Burns LJ24 1977 Cherry Transparent. PROTOTYPE. Extremely Rare & Collectible. Only 25. Handmade.

BURNS

LJ24

PROTOTYPE #1

1977

VERY RARE.

ONLY 25 BUILT.

VERY COLLECTIBLE.

EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY.

Ex-Paul Day Collection

 

EXCELLENT

CONDITION.

Note: We will ship this guitar internationally but you must get a quote from us first.

 

MY BURNS GUITAR AFFLICTION.

First, my bias. As an American having grown up in the 1960's-1970's, many of my friends find it odd that my most cherished brand of guitar in my collection is British. BURNS. Even though I respect and honor the creative genius of Leo Fender, his guitars were just functional. No more-no less. They were basic.

 Jim Burns contemporaneously was too a creative genius. But his guitars were antithetical to Leo's. Maybe to the point where I would describe Jim as an "Artist" who "created" musical instruments and Leo as a "manufacturer of products that could be used to play music."

I can remember the first time seeing a photo of the Burns Bison, 4pup guitar. It not only caught my eye, it captured my imagination. All of those authors selling books about a "tipping point", "Eureka moment", "imagination",  et al could have just shown a photo of that guitar and saved a lot of paper (I now own 14 of those original 4pup Bisons). Jim Burns was a genius and his guitars were simply manifestations of those millions of creative flashes that moved through his whole brain-left and right sides. 

I understand this absolute affliction of affinity for Jim's guitars makes me a bit of an odd ball among collectors-but isn't that really the best way to be... different? Of course it is. I'll take creativity over function every day of the week.

Over the next few weeks, I will be offering many of my "more unique" Burns (Baldwin, Shergold, Hayman..) pieces for sale on Reverb. All Burns guitars are unique-but some are "more unique" than others. And having 200+ in my collection, I can assure you that I have a lot of the "more unique" pieces. And you guys in the UK, get a national holiday for Jim. He deserves it.

THIS GUITAR:

An EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY COLLECTIBLE BURNS UK, LTD GUITAR.

 

Originally this was offered by BURNS UK as a "budget model" but soon came to be recognized as the BEST PLAYING & SOUNDING GUITAR of this time period. It had 24 frets and was considered to be a "short scale" guitar. Another HISTORICAL BURNS GUITAR.

 

ITEM#

BUR-28

BRAND

Burns

TYPE

Guitar, Elect

CLASS

6-string

MODEL#

LJ24

MODEL NAME

LJ24 No. 1 Proto

DESCRIPTION

Solid Body. 

DOM

1977

COLOR

Fiesta Red

SERIAL #

PROTO

CASE

OHSC

COND

9

STYLE

Solid Body Coutour

BODY

Mahogany

TOP

Mahogany

NECK

Maple

FRTBD

Maple

FRETS

24

SIZE

Medium

SCALE

Short

TUNERS

Schaller

PUPS

(2) Burns "MACH TWO HUMBUCKER"

TREM

NO

BRIDGE

BURNS

ELECT

Passive

COMMENTS

ONLY 25 BUILT. THIS IS NUMBER ONE. PROTO-TYPE

NOTES

From Paul Day. In his book on page 51.

 

THIS GUITAR IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTOS

 Comes with OHSC which is in EXCELLENT condition.

Please remember to read our policies and procedures listed below. (Note:  no guarantee nor warranty applies to purchases outside of the USA.  All foreign sales are “AS IS”)

For buyers outside the continental USA, please ask for shipping quote before buying this item.  Thank you.

Please remember to read our policies and procedures listed below.

The guarantee.

1.     The guitar is in EXCELLENT  cosmetic condition.

2.    The guitar is in fully operational condition.

3.    Buyer has 48 hrs. to inspect the guitar or have it inspected.  Any defects, damage, misrepresentations or other problems must be reported within that time period in writing to the Seller.

4.    In the case of damage during shipment, Buyer shall immediately inform seller of such damage and will maintain all original packing materials and box for inspection by the transportation company.

5.    If other problems are discovered, Seller will either arrange for repair etc. at a location near the Buyer or request that the Buyer return the guitar to the Seller (Seller will reimburse Buyer for cost of shipment of guitar back to Seller).

6.    Seller will correct indicated problems and ship the guitar back to the Buyer within 7 days of receiving it.

7.    In the event that the guitar cannot be repaired or replaced with a similar item from Seller’s inventory, the Seller will give the Buyer Credit toward current or future purchases from inventory of Seller.

8.    No refunds or returns for Buyer Remorse or Buyer Mind Changing. 

9.    If there are any undisclosed physical attributes of this guitar that will prevent buyer from playing it successfully, e.g., neck to wide to be played with arthritic hands, guitar too heavy to be played due to back, shoulder, etc. problems , then we will, upon return of the guitar, issue a Credit Memo to Buyer in the amount paid for the guitar plus the cost of shipment paid by the Buyer against the future purchase of a guitar from us.