

This name was given because they were essentially reviving the old classic Fenders. These vintage copies were commonly known as the “Revival” series. The rare old Fender copies are extremely detailed, though no longer in production, can still be found in the vintage market. After the lawsuit threats emerged, Fernandes most obvious change was to their headstock shapes - it was changed completely. These modification taken on by Fernandes extended to both the Strat and Tele copies. To avoid the copyright war, Fernandes began to make changes to certain parts of their design like truss rod cover, shape etc. This saga only surfaced a decade later in the mid 80's when Fender and Gibson felt that their empire was threatened. When it began in the 70's, there were no problems with copyright issues. To date, both Fernandes and Burny are still making guitars just like their Tokai counterparts. The brand Burny was birth later by Fernandes as the division that made Gibson replicas. Fernandes started off first in the 70's making Fender replicas. Background of Burnyīoth Burny and Fernandes are the same company. If you know of additional information or any errors, please help us as well as others reading from our site by writing in to us. We too are learning as we progress and would ask for you to use these information at your own discretion.


However, because there are no official history on these companies, they are written to the best of our knowledge and experience. It is our pleasure to share these information. Serial numbers can be found at the following locations.Hi! A warm welcome to you. The first digit was the year of manufacture. All Tokai replicas of Gibson guitars, during the first 8 years of their production, had a serial number with 7-digits. Hence during 1985 to 1987, production of Fender guitars was only done in Japan, while USA Fender created a new factory in. The new Fender did not acquire any physical assets of the old company, just the name 'Fender'. The serial numbers do not reflect this change - Fender continued to make instruments using existing serial number schemes. Burny Kaliburn, a Lincoln Electric company, offers registration for your product if you provide your serial number, installation date, and where the product was purchased from. Used 1980s Burny / Fernandes RLG-50 The Revival Super Grade MIJ Vintage Les Paul.
