Mk 8 Gold Tremolo

[JimN]

Leaving aside that terrible (and apparently pirated) Burns Mk 8 tremolo, the Alden guitar line continues with a variety of reasonably-priced designs, though most of them seem to be on sale in Germany and the USA.

Here are a few..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Top-E-Guitar-Alden-VX-SEMI-/221239269485?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3382e3586d
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOP-ALDEN-TAURUS-RETRO-2-COLORS-/221239269461?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3382e35855
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALDEN-BLUESLINE-WITH-ABALONE-TOP-/221239269456?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3382e35850

I do like the look of that red guitar...

[JimTidmarsh]

I have the red one in black - I think it called the Taurus & resembles a Black Bison.

Not a match for my Burns Legend or USA Strat, but for the price it's a lot of guitar. Sounds good, as well!!

[Billyboygretsch]

There is a gold Burns tremolo on US ebay stating that it is a MK 9. It looks like the Mk 8 with an extended tail for semi/acoustics. I guess it is made by the same people making the Mark 8. Needless to say will probably perform poorly. Confusing stuff for people looking for an original Mk9

[Billyboygretsch]

I think these were fitted to the Eastwood Savannah DLX

[JimN]

I think these were fitted to the Eastwood Savannah DLX

...but not for long...

The new Eastwood repro of the Gretsch Astrojet looks nice...

Here's one with a licenced Bigsby:



And here's a Gtretsch original with a Mk.9:



You can read about the repro at:

http://www.myrareguitars.com/introducing-the-new-eastwood-astrojet-v2-0-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new