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

 

 

BISON RANGE (1960-68)

 

1964-68 BISON (REZ-O-MATIK) GUITAR & BASS

 

Jim Burns with Bison Bass circa 1965

 

Introduced September 1964 with small 'Rez-o-Matik' engraving on pick-up covers and unbound fingerboards.

2 screws on each small pickguard section is standard, but some examples use 3 or 4...

 

Early 1965 the Rez-O-Matik pick-up engraving is enlarged and fingerboard binding is introduced.

Feb 1965 'Micro Tilt' neck angle adjustment introduced.

Late 1965 String-spacing nut changed from inset type to abutted type.

 

In 1966 flattened scroll headstocks are introduced, along with a change to a sloping shoulder to the neck-pocket enclosure walls.

 

c.1967 control knobs changed from vertical lines to crosshatched pattern on the side.

 

 

1964 Burns Bison in White with Grey Plates

Serial No. 8713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964 Burns Bison in Black with Grey Plates

Serial No. 8852

 

 

1964 Burns Bison in Black with Grey Plates

Serial No. 8977

 

 

 

very early 1965 Bison

Serial No. 9963

Large Rez-O-Matik, but unbound fingerboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

very early 1965 Bison

Serial No. 11144

Large Rez-O-Matik, but unbound fingerboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1965 BALDWIN Bison

2-screw nameplate

Serial No. 11159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September(?) 1965 Double-Logo Bison in White

Serial No. 11590

 

 

Sept? 1965 BURNS-BALDWIN Bison

Serial No. 14293

 

 

 

 

 

BURNS Bison

Serial No 14328

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1966 Baldwin Bison Bass

Serial No. 17171

 

 

 

 

Feb 1967 Baldwin Bison

Serial No. 20551

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9th Feb 1967 Baldwin Bison

All Black, ex-Ike Isaacs, via Paul Day

Serial No. 20614

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1967 Baldwin Bison

All Black, ex-Ike Isaacs, via Paul Day

Serial No. 22096

 

 

 

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