I may be merely a Burns owner, but it sure feels good being part of such a great 'club'.
My girlfriend owns a BMG and plans to construct two RS's herself - including a lovely black one for me.
ok, done :)
andreas_mercury · Member since
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No you haven't because unless you managed to do that in the late 70's or early 80's it's been in bits since then and only just restored by Mr Guyton.[/QUOTE]
i meant burns!!!!!!! sorry!
bhm0129ad · Member since
For a £500 guitar bought in 2001 upon release, I happen to love my Burns, and as I have never played a Guyton, Super, Birch, Old Lady etc then I only hve other guitar makes to compare it too, and I prefer it's feel and tone. So I am more than happy thank you.
Togg · Member since
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No you haven't because unless you managed to do that in the late 70's or early 80's it's been in bits since then and only just restored by Mr Guyton.
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i meant burns!!!!!!! sorry!
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So the Burns version (which I own) that was heralded by all the guitarist magazines as the best guitar in it's class when launched is rubbish...
The same guitar that Brian and Jamie used on stage when it was released, is rubbish
Sorry but you have no clue what you are talking about, I own 14 guitars, a Fender Custom shop strat, Les Pauls, and Rickenbackers, however the most versitile of the lot is the Burns.
Later versions of the Guild guitar were not great, but the first versions of that were damn good too.
I will purchase a 'Super' shortly and maybe one day get my hands on a genuine Guyton version, but until then the Burns version is a Great guitar
I own serial number 00080 from the first batch.
bhm0129ad · Member since
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[b]Togg wrote: [/b]
No you haven't because unless you managed to do that in the late 70's or early 80's it's been in bits since then and only just restored by Mr Guyton.
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i meant burns!!!!!!! sorry!
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So the Burns version (which I own) that was heralded by all the guitarist magazines as the best guitar in it's class when launched is rubbish...
The same guitar that Brian and Jamie used on stage when it was released, is rubbish
Sorry but you have no clue what you are talking about, I own 14 guitars, a Fender Custom shop strat, Les Pauls, and Rickenbackers, however the most versitile of the lot is the Burns.
Later versions of the Guild guitar were not great, but the first versions of that were damn good too.
I will purchase a 'Super' shortly and maybe one day get my hands on a genuine Guyton version, but until then the Burns version is a Great guitar
I own serial number 00080 from the first batch.
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Glad someone else agrees that the Burns is not such a bad guitar after all.
I have the cd from 'Guitarist' magazine where Brian compares it to the Lady, and if HE is happy then I have NO reason not to be.
What a time that was. Learned about it and pre-orded it in Oct.01, bought the mag too (Nov. issue) and then got the guitar 21st Dec 01, with the custom hard case three weeks later. I am not a man of means, and as such that guitar is my prized possesion, and probably will be even if I end up with Guyton. I wanted a BHM guitar since I was 10 in '85.
Pretty clear from my nym what no. I have :)
Not that any opinions of andreas mercury are worth anything anyway (look at his sig ffs).
andreas_mercury · Member since
OMG stop crying about my sig its just a joke myspace set up to be parody of my ex-bandmates! [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]ive never heard such crying![/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]and Toog you didn't let me finish! to the guitar ... variable in build qualities is what I was going to say. i have played to a good Burns but the one I had was not such a great thing .... even after multiple setups at my locla shop![/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]do you consider maybe I should try another one in case I got a rotten egg (it WAS secondhand ...)[/QUOTE]
bhm0129ad · Member since
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OMG stop crying about my sig its just a joke myspace set up to be parody of my ex-bandmates!
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[QUOTE]ive never heard such crying!
and Toog you didn't let me finish! to the guitar ... variable in build qualities is what I was going to say. i have played to a good Burns but the one I had was not such a great thing .... even after multiple setups at my locla shop!
do you consider maybe I should try another one in case I got a rotten egg (it WAS secondhand ...)[/QUOTE]
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I have never heard such terrible english and such ridiculous hmour, but hey, we can't all be human can we?
Togg · Member since
WTF...I didn't let him finish.....?
Does the internet work differently in your world? You stopped typing and guess what, you finished...
Anyway, my gut tells me it might you rather than the guitar, however (cough) I guess you could try another, without knowing what the problem is it's difficult to say, however if correctly set up even cheap guitars can be made to play pretty well.
The Burns was put togethr well, the later shipments were a little less focused on attention to details and then Brian set up a company to make the new ones, they are now very well constructed and extremeley good value for money.
Guyton guitars are in a different class, however you would expect them to be at that price.
In all honestly although the custom shop fender is beautiful and was over £3000 it is not as flexible as the Burns.
The sound of the burns in combination with any of the following Vox Deacy, Digitec pedal, AC30 works extremely well and is a very accurate version of Brian's sound (particularly if used with AC30 and treble booster, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference (If Brian were playing that is)
john bodega · Member since
I'm forever adjusting the pickup heights on my Burns. When I first got it, it was pretty spot on as far as getting Brian's sound went. After I pulled the scratchplate off to paint it, I ruined the pickups and their springs and had to put it together all over again. [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]Ever since then it's been a lot less "Brian" but to be honest I don't care. I only go for the Queen sound if I'm doing a video for Youtube or (in the off chance) that I have to play any Queen live. The way I have it now is just fine for my purposes. A sort of Ricky 325 tone on the bridge pickup, a great twangy sound when the bridge and neck are out of phase .... it can still pull off the Bo Rhap solo sound pretty well but I have the neck pickup way too low.[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE] [/QUOTE]I'll bring it up higher again someday.[/QUOTE]
