Live Auction 21929The Mark Knopfler Guitar Collection
ORMSTON BURNS LONDON LIMITED, ROMFORD, UK, CIRCA 1965
Lot 77

ORMSTON BURNS LONDON LIMITED, ROMFORD, UK, CIRCA 1965

A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC JAZZ GUITAR, SPLIT SOUND

Closed31 January 2024

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GBP 22,680

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ORMSTON BURNS LONDON LIMITED, ROMFORD, UK, CIRCA 1965
A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC JAZZ GUITAR, SPLIT SOUND
The logo BURNS / LONDON, engraved on the pickguard and JAZZ GUITAR / SPLIT SOUND applied to the headstock, the neck plate engraved BRIT. PAT. APP. / 917830 43736 / 35877 37732 / 911082 911083 / 913925 / U.S. PAT 196530 / MADE IN ENGLAND / SERIAL No. 10313, the finish of a red-black sunburst, together with a hard-shell case of the period and tremolo bar
Length of back 15 in. (38 cm.)
BURNS

Specialist note


Mark Knopfler purchased this guitar from the New York String Service in Brooklyn, New York, in January 2006 and kept it for occasional home and studio use. The sunburst Split Sound features in the promotional shoot for Knopfler’s 2007 solo studio album Kill To Get Crimson, seen in the background on the far left of the armchair. Photographed by Fabio Lovino, the resultant publicity shots were used for the album’s liner notes, as well as the 2008 Kill To Get Crimson Tour programme. The shoot was also captured in Tom Bird’s short documentary film that accompanied the CD/DVD album set. See footnote to previous lot.