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, England, green sunburst finish, sycamore body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black tolex hard shell case.
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 the Burns Double Six is a versatile and great-sounding guitar for many applications. It is also a supremely striking looking machine, with a vibrant green sunburst finish and a huge double-sided headstock. This 1966 example has the standard three single-coil Burns Tri-Sonic pickups giving the Double Six 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 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 with 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.). Very clean overall; minor dings and not much checking to the finish. One repaired pickguard crack through the jack area is the only damage. Neck pickup has been rewound (good job-sounds great) all else original. A very good playing and sounding example, with the original HSC. Excellent Condition.
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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 the Burns Double Six is a versatile and great-sounding guitar for many applications. It is also a supremely striking looking machine, with a vibrant green sunburst finish and a huge double-sided headstock. This 1966 example has the standard three single-coil Burns Tri-Sonic pickups giving the Double Six 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 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 with 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.). Very clean overall; minor dings and not much checking to the finish. One repaired pickguard crack through the jack area is the only damage. Neck pickup has been rewound (good job-sounds great) all else original. A very good playing and sounding example, with the original HSC. Excellent Condition.