THE GUITARS OF JAMES ORMSTON BURNS

REFERENCE & RESOURCE PAGES:

 

SUPERSOUND (1958) - BURNS-WEILL (1959) - FENTON WEILL (1960-65)

ORMSTON BURNS (1960-1965) - AMPEG (1963-64) - BALDWIN (1965-69)

SHERGOLD WOODCRAFTS (1967-69) - ORMSTON (1968) - HAYMAN (1970-75)

BURNS UK (1973-77) - BURNS ACTUALIZERS (1979-82) - SHERGOLD (1975-92)

 

BURNS LONDON

TIMELINE - PUBLICITY - FACTORY

ARTIST - SONIC - VIBRA-ARTIST-DELUXE - BLACK BISON - VISTA-SONIC

BLACK BISON III - JAZZ - TR-2 - NU-SONIC - MARVIN - DOUBLE 6

BISON - VIBRASLIM - GB65 - GB66 - VIRGINIAN - BABY BISON

AMPLIFIERS - ACCESSORIES - PROTOTYPES

 

 

BURNS PROTOTYPES

 

Prototype group photographed by Amy Mills

A collection of Burns prototypes, photographed by Amy Mills

1964 Virginian - 1966 Shadows 'S' Bass - 1963 Marvin - 1964 Vista Sonic

 

1961

 

Undated Jim Burns Steel

Lap Steel

Complete with ironing board stand!

 

 

Pre-April 22nd 1961 Thinline Prototype w/ MKVII Master Vibrato

Flat bent Vibrato arm...and 8-polepieces on each pickup!

 

Curved Vibrato arm and six polepieces on the pickups?

1961 Burns Three-Pickup thinline prototype

 

 

c.1963 Wild Dog 6-String Bass Prototype

 

 

 

1963 12-String Prototype

Serial No. 2231

 

 

 

 

 

January 1963 Vista-Sonic "Special X"

Serial No. 2339

A well-executed after-market conversion?

vista-sonic special-x

 

 

 

c.1963/4 Thinline Bass Prototype

 

 

1964 Semi-Acoustic Prototype

 

 

Circa 1965 Organ prototypes

 

 

 

Circa 1965 Uncompleted prototype

Vibraslim Body-shape transitioning to GB66