You can also order our brand new gorgeous limited edition T-shirt which we have produced to celebrate the Burns Marvin 40-years Anniversary. It is now also available in black. You can get more information about the T-shirt as well as order your copy of "Pearls and Crazy Diamonds" by

If you are a retailer interested in selling the book - contact us for further information concerning retail price etc.
E-mail: per@addit.se

" Pearls of wisdom" (Guitarist)

" Featuring stunning photographs and the complete history of all the Burns guitars"
(Guitar Magazine)

"A delightful read**** "
(New Gandy Dancer)

"Highly recommended to all fans of the most British of guitar makers"
(Pipeline)

We would like to thank you all for the overwhelmingly positive response Pearls and Crazy Diamonds has received so far!

" A great book for all true Burns fans."
Richard "Gary" Youngblood (USA)

"I am impressed with the depth of contents in the book"
Peter Farrell (New Zealand)

"I am thrilled with the book and the works you guys did."
Lloyd Huckstep (USA)

"Congratulations to a VERY fine production."
Dennis Mc Cormack (Australia)

"Gratulerer med god jobb!"
Eiolf Bremnes Andersen (Norge)

"I just had to tell you what fantastic job you have done!"
Jim Young (New Zealand)

"I am sure the book will be a winner"
Eddie Cross (UK)

"It´s fantastic! Congratulations, it is a superb book."
Glenn Johns (UK)

Per Gjörde has proved that with great tenacity and a strong belief you can achieve your dreams. Pearls and Crazy Diamonds is not only a great monument to Jim Burns but in my opinion the ultimate book on Burns Guitars.

Barry Gibson
Managing director Burns London Ltd

Where to find the book in different countries:

The Publisher
Addit Information AB
www.burnsguitarmuseum.com
phone: +46 31134600, e-mail per@addit or fax +46 31 136645

England
Bob Pearman Books (011533-810673, www.pearman .books@virgin.net)
Music Ground/London and Leeds (01132 438165, 0207 836 5354)
Leo's Den Music (01256-820134)

France
Guitar Man ( 01 69 25 90 76)

The Netherlands
Nederlands Muziek (036-5460030)
Broekmeulen Muziekinstrumenten (0162-3227769)
Dirk Witte (0900 - 04044040)
Muziek Wessing (076-6136624)
Kees Dee (033-4655355)
Sol Muziekhandel (076-5142202)
Gitaaratailier Heins (0515-423848)
Alfons Lahaye (046-44331339)

Belgium
Vox Music & Importbooks Boomlaarstraat 712500 Lier (32 3 480 06 07) www.vox.telenet.be

USA
Elderly Instruments (toll free 888-473-5810 US only, 517-372-7890 for international orders or http://www.elderly.com )
JK Lutherie (+15133533320 E-mail: guitar@jjklutherie.com)

Australia
Tym's guitar (073891 2185)
Tommy Blank, 163 Aitken Street, Williamstown (0393972839)

Germany
Beyers Music (02327-3939, Fax: 02327-35603)
Missing Link (0421-504348, Fax 0421-404316)

Finland
Echoland (2-421922)

Sweden
Twang /Stockholm (08-6425205
MUG/ Göteborg (031-7110309)

Denmark
Danmusik APS, Vognmagergade 7, Copenhagen, Telephone: 33157888

Pearls and Crazy Diamonds

Almost every book on the topic of guitars deals with American guitars. Of course, there is a reason for this. The Americans have the right attitude to electric guitars, and their designs were often a guitarist's dream during the 60s.

There is, however, also an exciting European guitar tradition. English manifacturers like Burns, Vox, Wilson, Watkins, Shergold, Fenton-Weill and Hayman; German manifacturers like Höfner, Framus, Hoyer, Hopf and Dynacord; Swedish ones like Hagström, Levin and Bjärton; Italian like EKO, Wandre and Davoli; and even a whole array of odd manifacturers from other European countries who have left their mark in guitar history. Several of these have achieved recognition first and foremost on a local level, whereas others have had their products exported all over the world.

The manifacturer which holds the greatest fascination for me is Burns, with its combination of innovation, design, quality and playability. Burns made the finest electic guitars ever produced in England -- and, in the 1960s, probably in all of Europe. Moreover, their production spans five decades, from the 1950s to 2000.

Burns philosophy is 'mass-produced one-offs', with high standards of craftsmanship and quality. Some of these guitars are wonderful to play, whereas on others, the design is more important. In several cases, Burns was also the true source of origin for innovations later claimed by other producers as their own.

The guitars in this museum belong to my personal collection. If you want to know more about them, or get in touch with me, don't hesitate to drop me a mail, at per@addit.se!

Thanks to Paul Day for making this site possible.

Per Gjörde

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