, and Phoebe Snow had it in spades. My ex, a professional photographer, was hired long ago to shoot a cover photo of Phoebe Snow. Snow's management took a very convoluted linguistic route to tell my ex that they wanted Snow, a very plain looking woman, to be made to look glamourous, in other words, not as she really appeared. In the pre-Photoshop era, my ex did wonders with lighting & shadow & created a compelling image. But it's quite unfortunate that the question even had to come up. Unfortunate that the industry as well as the audience wanted to see a babe, instead of just listen to a really arresting voice. Phoebe was an amazing artist & should have had a much larger audience. I've never heard anybody say they didn't like her voice or songs. Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 As I've said before, that's why I try to post reminders of players, etc., before it's RIP time. The life is what we should recall, not the passing. MUCH agreed. I never got why she was not a superstar, I never had to look at a singer to appreciate their talent... Also MUCH agreed. I used to own (Travis Bean guitar) serial# 125. It was a very neck heavy axe, and impossible to keep in tune. The sun going down at an outdoor gig wild throw it flat, but it was a cool novelty. Wish I'd kept it. Weird, I thought that the aluminum through-neck design was chiefly intended to eliminate that sort of issue... I wonder what was different on later model Beans, the type of aluminum, some design element? Did any of them have adjustable truss-rods? Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 She made a lyrical comment on her own self-image as the character in `At 17`. I thought that was a Janis Ian song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 She made a lyrical comment on her own self-image as the character in `At 17`. I thought that was a Janis Ian song... Just checked-yes, my bad. Actually I was thinking about Ani Difranco`s song `Not a Pretty Girl` (That one IS correct) while I was reading about the `good looks` bias in the music biz and thought , yeah and there was that `At 17` song too-wrong attribution though. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george costanza Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Still, your basic point is valid, Skip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks-I do think that, with all the swagger and egotism coming from hip hop especially, it`s more important than ever to have a balance. Anyway I think the song `Poetry Man` did it for me-most people if they are lucky, maybe they write one song like that in their lives. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 And Phoebe Snow wrote that one AND , two of the best songs I know of. Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Snow, like Tim Buckley, had a distinctive voice and style, a rare and sadly discouraged thing today. She sounded like no one else, and no one else sounded like her. She is missed. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I wonder if Phoebe is ribbing Travis somewhere over this shamelessly hijacked thread...... Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I wonder if Phoebe is ribbing Travis somewhere over this shamelessly hijacked thread...... I bet they're having a good jam! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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