From the first conversation to the last Burntaxe were beyond professional. A creative team that took all our needs into consideration to create an extremely special show piece for our 40th Anniversary Celebrations in London. We wanted them to create a truly unique design that followed a certain path and they well and truly delivered. Individually and as a whole the units stood out. We couldn’t have asked for an easier company to work with on this project.”
Matt Knight – Assistant Product Manager, Boss Europe
"It totally blew my hair back"
- Ryan 'Fluff' Bruce: Rest Repose
"It's made my instrument unique, which is something I'll always love"
- Ben Browning
"After seeing Ryan Bruce's video on his Hyperion, I straight away went on the Burntaxe website. I was stunned by what they could do with a laser and wanted to join the family. I asked them to etch my ES8, and with no hesitation they said yes. The outcome is absolutely beautiful, I cannot get over how insane it is. Simply amazing. And I now have the sweetest pedalboard ever. So thank you!"
- Cameron Gallagher
"Wow that's so cool, can't wait on get this on stage"
- Ben Weinman - The Dillinger Escape Plan
"It's witchcraft what you've done!"
- James Macdonald: City of Ashes
"Mmmmm yes I love it"
- Isaiah Gaytan
The Telecaster from Burntaxe.com is a lovely instrument. Not only lovely to behold but it is set up as well as any Tele I have played. Once they had played it the band insisted on using it at the Albert Hall show, it just felt right. It looks extraordinary close-up, but the level of detail is still visible from the audience. The surface is a laser etched pattern, quite easy on the arms, and feels hard wearing.
The Guitar is a blonde Tele with a maple neck, the etching pattern is a mandala around the theme of the British Drum Company logo. The concept compliments the shape of the guitar, and Telecasters lend themselves well to decoration. The ridges and curves look musical somehow, the overall effect is of ripples in the surface of the guitar.
The guitar's setup is excellent, Telecasters can be difficult with the three-way saddle, but this one, set with 9's plays beautifully. The electrics have been set for modern indie, rather than country; it growls well and the stock pickups compliment each other really nicely. The bridge is set harsh-but-musical and cuts well. The neck pickup is set warm and strong. The combination of the two is really useable, acoustic sounding and twangy.
In use the Tele sounded great, sat in the mix perfectly, and played across a spectrum of genres from Heavy Metal through 60s psychedelia to Indie and even a Queen cover. The vintage machine heads look great and were easy to use, the guitar kept perfect tune all night.
Overall the idea is a very strong one, the execution is wonderfully achieved and huge amounts of care have been taken with the look, feel and musical setup of the guitar. As far as this Tele goes, this axe is on fire!
Al Murray - The Pub Landlord and also Director of the British Drum Company