Baldwin - Burns Double Six 12 String Solid Body Electric Guitar (1966)
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Baldwin - Burns Double Six Model 12 String Solid Body Electric Guitar (1966), made in London, red/black sunburst finish, sycamore body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
The Double six is one of our very favorite electric 12-strings and a true 1960's classic. With its wide comfortable neck and three powerful Tri-Sonic pickups this Burns 12-string is a versatile and great-sounding guitar for many applications. This 1966 example is also a supremely striking looking machine, with a vibrant red-black sunburst (a fairly rare variation) on the body and on the neck and huge double-sided headstock. The Double Six is equipped has the standard three single-coil Burns Tri-Sonic pickups giving it a clear and very powerful sound, and the big neck is a treat for players who feel constrained by the typical narrow Rickenbacker-style 12 string fingerboard.
This particular guitar was made six months or so after the US Baldwin company took over the London-based Burns operation in September 1965. There are no major differences from the original Burns version, just small detail changes: the neck has fretboard binding and of course the "Baldwin"pickguard logo. One of the very best Burns-designed instruments and a mucho cool guitar, favored by the Searchers, The Zombies, The Troggs and even Elvis!
Overall length is 42 1/4 in. (107.3 cm.), 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 2 in. (51 mm.). This guitar is ery clean overall; there are only some very minor dings and hardly any of the oft-seen checking to the finish. No damage, repair or alteration; this is a very good playing and sounding example, one of the nicest we have had complete with the original HSC. Excellent Condition.
The Double six is one of our very favorite electric 12-strings and a true 1960's classic. With its wide comfortable neck and three powerful Tri-Sonic pickups this Burns 12-string is a versatile and great-sounding guitar for many applications. This 1966 example is also a supremely striking looking machine, with a vibrant red-black sunburst (a fairly rare variation) on the body and on the neck and huge double-sided headstock. The Double Six is equipped has the standard three single-coil Burns Tri-Sonic pickups giving it a clear and very powerful sound, and the big neck is a treat for players who feel constrained by the typical narrow Rickenbacker-style 12 string fingerboard.
This particular guitar was made six months or so after the US Baldwin company took over the London-based Burns operation in September 1965. There are no major differences from the original Burns version, just small detail changes: the neck has fretboard binding and of course the "Baldwin"pickguard logo. One of the very best Burns-designed instruments and a mucho cool guitar, favored by the Searchers, The Zombies, The Troggs and even Elvis!
Overall length is 42 1/4 in. (107.3 cm.), 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 2 in. (51 mm.). This guitar is ery clean overall; there are only some very minor dings and hardly any of the oft-seen checking to the finish. No damage, repair or alteration; this is a very good playing and sounding example, one of the nicest we have had complete with the original HSC. Excellent Condition.