15 January 2012 · Vintage Guitar Magazine - March 2012 Builder Profile: Burly Guitars
Check out the upcoming March issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine for their Builder Profile on Jeff Ayers and Burly Guitars. Vintage Guitar Magazine is a monthly publication that focuses on the aesthetic aspects of rare, old, and beautiful guitars.
16 October 2011 · Sarah Lenore releases SADS awareness video on YouTube.
Sarah Lenore (www.sarahlenoremusic.com) released a video of her song "Everything is You" to help raise awareness about Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS). Sarah was kind to feature her new Burly guitar in the video, which can be seen on our Artists page.
27 September 2011 · Sarah Lenore with her new Burly guitar.
Sarah Lenore (www.sarahlenoremusic.com) was kind enough to allow us to post a picture of her with her new guitar on our Artists page. The guitar is birdseye maple over black walnut with flowers, a butterfly, and her name hand carved into its face. It features TV Jones HT pickups, Sperzel locking tuners, a Schaller roller bridge, Bourn's Pro Audio pots, and Nitro-lacquer by Kustomshop.
31 July 2011 · Added NAMM page
Added a new page to the site featuring pictures and videos from Summer NAMM 2011.
21-23 July 2011 · Summer NAMM 2011
Summer NAMM was a great success. You can view a few of our pictures from the event on our NAMM page.
Sarah Lenore, 2008 runner-up on "America's Got Talent" had pictures taken with a couple of our instruments, including the "Pink Lady" guitar donated to raise money for breast cancer research. We are currently working on her new guitar, but the details are being kept under wraps. You can find more information about Sarah and her music at www.sarahlenoremusic.com.
Jami Eller, Executive Director of the Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition allowed us to take her picture holding the "Pink Lady" guitar. This guitar, autographed by Ricky Skaggs, will be auctioned off at a fund raising event on the 4th of August to help further breast cancer research and awareness.
Charles Saufley from PremierGuitar.com stopped by our booth and filmed a short interview. In the video, Jeff discusses some of the stand out features of our instruments, and Dallas Barr and Lou Pallo jam a couple of riffs.
July 2011 · Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition
Burly Guitars has joined forces with the Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition, by donating the "Pink Lady" guitar. This birdseye maple/black walnut beauty has TV Jones pickups, Grover tuners, and a Schaller roller bridge. Twang Thang Music has partnered in the project, and is securing some high-profile autographs that will make this a collector piece and help in the fight against breast cancer.
01 March 2011 · New guitar pictures
A few new pictures have been added to the guitars page. Contact us to order your custom design and have it displayed with these other fine works of art.
10 January 2011 · Dallas Barr added to artists page
A few pictures of Dallas Barr, guitarist for the band Covert, have been added to the Artists page. Covert is a muscial collective based out of Flint, Michigan, that plays shows all around the Midwest. Find out where they play next and check out some of their tunes at www.covertopsband.com.
04 January 2011 · Patent published in government records.
The patent for the Internal Resonance System was officially published in the government records. It is available for viewing through Google patents or at the website of the US Patent and Trademark Office.
01 January 2011 · New site design
Our new website design is now live. Check out our guitars, see a few artists proudly display their custom Burly guitar, learn about the features of a Burly guitar, or contact us to order your own custom made guitar.
17 November 2010 · Internal Resonance System patent granted
Jeff Ayers' patent application for the Internal Resonace System was granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.