New Burke Customs for Sale
The only completed instrument currently available is this Rosewood/Spruce Standard, also pictured on the home page and the Recent Projects page, with a description and a nice comment from Phil Leadbetter, who test drove it recently. As shown, shipped with a TKL 8901 case, $3100.
I have an American Cherry Standard and a quilted maple in progress, anticipating availability before the summer fun begins. It's not too late for you to customize either of those to your taste. Contact me for details.
Used Instruments for sale
Offered for sale, this Regal RD-45 shown below, is one I bought and upgraded for a customer who wanted an inexpensive, entry level instrument that would sound good and be easy to play and learn on. Then her priorities changed, but her loss can be your gain.
The cosmetics are very good, some very minor scratches and dings show light use. The body/neck assembly is intact and as-new and it has a new Beard cone, #14 cast spider, bone nut, maple/ebony inserts, new GHS 1600ts strings and an adequate hard case. During the setup I trued up the tone ring, removed the dish-shaped plywood "baffle?" from under the cone, inspected the posts for security and cleaned up the insides. This is a very nice playing and sounding axe. $550, includes shipping in the Eastern US, a little extra nationwide
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Here's one I hate to part with...The McKenna Birch shown below I bought new from Gregg in 2005, my first "real" reso. It's been played hard and it looks it. But mechanically it's as good as new. It's birch plywood with a mahogany neck, spruce veneer on the top, soundwell construction, new Beard cone, #14 spider, bone nut, maple/ebony inserts, a real nice playing dobro. Since I started building I've got to make some room around here, and the McKenna's just not getting the attention it deserves these days. It's a lacquer finish, quite "experienced" looking; numerous bar dings, jam collision scratches, cover plate wear and scratches, belt wear...It looks like it's been there before, and it sounds, if anything, better than when it was new. I'll ship it in a hard case for $1100, and probably wish afterwards that I hadn't.
