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
BURNS PROTOTYPES
A collection of Burns prototypes, photographed by Amy Mills
1964 Virginian - 1966 Shadows 'S' Bass - 1963 Marvin - 1964 Vista Sonic
1961
Undated Jim Burns Steel
Complete with ironing board stand!
Pre-April 22nd 1961 Thinline Prototype w/ MKVII Master Vibrato
Flat bent Vibrato arm...and 8-polepieces on each pickup!
Curved Vibrato arm and six polepieces on the pickups?
c.1963 Wild Dog 6-String Bass Prototype
1963 12-String Prototype
Serial No. 2231
January 1963 Vista-Sonic "Special X"
Serial No. 2339
A well-executed after-market conversion?
c.1963/4 Thinline Bass Prototype
1964 Semi-Acoustic Prototype
Circa 1965 Organ prototypes
Circa 1965 Uncompleted prototype
Vibraslim Body-shape transitioning to GB66