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Is this a Burns guitar?
Posted:
12 Jul 2013, 21:19by Eskimowe
Hi, this is the only image I have so far of this guitar I am trying to identify. The closest match I could find is a Burns Sonic, but it's not exact. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Many thanks.
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1595/8m0v.jpg
Re: Is this a Burns guitar?
Posted:
12 Jul 2013, 21:30by JimN
No.
It definitely is not a Burns.
It is not British-made, nor even European-made. It is a generic Japanese-made guitar sold back in the sixties under various names including "Top Twenty".
It is generally regarded as being rubbish. Treat as junk or as a nostalgic wall-hanging and you will never be far wrong.
JN
Re: Is this a Burns guitar?
Posted:
13 Jul 2013, 09:58by JimTidmarsh
Yes, definitely a Top Twenty of the late 60s/early 70s just before Woolworths started selling them.
Re: Is this a Burns guitar?
Posted:
13 Jul 2013, 12:15by cockroach
I was without a working electric guitar for a time in 1968, and once had to borrow a very similar guitar from a friend of a friend to play a gig...it was pretty bad, but it was either use it gratefully, or no gig!
Ah, the good old days!
Re: Is this a Burns guitar?
Posted:
15 Jul 2013, 10:52by neil2726
Yep when we thought a Futurama or Colorama was the bees knees!
