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Burman guitars are designed to be familiar and unique at the same time. By combining new solutions and modern design elements, a Burman guitar will inspire you to play and innovate.

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How did it all start?

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I’d been playing guitar for a few years, and had a dream of building my own. Brian May had done it – how hard could it be?!

It wasn’t long before I found out!

So I visited the library (yes, it was that long ago), bought a copy of Melvyn Hiscock’s book How to Build an Electric Guitar, and headed to my art school woodshop with an armful of lumber. I still have that guitar, and it still plays well, but I had been bitten by the bug.

Friends started bringing me their guitars to repair, and I built more guitars. As a result I had to move into a bigger workshop, and here I am, in the middle of rural Suffolk.

– Nick Burman