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That would be great. Good to know things seem to be happening at long last. Is Mark Lamaq involved do you know?

Cliff

Is it now fair to say there is very little ,if any chance of seeing new Burns guitars in the market place in the near future.
It has been some two years, if not more, with no signs of life at all.

I know there are existing club models available on the Andertons site but there has been no updates on any of the NEW models talked about
is it just a case of marketing these guitars until the stock runs out.

Looked at commercially I can’t see any point in launching a new guitar unless it offers something that will make enough people want to pay for it. I’m not sure what that wide-appeal something would be. Is that too harsh?

The Bison bass is a real heavyweight. A lightweight Bison bass with attention paid to choice of wood and all the other fittings would refresh the brand.
Also, place the strap button on the upper bout opposite the 12th fret (as Leo did with the Precision) to bring the lower frets reachable for those with shorter arms.

Here's my modified Bison. The strap button isn't exactly opposite the 12th fret but at least the neck doesn't drop out of reach when the bass is worn.
Ray

The Bison is still, as far as I know, the bass Dave Richmond likes to use. I’ve never played one but the Burns Rostill is also very heavy, certainly for a full evening’s performance! Anything to mitigate that would be well worth exploring.

Query:- if it is unlikely there will be any new Burns, in the near future, does this mean mine (a 2004 Marvin) will increase its trade in value? (and pigs might fly?) Perhaps that coveted new guitar might not be so unaffordable as I had previously thought?

Kindest regards,

Christopher

Iain Purdon wrote:The Bison is still, as far as I know, the bass Dave Richmond likes to use.

Yes, Dave Richmond had one of the original 'Black Bisons' (saw him at the Concord Club at Kimball's Ballroom in Southsea in 1964 when he was with Manfred Mann)
Here he is in a TV studio

Ray

… and, to the left of the picture, here he is using it again with the KPM All Stars in 2006. You can just make out the horn of the Bison. And behind, at the drum kit, Brian Bennett!



This is a still frame from a grainy video performance of the BBC Grandstand Theme, featuring its composer Keith Mansfield as conductor - and another Shadows man, Alan Hawkshaw, on keyboards. These are all session musicians, doing what they are all so good at. You can barely see but clearly hear Brian at the drums, and Dave providing a prominent bass line, especially in the middle section, on the Burns Bison.

The video is here ↓