Definitely weird, definitely wonderful

[Pea Turgh]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Burns-Sonic-Model-Bass-1960-62-/185260230375?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
 

Says Burns Sonic, but looks modded to me.  Bloody lovely.

[Pea Turgh]

[yorks5stringer]

[tauzero]

The unmodded one looks quite nice apart from the headstock, the stripped one with the Al scratchplate looks hideous.

[Pea Turgh]

Different folks, different strokes 😂

[Happy Jack]

I reckon those control knobs give you BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.

 

[Max Normal]

7 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

I reckon those control knobs give you BBC1, BBC2 and ITV.

 

Showing your age there fella!

[Happy Jack]

I recognise the knobs!

 

Any moment now, my Dad's going to tell me to slap the side of the telly, no not there, up a bit, THERE!

 

[BigRedX]

Even more heavily modified than the one I used to own. And that is saying something.

 

Replaced nut, fingerboard (top), scratch plate, bridge, electronics (may use some of the original components).

 

Missing one Tri-Sonic pickup, bridge cover, the original finish which would have probably been red (with a black burst on the back of the neck) and the Burns logos from the head and body.

 

Strangely enough it still has the original machine heads which I had to replace on mine due to the fact they wouldn't hold the string tension under standard tuning. 

 

I really liked mine, but IMO the main USP was the sound of both pickups together which wired them in series (something you can't do on this example). 

Edited February 22, 2022 by BigRedX