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I've seen new Burnses (sic?) go for arund 350 euros here..... haven't
played it so couldn't comment.
I've seen musiciansfriend offer bizons and marquees for around 550
dollars, not a clue about their quality.
the burnsguitardotcom site opens with a planned Hank Marvin signature
for 750 pounds, that's something like 1300 USD. It looks killer too
my taste.
wannes
--- In , "Jerry" <jerry.soetewey@b...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> Our Bass Player owns a '63 Burns-London Jazzbass, which he plays
for our
> band rehearsals and gigs.
> It sounds very different to a Fender Jazz Bass or P-Bass in general.
> It's a three pick ups style Bass with a rather unsual PU switch
> Going from "Bass" "Contra Bass" "rumble?bass" and a forth option of
> which I forgot the name.
> It's a light weight bass compared to a Fender and the neck is also
very
> different. The headstock has a "batwing" which is a cool looking
> feature. Neck profile comes close to a C-shape Fender neck.
> He bought the bass in a music store a while back when he was
looking for
> an MIJ Jazzbass, but after hearing the Burns and playing it, he was
> immediately hooked to the Burns and it's deep sound. It came with La
> Bella flat wounds and he kept it this way.
> The Bass was not very expensive (for a vintage instrument that is
IMHO
> it was 150 Euro more then a the 2nd hand White MIJ jazzbass)
>
> There are a lot of Burns guitars out there from the different Burns
> periods. They are as Ivan said not compareable with Fenders, very
> different guitars. They did make a model called "The Spitfire" which
> looks like a strat and goes for around $ 400 on the 2nd hand market
> (depending on the state it is in) They also made "Cheapo guitars"
> simelar to the EKO's.
>
> They are back now and have a web site on which their current models
are
> on. For my taste they are a bit posh looking.
> I played a few at local music stores, but I didn't like them that
much.
>
> -Jerry S.
