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Burny is a brand of electric guitars produced by Fernandes Guitars. Initially used on their range of Gibson replica guitars , the Burny brand was also used as a name on some of their 1970s Stratocaster copies (Burny Olds and Burny Custom) and later used as a brand line for original designs.
Fernandes Guitars is a guitar brand of Japanese marketing company Fernandes Co. Ltd. It is one of two guitar brands belonging to the company, the other being Burny Guitars which are Gibson guitar replicas. [1] Its parent company originated in 1969 as Saito Musical Instruments before changing its name to Fernandes in 1972.
They made acoustic guitars for Yamaha as well as guitars sold by Burny, Washburn and under ESP Guitars' Navigator brand. [ 12 ] Business conditions became difficult in the late 1980s due to the strength of the Japanese yen in global currency markets, which forced most production overseas to Taiwan and elsewhere.
Heath's bass guitars at X Japan's São Paulo concert in 2011. Heath used Fernandes bass guitars almost exclusively, mainly his signature model FJB-115H. [33] He also had a signature model with Burny, produced by Fernandes, the DB-85H. When he first joined X Japan he used a Burny WB-X and then a Burny EB-X from 1993 until getting a signature model.
Pata's own copy of the guitar is made of korina and has Tom Holmes pickups. [38] Before X Japan's 2014 concert at Madison Square Garden, Burny presented Pata with the prototype of his former bandmate Hide's signature Kujira model. [38] Pata prefers to change guitars on stage as little as possible.
In the late '90s, Jones was offered free Burny Les Paul Customs, straps, picks and cables if he played their guitar. They made two models for him which he used on the 2002–2003 North American Piss Off Tour. At around 2005 he went back to using Gibsons, but has still been seen playing his Burny.