I think the Burns guitars have a "Woodier" tone than Strats did - If you 
have ever heard Hank Marvin & The Shadows (who I always thought played 
Fenders) or the Searchers mid 60's work you'll have a good idea what they 
sound like.

Billy


At 10:55 AM 3/25/03 -0500, you wrote:

>Ray -
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>This is very cool - thanks for sending it!
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>Marc
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>The first google hit on Searchers brought up a webpage with a guitar
>link.... http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/thesearchers/
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>THE SEARCHERS' GUITARS 1963 - 1998
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> >From time to time we get requests from enthusiasts about the guitars The
>Searchers have used over the years..
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