The Burny Super Grade Les Paul?s have been reported by many recording and gigging professionals as ?the best? clone of the real classic 50?s and 60?s Les Paul?s. E.g., angle ration between body and neck, curves on the maple top, and even the open book design on the headstock. However, the most part of the design stayed the same. These alphabets stand for Fernandes Sound and Research Group.Īs for the Burny?s, the LP models were given the name ?Super Grade? instead of ?Les Paul.? The wording were crafted to look just the words 'Les Paul'. The saddles were stamped, instead of the word 'Fender' the 'F.S.R.G.' alphabets took its place. The headstock logo was design such that from a distance it looked just like a vintage Fender. This name was given because they were essentially reviving the old classic Fenders. These old vintage copies were called the ?Revival? series. The rare old Fender copies that can be found are extremely detailed. After the lawsuit threats arrived, Fernandes change their headstock shapes completely. These workmanship done by Fernandes extended to both 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 only surfaced after a decade sometime around the mid 80's when Fender and Gibson felt that their empire was threatened. When it began in the 70's, Fenandes did not face any problems with copyright issues. To date, both Fernandes and Burny are still making guitars just like their Tokai conterparts. The brand Burny was later started by Fernandes as the division that made Gibson replicas. It started with Fernandes in the 70's that made Fender replicas. Burny and Fernandes belong to the same entity.

On my wanderings I came across this site, I'll post the link + the info in case the site shuts down for some reason.

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