Baldwin - Burns Baby Bison Solid Body Electric Guitar (1967)
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Baldwin - Burns Baby Bison Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1967), made in London, England, serial # 19220, black polyester finish, sycamore body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
The Baby Bison was Jim Burns' last design for the company that bore his name, initially intended as a less expensive "export" solidbody Bison model for the American market. When the Burns company was sold to Baldwin in September 1965, this guitar was just about to enter production so "Burns" labeled examples are almost non-existent. This particular guitar is the second style Baldwin model with "flattened scroll" headstock, short "Rezo-Tube" tailpiece and 4 pickguard segments with clear center section-all features added by the summer of 1966 when the guitar underwent a slight re-design from the original model. The Baby Bison is generally a solid and straightforward guitar, the most advanced feature is the same simple-looking but deceptively elaborate two-pickup circuit shared with the Burns Virginian and Baldwin Vibra-Slim. The pickups look identical from the outside, but the neck pickup is a stacked double coil unit with the second coil blended in via a "presence" control knob.
This guitar was offered in both transparent cherry and solid black Polyester finish; this striking black model is by far the rarer of the two. The Baby Bison is one of the more familiar Baldwin guitars to US players, as much of the production run was sent here as affordable flag bearers for the Baldwin/Burns line. This is a trim and versatile guitar, once known as a favorite of Doobie Brother and studio ace Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. The "Bar-O-Matic" pickups are quite powerful without losing clarity, and the sound ranges from crisp to raunchy easily. A very cool and underrated 1960's guitar!
Overall length is 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm.), 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). A nice well preserved and original example-particularly sharp in the more "badass" black livery. The nearly always missing original vibrato arm is the only thing not present, replaced with a functional if technically incorrect Strat-style arm. Very clean overall, some dingd and scratching virtually none of the common Polyester checking-overall the finish has just a little wear, mostly just a wear spot and small chips on the bottom edge. Very good neck and frets with hardly any wear, plays quite well; includes the original HSC, still functional but with some damage to one end that looks like termites might have gotten to it! Excellent - Condition.
The Baby Bison was Jim Burns' last design for the company that bore his name, initially intended as a less expensive "export" solidbody Bison model for the American market. When the Burns company was sold to Baldwin in September 1965, this guitar was just about to enter production so "Burns" labeled examples are almost non-existent. This particular guitar is the second style Baldwin model with "flattened scroll" headstock, short "Rezo-Tube" tailpiece and 4 pickguard segments with clear center section-all features added by the summer of 1966 when the guitar underwent a slight re-design from the original model. The Baby Bison is generally a solid and straightforward guitar, the most advanced feature is the same simple-looking but deceptively elaborate two-pickup circuit shared with the Burns Virginian and Baldwin Vibra-Slim. The pickups look identical from the outside, but the neck pickup is a stacked double coil unit with the second coil blended in via a "presence" control knob.
This guitar was offered in both transparent cherry and solid black Polyester finish; this striking black model is by far the rarer of the two. The Baby Bison is one of the more familiar Baldwin guitars to US players, as much of the production run was sent here as affordable flag bearers for the Baldwin/Burns line. This is a trim and versatile guitar, once known as a favorite of Doobie Brother and studio ace Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. The "Bar-O-Matic" pickups are quite powerful without losing clarity, and the sound ranges from crisp to raunchy easily. A very cool and underrated 1960's guitar!
Overall length is 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm.), 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). A nice well preserved and original example-particularly sharp in the more "badass" black livery. The nearly always missing original vibrato arm is the only thing not present, replaced with a functional if technically incorrect Strat-style arm. Very clean overall, some dingd and scratching virtually none of the common Polyester checking-overall the finish has just a little wear, mostly just a wear spot and small chips on the bottom edge. Very good neck and frets with hardly any wear, plays quite well; includes the original HSC, still functional but with some damage to one end that looks like termites might have gotten to it! Excellent - Condition.