1965  BURNS  VIBRASLIM Semiacoustic, Sunburst, 2 Ultrasonic James Ormston Burns Pickups, Vibrola, Hard Case  Code VA107

Rare 1965 Baldwin (Burns) Vibraslim guitar. Nice flammed body with various lines, as usual, on the polyester finish and a reparation in front near the "f" as you see in photo useful for the stability of the top at that point. The neck is very nice with verygood frets.  All electronics are original and work well. One Mastert Volum and two different tone types that work with middle position switch, pickups together, and neck pickups. free position at the bridge. Come with Hard Case

Jim Burns contemporaneously was too a creative genius. But his guitars were antithetical to Leo's. Maybe to the point where I would describe Jim as an "Artist" who "created" musical instruments and Leo as a "manufacturer of products that could be used to play music."

THE VIBRASLIM by ORMSTON  BURNS LONDON, LTD/BALDWIN

The Vibraslim was a Burns double-cutaway semi-hollowbody introduced in ’64. Unlike, say, an ES-335, this had a slightly extended upper cutaway and there was a slight taper to the bass bout, giving it a little more dynamic feel. A solid wood core extended down the center of the guitar, with hollow wings on the side and a pair of f-holes. These early Baldwin semi-hollow Vibraslims had a bit of a point on the treble horn; later hollowbodies had a more rounded horn. The head was the flared three-and-three as found on the G.B. guitars. Two ring-mounted Ultra-Sonic pickups were controlled by one volume, two tone, and a presence control, all mounted as thumbwheels along the bottom edge of the elevated pickguard. A three-way select was also mounted in the pickguard. The Vibraslim had an adjustable metal compensated bridge and a top-mounted Mk. 9 vibrato, looking somewhat like a Hagstrom, but operating with a bar and handle assembly attached to a spring under a humped housing behind the bar. These came in a red sunburst finish.

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