http://www.300guitars.com Guitar Mania by Billy Penn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:25:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.300guitars.com/2011/07/travis-bean-passes-away-at-6/ http://www.300guitars.com/2011/07/travis-bean-passes-away-at-6/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:37:35 +0000 Billy Penn http://www.300guitars.com/?p=9786 Innovative guitar maker Travis Bean passed away a few days ago. My friend Franklin Amiano brought this to my attention. I know its a few days late but as I always say “better late than later”. Travis Bean came up with the idea for his guitars that featured an aluminum neck in his Burbank, California... 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