Edit: now NGD PSA 25% off entire Burns range at Andertons - ends tomorrow

roberty · September 2023

Posted it in this thread too but thought I would call it out here for more attention

25% off the entire Burns range at Andertons until tomorrow: https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/burns-guitars

Haven't tried one but this seems like good value

I've ordered the short scale 12 string (and used some loyalty points yay)

roberty · September 2023

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mrkb · September 2023

Billy Bragg will be happy

oh_pollo · September 2023

mrkb said:

Billy Bragg will be happy

Billy Bragg is never happy.

roberty · September 2023

Good first impressions! Pickups sound good (the middle one in particular)

earwighoney · September 2023

roberty said:

Good first impressions! Pickups sound good (the middle one in particular)

Nice.

What's the nut width?

roberty · September 2023

earwighoney said:

roberty said:

Good first impressions! Pickups sound good (the middle one in particular)

Nice.

What's the nut width?

49mm

GoFish · September 2023

Nice looking Burns there - how long is that headstock!? It's a credit to them that it looks okay. I was tempted by the 30" Jazz Six and I'm a bit relieved that the price has gone up (to only £369, some others are now well north of £400).

Now I keep thinking about the 12 string too. Oh, Gas. HNGD!

roberty · September 2023

GoFish said:

how long is that headstock!?

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Yes

GoFish said:

Nice looking Burns there - how long is that headstock!? It's a credit to them that it looks okay. I was tempted by the 30" Jazz Six and I'm a bit relieved that the price has gone up (to only £369, some others are now well north of £400).

Now I keep thinking about the 12 string too. Oh, Gas. HNGD!

Oh yeah looks like the sale has ended. Maybe if you called they could sort you out

I was GASsing over the 6 string Jazz guitar as well (not the bass one). I have an Epiphone Crestwood Custom already that fills that sort of hole in my collection. Sort of lol

roberty · September 2023

Not sure what's going on here

idiotwindow · September 2023

Aren't Burns now a brand owned by the same consortium that produces guitars under the EastCoast name? Presumably made on the same production lines. I think most of the main box shifters (including Andertons) have a stake in the company.

Musicman20 · September 2023

Is this the pre-Andertons purchase of Burns stock?

I was looking at the exact same 12 string!

roberty · September 2023

Musicman20 said:

Is this the pre-Andertons purchase of Burns stock?

I was looking at the exact same 12 string!

I think the brand was relaunched a few months ago. Andertons had a flash sale. Pretty sure it's new stock

Axe_meister · September 2023

Does it sound like a Red Special through a vox amp?

roberty · September 2023

No idea @Axe_meister ;

Body is made of four pieces that I can see, and the headstock is scarf joined. The tuners are pretty good, two of them feel a bit crunchy compared to the others but they are fine. The fretwork is excellent, I've got the action nice and low. Just a smidge of neck relief out of the box. The profile is a good shape

Overall I'm impressed, especially for what I paid! Really pleased to have this in my collection

Kind of wish I got the six string as well but there's always another day

Bigsby · September 2023

That is definitely my favourite colour on a Burns... looks very cool. Happy NGD!

HAL9000 · September 2023

roberty said:

Not sure what's going on here

Proof reader note up to the job then?

roberty · September 2023

HAL9000 said:

roberty said:

Not sure what's going on here

Proof reader note up to the job then?

Icy what you did there

UnclePsychosis · September 2023

I'm really quite proud of myself for resisting the bass VI effort.

The 12 string intrigues me, I quite fancy one but not enough to buy one. How's the balance? I had a schecter electric 12 and the neck dive was awful.

roberty · September 2023

UnclePsychosis said:

I'm really quite proud of myself for resisting the bass VI effort.

The 12 string intrigues me, I quite fancy one but not enough to buy one. How's the balance? I had a schecter electric 12 and the neck dive was awful.

It's neck heavy but balances on a strap

I'm a bit upset with myself for not getting a six string one as well. I'm quite smitten with this green monstrosity

ElectricXII · September 2023

Is yours an evolution of the Burns Double Six? I always fancied one of those.

roberty · September 2023

They had a b stock 6 string Jazz for £220 so I've ordered it lol. It's the blue one, not my colour preference but I am sure I will manage :-) cheap guitars are great, expensive guitars are great. They can happily coexist

roberty · October 2023

The 6 string is really nice. Great pickups. I think it'll be a useful sound to have. I really like the necks on these

guitargeek62 · October 2023

Nice score on the 12-string, I was eyeing that up myself too but I'll save it for a similar-ish build next year. Are you bringing the 12 to Firebird??

roberty · October 2023

guitargeek62 said:

Nice score on the 12-string, I was eyeing that up myself too but I'll save it for a similar-ish build next year. Are you bringing the 12 to Firebird??

Ha I don't have a need to but if you want to see it I will

The trem on the 6 string is excellent. Looks like a steel block and saddles. Frets are a bit rough but they are level with few sharp edges. Should polish up nicely. Insane value!

Teflon · October 2023

roberty said:

Not sure what's going on here

Alan Entwistle worked with Burns through much of the Barry Gibson era and was responsible for many of their pickups (Rezomatic; Tri-Sonic etc). I don't think he's directly involved since the buy out, but it would seem they are still using fitting his pickups.

Cliff

Mike58 · October 2023

My first guitar was a Burns/BaldwinDouble Six in greenburst… yep, a finger strength challenge for a beginner. I still have bits of it , neck and loaded scratch plate with original 1967? Tri-Sonics.
I’d love to retro fit the electrics into the newer model but sadly the don’t do a lefty 12 string ( I played the original upside down) .
happy days.

roberty · October 2023

That's cool @Mike58 what happened to the body?

I'm blown away by the quality of both of these for the money I paid. The 6 string needs a bit of work to play its best so I'm taking it in to my guy for some work. It's nice and resonant though

guitargeek62 · October 2023

roberty said:

guitargeek62 said:

Nice score on the 12-string, I was eyeing that up myself too but I'll save it for a similar-ish build next year. Are you bringing the 12 to Firebird??

Ha I don't have a need to but if you want to see it I will

The trem on the 6 string is excellent. Looks like a steel block and saddles. Frets are a bit rough but they are level with few sharp edges. Should polish up nicely. Insane value!

It could be fun/interesting for some of the rythm sections - entirely up to you though, no pressure ☺️

roberty · October 2023

guitargeek62 said:

roberty said:

guitargeek62 said:

Nice score on the 12-string, I was eyeing that up myself too but I'll save it for a similar-ish build next year. Are you bringing the 12 to Firebird??

Ha I don't have a need to but if you want to see it I will

The trem on the 6 string is excellent. Looks like a steel block and saddles. Frets are a bit rough but they are level with few sharp edges. Should polish up nicely. Insane value!

It could be fun/interesting for some of the rythm sections - entirely up to you though, no pressure ☺️

I will try to remember on the morning. It is far better than it needs to be for the price IMO

Mike58 · October 2023

roberty said:

That's cool @Mike58 what happened to the body?

I'm blown away by the quality of both of these for the money I paid. The 6 string needs a bit of work to play its best so I'm taking it in to my guy for some work. It's nice and resonant though

I’m a lefty and played it upside down, the upper ( my lower) horn on the body got in the way...so I sawed it off and rounded it down to a Tele shape.... I also stripped the greenburst off ( lacquer was massively cracking) and stained the natural wood a kinda walnut colour ( this was late 70’s ).
so when I disassembled the guitar a couple of years ago I reckoned the body had no value ... binned.
The Original guitar cost my parents £28 from Cuthbertsons in Glasgow, it was sold as a second due to lacquer cracking in 1972/3... I think they bought a job lot of them with the lacquer flaws.
i then upgraded to a 1960 Fender Musicmaster ( £65) that eventually had the first ( that I know of ) DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup in Scotland imported and fitted by Magnum Sound, Wishaw , Lanarkshire.
Those were the days !!!

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