A collection of twelve rare early British-made electric guitars has been found in a Cheltenham basement of a house. The Supersound guitars were made by during a short partnership between Jim Burns and Alan Wootton from 1958 and 1959.
The collection includes both single and double cutaway solid body electric guitars and basses with Gibson influenced necks and headstock shapes.
Paul Day, guitar guru and writer of "The Burns Book" about Jim Burns and his guitars said: "In nearly 50 years of playing, working on and writing about the electric guitar, this is the first time I have actually seen one Supersound instrument, let alone 12. These are among the earliest electric guitars and basses from any British builder and therefore comprise an important, but hitherto virtually unknown chapter in UK guitar-making history."