| Country of Manufacture | UK |
| Introduced... | 2001 (Custom Series) - originally a Limited Edition of only twelve units, later increased to twenty-four (made to order) |
| Custom Shop manufacture continued however, the guitar subsequently being known as the "Apache Special" | |
| Scale | 25½ ins |
| No. of Frets | 21 (with zero fret) |
| Body | Swamp Ash or Alder |
| Neck | Pearl-bound neck, of Ebony-capped top-grade Maple (Rosewood-capped on the "Apache Special") |
| Headstock | Scroll - the badge is engraved with the head of an Apache chief |
| Colours/Finish | White, Green Sunburst, Daphne Blue |
| Scratchplate | 3-piece; Pearloid |
| Pickups | 3 x hand-wound Jim Cairnes Rez-o-Matic (slanted) |
| Controls | 1 x Volume, 2 x Tone, five-way Pickup Selector |
| Bridge/Tailpiece/Tremolo | Rezo-tube unit, also engraved with the head of an Apache chief; as is the tremolo arm which has a diamond set into the handle |
| Hardware | Gold, Chrome |
| Width | 12¾ ins |
| NOTES: the Apache was created in 2001
to celebrate the launch of Per Gjörde's book "Pearls and Crazy Diamonds"
which chronicles the history of Burns Guitars
The serial no. plate on the back of the guitar is also engraved with the Apache emblem |
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| Country of Manufacture | China |
| Introduced... | 2008 (Custom Elite Series) - a Limited Edition of five hundred units of which fifty will be in Fiesta Red with a figured maple fingerboard |
| Body | Alder (with locking strap nuts) |
| Headstock | Scroll, with Burns Custom locking machine heads |
| Colours/Finish | White |
| Scratchplate | 3-piece; Pearl |
| Pickups | 3 x Burns Special Issue Rez-o-Matic |
| Bridge/Tailpiece/Tremolo | Rezo-tube unit, engraved with Apache emblem and signatures of Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch |
| Hardware | Gold |
| NOTES: issued in 2008 to celebrate The
Shadows' 50th Anniversary
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