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Burns Brian May
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Average Ratings for Burns Brian May

  • Sound Quality4.8 stars
  • Appearance4.8 stars
  • Value for Money4 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.7 stars
  • Overall Rating4.8 stars

3 Reviews For Burns Brian May

  • tmiddles 25th Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Good Points: Clear tone, crisp attack at any picking intensity, endless options for tone (i.e. pick-up on/off in/out of phase setting combos), crystal clear highs & lows, individual tones cut through clearly even with high gain overdrive/distortion, sweet playability very comfortable neck shape & effortless fretwork, easy access up to 24th fret! Very sensitive, accurate & in-tune tremelo system... not once has it lost it's tuning, even with deep dives, the body/neck resonate incredible warmth into the guitar's tone.. you can hear it/feel it when you play unamplified.


    Bad Points: Not much to complain about. I like the gritty drive of a humbucker and thicker neck, so I'd almost say this sound is 'too clean' if you're looking for something heavy. The pick-up switch settings are creative and versatile, but not easy to switch mid-song. When you change strings, only de-tune one at a time to avoid complete release of the tremelo springs (there are like 5-7 springs), otherwise it takes a while to balance the tuning while re-tensioning tremelo.


    General comments: I bought this guitar on a whim about 4 years ago in a music shop in Santa Cruz while i was just killing time. I saw it hanging and was drooling over it's beautiful look. When I played it I fell in love, never have I played a more feel-good guitar (not PRS, Gibson Les Paul/SG, Parker Fly, etc..). The only other guitar that comes close for me in playability/pleasure is Ernie Ball Luke/Petrucci style guitars - but with a much different tone. Like I said, the only gripe I have, is that it is 'too crisp and clean' for some tones I like, but the easy fix there is to keep a second-in-line axe for those heavy jams (Hamer Studio Archtop w/ dual humbuckers... not top of line, but does the trick).

    I paid about $750 for this used/mint in 2003, don't regret a penny, and I'd buy it again if I had the chance.

  • Gdanee 2nd Nov 2008

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    A very unique instrument. "Guitarworld" would be a better place if guitar manufacturers used this sort of approach, i.e. creating intuitive instruments like this, instead of copying Strats and Les Pauls.

  • PETERCBUTT Rank: Sergeant 18th Oct 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Burns Brian May - Burns make very good guitars - I also have a Marquis - but they tend to be considered unfashionable. Shame because I have an assortment of electrics and the 2 Burns are among the best. 2 octaves, three trisonic pick-ups, out of phase options on each pick-up with umpteen permutations. Grover tuners - they are good - I like it very much!! A lot of users complain of fret buzz on the bass string. I don't think this is a problem on this particular instrument.

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