Burns

Founded by the great innovator James Ormston Burns in London, Burns Guitars enjoyed a high profile status in the guitar world during the early '60s as a result of their supreme craftsmanship as well as their constant development and refinement of their instruments. 

On their constant quest to realise their vision of the perfect electric guitar Burns came up with some groundbreaking concepts such as the heel-less, glued-in neck; 24-fret fingerboard, knife-edge bearing vibrato unit; active electronics and stacked-coil pickups.

Following a takeover by Baldwin in 1965 Burns soon disappeared off the map and it wasn't for another 25 years that the original 60's models would become extremely rare, valuable and highly recognised. After two failed attempts to resurrect this iconic British brand life long Burns fan Barry Gibson had the approval of Jim Burns himself to introduce new Burns instruments that successfully capture the special designs, build standards and overall legacy of those early classics.