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

 

 

GB65 Model (1965-66)

GB65 GUITAR

 

Introduced February 1965

The prototype in the advert feature a 'B' headstock badge and a standard trapeze tailpiece with added 'B'

Withdrawn mid-1966. I have not yet seen one with the flattened scroll headstock introduced across the line mid 1966.

 

 

Crescendo February 1965

 

Burns Catalogue Feb 1965

 

1965 Burns GB65

Serial No. 8268

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1965 Burns GB65

Serial No. 9341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1965 Burns GB65

Serial No. 9415

 

 

 

 

late 1965 Baldwin GB65

Serial No. 11203