Photos of beautiful and unusual guitars that I have owned or worked on.

All are now SOLD, but please check my FOR SALE page for currently available items!

 

1959 BURNS-WEILL 'Super Streamline' RP2B Bass

 

Being largely handmade, body shape does differ from example to example, but here the bass-side has been drastically reshaped subsequent to purchase.

 

Note replacement door hinge tailpiece!

 

Comparison with another example

 

Van Gent tuners, Unusual offset V-shaped neck-profle.

Highly impractical rear-mounted jack-socket(!)

 

Update 2010:

This playable and irreplacably rare bass was subsequently spotted for sale on ebay, marketed as an 'Art Project'. It had been boldly band-sawed into 20-odd x 2" sections with these separated pieces then nailed to a backboard and sprayed a uniform white... yes, Pickups and Tuners in place and sawn through too... I lost many night's sleep over this barbaric act! As if this bass hadn't belonged in a museum already! If the purpose of Art is to provoke a STRONG emotional reaction and thereby encourage new forms of thought, and re-assessments of existing beliefs, then - Bravo!

 

For further info, see my BURNS-WEILL Research & Reference Page!