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)

 

FENTON-WEILL

OVERVIEW - STREAMLINE - DE LUXE - TUXMASTER - AMERICAN RANGE

TWISTER RANGE - DUALMASTER - SPECTRATONE - FIBRATONE

HOHNER - BELL - DALLAS - ADVERTS

 

 

1962 Bell Carousel

 

 

 

Marketed by Bell in 1962 only. Electronics by Henry Weill.

Woodwork of uncertain origin: Melodija Menges have been suggested.

Seems to be a copy of the Roger Model 54 guitar.

 

Woodwork from the same source was also used on a GMI branded instrument distributed by EKO:

 

 

 

1962 BELL Carousel:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And another example:

 

 

Another example with Burns vibrato unit

 

An example with a Broadway vibrato unit fitted: