Please help me identify this guitar! :)

[Johnny Moped]

Hello, I'm from Poland and 2 weeks ago I've bought this guitar for 120pln / c.a. 22 gbp.
http://imageshack.us/g/560/img0004jt.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/g/685/img0119kd.jpg/

Is it Burns?
I'm comparing to this gallery: Invalid Link Removed

You can see screw holes in front of the body, probably left after those plastic pieces. on the bottom you can see a hole after a holding bolt that is moved upper than the original one. What do You think? Is it a real Burns from the 60's? Neckplate was changed, another 2 old holes...

thanks and sorry for my bad english I was doing my best.

 

[rogerb]

English was great, it is your linking that sucks

I can't see any photos they all error out on me.

 

[capnjim]

Englesh-good
Linkee-notta good

 

[Johnny Moped]

sorry for that broken links, now everything should be OK. On another forum someone said that this could be something like Teisco, I'll unscrew the pickguard soon and maybe something will be written on the pots...

 

[PDQbass]

Hello, I'm from Poland and 2 weeks ago I've bought this guitar for 120pln / c.a. 22 gbp.
http://imageshack.us/g/560/img0004jt.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/g/685/img0119kd.jpg/

Is it Burns?
I'm comparing to this gallery: Invalid Link Removed

You can see screw holes in front of the body, probably left after those plastic pieces. on the bottom you can see a hole after a holding bolt that is moved upper than the original one. What do You think? Is it a real Burns from the 60's? Neckplate was changed, another 2 old holes...

thanks and sorry for my bad english I was doing my best.

Love the username!
Whatever make your bass is, it is a real bargain. I see you paid 120 zlotys, the equivalent of £22 sterling or 35 dollars. Bring a few similar over to the UK and make yourself a nice profit. Got to be worth minimum £100 over here..
Your English is fine by the way.

 

[rogerb]

Send them a message and ask, looks pretty similar.

http://www.burnsguitars.com/contact.php

 

[cdef]

It's a copy of the Burns "Shadows" bass (1964). It doesn't particularly look Japanese. I'd guess it might have been made somewhere in Eastern Europe. Or possibly in Italy - the pickups and knobs are similar to those used by Eko in the mid-'60s.

 

[GeoffByrne]

Defo not a Burns with those pickups, however a friend of mine had an Eko bass with pickups identical to those back in the 60's.

Those are the only pics I can find, although I know there are proper pics somewhere on an website dedicated to old guitars & basses.

You can see the family resemblance in this page of old Eko guitars.

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In fact, this old bass is on this page:

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G.

 

[Meddle]

The perloid work looks Italian but the influence is clearly Burns. One of those knobs looks like a Raytheon replacement.

 

[pnut166]

Univox ?

 

[Johnny Moped]

Thanks for the answers and yes, my pickups are very similar. Those EKO guitars have any value? I hope that more than 22gbp ;p;p , probably soon I'll must put that gear on eBay cause I'm saving money for a car

 

[smcd]

At £22 you did ok, but Eko guitars don't bring any real money. If you need money for a car, you're going to have to find about 30 more of those guitars. At least.

 

[Johnny Moped]

Thanks for Your answers again, I'll think about selling it. Cheers!