1965 Burns Jazz Splitsound

James Ormston Burns was born in 1925 in Durham, England. He played Hawaiian guitar in a number of bands and built his first electric Hawaiian steel guitar in 1944. In 1952 he built his first six-string solidbody, which he promptly sold to a local music shop. In 1959 he began producing guitars and amplifiers in earnest. Soon he began exporting guitars to America under both the Burns and Ampeg trademarks. Burns guitars have been used by such diverse artists as Hank Marvin, Elvis Presley, The Shadows, The Hollies, The Searchers, and The Troggs to name a few. Specifications: Overall length: 39¾” (101 cm) Width at lower bout: 13” (33 cm) Body depth: 1½” (3.8 cm) measured at side of rim Scale length: 23¼” (591 mm) Nut width: 1 11/16” (43 mm) Production date ; 1964 Serial Number: 1174 Weight;3.1 KG Original Hard Shell Case In the guitar world, “OHV Guitars” is the widely used industry shorthand for Old Hat Vintage Guitars, a highly popular, independent physical guitar shop located in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, UK