[4] The US brand Ampeg imported British-made Burns guitars for a short time prior to the Baldwin takeover.

[2] Collectors insist that the Baldwin-era instruments were somehow inferior to those produced before the takeover, but with the exception of some newly-introduced models, the quality standards on models like the Marvin, Jazz Guitar and Shadows bass remained consistent, with only minor cosmetic differences and the Baldwin badge to distinguish them from the Burns-branded era of production.

[7] The Burns Steer, a semi-acoustic altered to reduce feedback, was popularized by singer Billy Bragg.

[8] The original idea was to manufacture handmade replicas of famous Burns guitars from previous incarnations, such as the Marvin and the Nu-Sonic; Gaz Coombes of Supergrass played a reissue of the Bison.

[9] Later on, in 1999, the company began work on a budget line called the Club Series, outsourcing production to Korea.

The body is that of a Stratocaster, but the model retains the sectioned pickguard, Tri-Sonic pickups and (shrunken) batwing headstock common to other Burns guitars.

As well as the pickups, it also retains the shrunken batwing headstock of its cousin, as well as a German carve around the front edge of the guitar.