New Burns Guitar

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:54 pm

It's called the Drifter.

I saw it as a tiny thumbnail with absolutely no other details at all about it on the net a couple of months ago. I still don't know what to think. It looks nice for what it is, but it's not very Burns-ish, and it's not really my style.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:01 pm

I think it's cute, not big on the natural quilted maple + gold combo though. It vaguely reminds me of the Paul Bigsby Merle Travis guitars.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:39 pm

It's another really, really ugly Burns guitar.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 6:46 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:It's another really, really ugly Burns guitar.

edited for redundancy.

alpeperker · Post by **alpeperker** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:13 pm

it looks like a guyatone LG 50, from the late 50's

James · Post by **James** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:24 pm

alpeperker wrote:it looks like a guyatone LG 50, from the late 50's

Spot on.

Working in the department of guitar companies that picks new models has to be one of the easiest jobs ever. You either just make more of stuff that you made in the 60s, or you make stuff that other companies made in the 60s.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:14 pm

haha, there we go

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:27 pm

Burns did this because of Hank Marvin. There was already a shortscale post about this.