The bodies of these guitars were made in Italy by an accordion company called Crucianelli. Not a Burns (or Baldwin) design at all, except for the neck, which was made in England. Crucianelli had made the identical guitar for Vox, with a different neck- those date to around 1964-the Baldwin version came along in 1967. They came in 6-string, 12-string, and bass versions.
The Burns unique gearbox Truss rod adjustment was used under licence by Gretsch for a time. Baldwin took the quality of Burns guitars rapidly downhill once they acquired them. It's no wonder rhey couldn't sell them. I have several original Burns guitars and the new ones brought in by Barry Gibson are pretty good too.
The bodies of these guitars were made in Italy by an accordion company called Crucianelli. Not a Burns (or Baldwin) design at all, except for the neck, which was made in England. Crucianelli had made the identical guitar for Vox, with a different neck- those date to around 1964-the Baldwin version came along in 1967. They came in 6-string, 12-string, and bass versions.
The Burns unique gearbox Truss rod adjustment was used under licence by Gretsch for a time. Baldwin took the quality of Burns guitars rapidly downhill once they acquired them. It's no wonder rhey couldn't sell them. I have several original Burns guitars and the new ones brought in by Barry Gibson are pretty good too.
Very interesting. I have a 1963 Burns Vista Sonic which I've owned for 40 years. I never realised it had a different truss rod system.
The B design on the tailpiece was for Burns as they used Burns stock hardwear.
Lenny Breau played different models of Baldwin for a decade.
I have the Very same Baldwin 706 with very low serial #
Didn't Gretsch move to Japan, he keeps saying China.
this is a great Channel