In 2003, Kevin Burkett was offered $30,000 for his 1978 Travis Bean "Wedge" guitar and realized it was too valuable to perform with. Most guitarists would make do with using a similar, less-valuable model, but Travis Beans have a distinguishing characteristic that makes them hard to replace — they're made of metal.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2014-05-21
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/news/musical-machinist-gets-sweet-sounds-cncs/
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