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
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