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Anyone have one of these guitars? What do you think of them?

I have a Burns Steer as part of my collection.
It is one of the best guitars I have ever owed and is the guitar I play the most.
It is very comfortable whilst playing with an excellent feel from neck and fretboard which suits my playing.
The pickup switching positions give a good range of tonal qualities.

...Bec

It is the guitar shown in my Photo...........................................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thanks for that brian - I might invest in the near future!

I know The Steer is available with or without a cutaway, but was there a tremolo-bridge version a few years ago?

JN

Pearls and Crazy Diamonds (2002) says "There is one version with tremolo and one without" but I doubt whether that got past the prototype stage. I don't think a tremolo version has ever popped up on ebay, which is a strong indication that it never got into production.

I was interested in the Steer until I tried one in Macaris in the Charing Cross Road. On this particular one there was a vast difference in sensitivity between the pickups, with the bridge humbucker being much louder. I don't know whether that's true of all Steers but soon after that my Hayman 2020H came along (also a Jim Burns design, also with body cavities, but with Re-An pickups that matched each other in volume and of course the amazing 'Vibrasonic Chamber') and I was no longer interested in the Steer.

Ray L

A new Burns Steer (cutaway version) on EBay UK at the moment -don't have the item number handy, sorry.