Like a lot of members here, I was an early buyer of the Burns Marquee model when it was released (was it really as far back as 1999?).
Many have posed queries about the unusual engineering of the Point Technologies tremolo bridge fitted to all the early examples, and I know I've fixed a few for different owners and done a set-up on my own guitar. But even when "fixed", the PT trem never convinced me. The action of the trem mechanism was stiff and if used for a fast tremolo, there was a little "warble" - mainly acoustic and not very pronounced over the amp - but annoying when playing quietly at home acoustically. Stringing was also a trial because the ball ends tended to get stuck in the block channels.
There were various answers and fixes: get a USA component for the pivot points / superglue the pivot cones / drill out the string channels, etc.
But eventually, I decided to go for something more radical. Axes'R'Us provided a Wilkinson vintage type trem (complete) in gold lacquer, postage paid, at £26.50. I got local loofier Dave Winter to strip out the PT unit and to install a piece of an ebony offcut in the front of the trem aperture, to make the residual space the same size as that on a Stratocaster. The ebony block was also shaped to stand proud of the body surface in order that the new trem unit would be at the same height above the body as the PT unit.
It works brilliantly, and a lot better than the old bridge.
Want some pics?
JN