Futone Guitars Blog » Jim Burns

Today we dive into the riveting story of Jim Burns and his journey through the guitar history, a story filled with passion, innovation, craftsmanship and a not so great talent for business. Jim Burns Our Journey begins in the picturesque County Durham, England, in the year of 1925 with the birth of young Jim Bourns. Soon times would become hard, and at the age of 18, he joined the Royal Air Force, not as a pilot but as a metalworker, a craft that would be crucial to Jim's future path as a guitar maker. The second crucial craft, woodworking, was...