tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post5785549486148736436..comments2024-03-27T09:46:15.606+00:00Comments on Guitar Blog: 1977 Burns "Jubilee" Flyte with faded UK Union Flag finishGavin Lloyd Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10937598384359522498noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3734566.post-79634741789592787732018-08-17T22:04:29.373+01:002018-08-17T22:04:29.373+01:00I owned this Guitar in 1995 and did my research wi...I owned this Guitar in 1995 and did my research with a guy called Paul Burns who was supposed to be very knowledgable about Burns guitars.<br />He said there was only one of these made to commemorate the queens silver jubilee in 1977 and I removed the Plectrum guard to try and find the SJ markings and then the neck and found nothing except the "Red White & Blue" colours under the plec guard which I was told that the paint had reacted with the wood and hence its strange Red, Yellow and green colours.<br />Paul Burns said this wasn't the Silver Jubilee model.<br />I took my guitar into Northern Guitars and asked him for its value and was told it wasn't of any true value so I sold the guitar for £150 to what turned out to be a con man as he and the so called specialist Paul Burns had colluded the deal and it was then in the window for £1500.00..To say I was annoyed and cheated I confronted the man in the shop and he just laughed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00580501090954243213noreply@blogger.com