Sunburst is the name given to describe the incredible color, tone and characteristics to the overall surface finish of the worlds most iconic and instantly recognizable bass, acoustic or electric guitars.
The sunburst finish is defined as a sudden burst of sunlight, with a pattern or design that has a lighter central area that radiates or projects in the manner of sunbeams, which forms a gradient of color outwards, leaving the darkest area towards the edges. The Sunburst electric guitar has become one of the most iconic, recognized and regarded finishes to guitars in the universe today. Every brand of guitar has their own distinctive sunburst and burst finish. The iconic sunburst finishes that Gibson produces are called heritage ‘Cherry’ and ‘Dark’ burst. These guitars have been used by many guitar legends such as Les Paul, B.B King, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, The Edge.
Sunburst Fender guitars have their own distinctive golden yellow tone called ‘Tobacco’. These guitars have been popularized by the likes of Buddy Holly, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix. The Epiphone Casino is a timeless classic hollow-body guitar that provides a contrast to the catalogue of solid body sunburst electric guitars. Forever immortalized by John, Paul and George of The Beatles.
Rickenbacker calls their semi-acoustic Sunburst electric guitar range ‘Fireglo Red and Amber’. Rickenbacker’s sunburst electric guitars have added to the distinctive image and identity of guitarists such as Pete Townshend, Roger McGuinn, Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, and Jeff Buckley.
As well as been beautiful in terms of visual characteristics they are reliable in terms of playability and performance. Sunburst guitars are the embodiment of quality craftsmanship. They make a great addition to anyones guitar collection and provide a valuable investment. Sunburst and burst color variants include; Aged Cherry, Antique Tobacco, Fire, Light, Sienna, Blue and Green. This site is a guide and celebration to all the different makes, models and varieties of sunburst electric and acoustic guitars.
Denmark Street in central London is also know as the British Tin Pan Alley. Since the 1950s it has had a strong connection to musicians and music. It is home to London’s biggest and greatest collection of music shops.
In the 1950s it was packed with Jazz and Rhythm and Blues players. It was THE place for songwriters and publishers too.
In the early 1960s, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix recorded in Denmark Street. In 1964, The Rolling Stones recorded their first album, The Rolling Stones at Regent Street Studios, in the street. In the early 1970s, Elton John recorded Your Song here too and mentions it in his song, Bitter Fingers in his 1975 album, Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Cowboy.
In the late 1970s, the Sex Pistols lived, rehearsed and recorded at number 6 Denmark Street, which is now the Vintage & Rare Guitars shop. http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com
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The Epiphone Casino is a timeless classic hollow-body Sunburst electric guitar that provides a contrast to the catalogue of solid body sunburst guitars, like the Les Paul Standard, or the Fender Straocaster. Coincidently, Epiphone is now a subsidiary of Gibson corporation, its once biggest rival and competitor.
The Casino was the first model that Gibson manufactured after they acquired the Epiphone company and brand name.
Visually the vintage Casino Sunburst is a warm honey stroke amber Sunburst color with a nitro-cellulose lacquer high gloss finish. The Casino is also available in traditional antique ‘Tobacco’ Sunburst also The Casino Sunburst electric guitar has a beautiful full warm sound that only a classic semi-acoustic electric guitar of this class quality could have. With its traditional classy double ‘F’ sound holes or ‘F-holes’, the tone the guitar delivers is second to none and still sounds quintessentially Beatlesque.
The Epiphone Casino will be forever associated with John, Paul and George of The Beatles as the band were amongst the original promoters and advocates of the model back in the 1960s.
Notably Paul McCartney used his Casino Sunburst on his guitar solo in the song ‘Taxman’. In fact John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison all used the Epiphone Casinos throughout the entire recording of the innovative psychedelic 1966 album Revolver.
The Epiphone Casino lent itself so well to the creation of the psychedelic sound that The Beatles were perfecting, so the guitars were used again when the band recorded their ground breaking Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album in the studio a year later in 1967. Throughout John Lennon’s solo career, he continued to use his Epiphone Casino.
The guitar is currently owned by his wife Yoko Ono Lennon. Now the guitar is officially part of the Lennon Estate and is listed on the Estates inventory as been called “The Revolution Guitar”.
Paul McCartney still records in the studio and plays live in concert with his original Casino Sunburst, choosing to perform his song “Yesterday” in current concerts with it in 2009.
The Epiphone Casino Sunburst electric guitar is a fantastic example of a beautiful sounding and good looking classic Sunburst guitar.
ojects in the manner of sunbeams, which forms a gradient of color outwards, leaving the darkest area towards the edges. The Sunburst electric guitar has become one of the most iconic, recognized and regarded finishes to guitars in the universe today. Every brand of guitar has their own distinctive sunburst and burst finish. The iconic sunburst finishes that Gibson produces are called heritage ‘Cherry’ and ‘Dark’ burst. These guitars have been used by many guitar legends such as Les Paul, B.B King, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, The Edge. 
