Burns is one guitar company I know very little about, except that Hank Marvin and the Shadows used and endorsed their guitars during their golden era. What do Burns guitars sound like? Gretsch? Rickenbacker? Fender? What kind of pickups did they have? What Shadows song would be a good example of the "Burns sound." Thanks!
Burns Guitars
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Aug 23, 2008 7:20 p.m. audiodrome:
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Aug 23, 2008 8:52 p.m. Beatles6120:
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Aug 23, 2008 8:57 p.m. bobbyrivera:
I love mine. I have a Burns Tri-Sonic in "Puke Green"... They are great (and cheap). I have never warmed up to Strats, but I really like this Strat style guitar. It looks cool as hell, and the tone is similar to a Nashville Deluxe Tele.
The Shadows are one of my favorite Instro bands too! That is almost enough to make me want one of the Hank Marvin Models. The GAS increases...
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Aug 23, 2008 9:23 p.m. audiodrome:
So they have a Telecaster type sound? Interesting...
My favorite Shadows song is "Wonderful Land," but I think that was played on a Stratocaster.
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Aug 23, 2008 10:06 p.m. bobbyrivera:
The Shadows did not play Strats for very long...and The Ventures rarely used their signature Mosrites...
I love the Shadows and any other Joe Meek produced stuff. I LOVE the Ventures too, but they were basically a rip-off of the Shadows IMO. My favorite of the USA instro bands of the late 50's and early 60's were Duane Eddy(the best R&R instro artist of all time IMO), The Belairs, Johnny and the Hurricanes, Dick Dale and his Deltones, the Trashmen, and Link Wray and his Wraymen. Sorry for digressing... Google Houston Wells, and the Outlaws (Ritchie Blackmore's first group) Etc. You may be pleasantly surprised.
Back to Guitars (sorry for the rant): I can only attest to the one Burns I have, and I really like it. I had a Fender Nashville Deluxe (which was stolen) and the tones are very similar IMO. It seemed a bit more "twangy" IMO with the Tri-Sonics. It's a great mix between Tele spank, and the classic Strat midrange sound IMO...A very versatile (and underrated) guitar. Fortunately it's still cheap. If you like the feel of a Strat, but don't like the P'U's, and normally play Gretsch, Ric, or Tele's, I would recommend it. It does get a bit confusing as they put several P'u's in these though. Make sure you get an early one. The later ones are crap with junk p/u's.
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Aug 23, 2008 11:02 p.m. BillyZoom:
I may be wrong, but I think Heinz and the Wild Boys predate the Outlaws. Meek didn't produce the Shadows, but he did produce some great stuff. Too many of the current Joe Meek compilations just focus on his weird novelty recordings, but he did a lot of stuff and a lot of it was really great. The Blackmoore guitar solos on tracks like Movin' In, and Beating of my Heart by the Wild Boys are incredible...especially considering when they were recorded. Richie was really ahead of his time. Also, the post-Shadows Jet Harris/ Tony Mehan stuff was great too. I love their versions of Diamonds, the theme from the Man with the Golden Arm.
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Aug 30, 2008 7:00 a.m. DustyValentino:
I have a Burns Double Six electric 12 string, one of the new reissues.
Very, very good guitar.
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Aug 30, 2008 11:49 a.m. audiodrome:
Are the new Burns guitars "vintage-correct" reissues?
I came across a website that listed Hank Marvin's gear for the Shadows "Golden Era (1960-1963):
Fender Stratocaster (maple and rosewood)
Vox AC15 (1960-1961)
Vox AC30 (1962-1963)
Meazzi Echomatic
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Aug 30, 2008 2:17 p.m. DustyValentino:
My 12 string certainly isn't vintage correct, but the changes are for practical reasons, such as a bridge that allows the intonation to be adjusted on each string.
It's a budget guitar and should be viewed as such, but I can honestly say it's as well built as any of my high end Fenders or Gibsons. In fact, you could probably say it's better built than my Gretsch, as the stock pickups and bridge rendered by 6119 pretty much unusable.
