1969 Master Wilburn Burchette Custom-Made Impro Guitar – RARE Vintage Hand-Made Hollow Body Electric Guitar w/ DeArmond Electronics: Built, Owned, Played by Burchette w/ OHSC & Accessories

– For your consideration is this vintage 1960s Custom Impro electric guitar, hand-built and played by mail-order mystic Master Wilburn Burchette.
– Per Numero Group’s website, “…Burchette was first known from his ads, hidden in the back pages of Fate Magazine, Beyond Reality, and Gnostica News. On offer: Burchett’s [sic] seven-part, block-printed “Psychic Meditation Course,” designed to teach people how to listen to music. To go along with his lessons, Burchette sold a series of instrumental guitar and electronic records featuring ornate hand-drawn cover designs, complete with listening instructions from the Master himself. Since just his twelfth year, Burchette had been transfixed by the parapsychological, spending as much time reading books on Tibetan mysticism fundamentals as he did practicing guitar, the vibrations of which he used to create tonal pictures and patterns. After time spent teaching classical guitar, Master Wilburn Burchette released seven albums in the seven years spanning 1971 through 1977, before abruptly burning and discarding everything related to his musical explorations.”
– Contrary to what is noted above, Burchette did not destroy his instruments, as Gearlord purchased the Burchette collection in mid-2025.
– Burchette used this exact guitar to record his 7 albums; Occult Concert (1971), Opens the Seven Gates of Transcendental Consciousness (1972), Guitar Grimoire (1973), Psychic Meditation Music (1974), Music of the Godhead for Supernatural Meditation (1975), Transcendental Music for Meditation (1976), and Mind Storm (1977).
– Burchette was incredibly reclusive, so not much is known about his life aside from the albums he made in the ’70s. But what one can easily discern from his guitar collection is that he was very thoughtful and incredibly particular. His attention to detail and his penchant for customization was a through-line with all of his guitars. This particular Custom Impro hollowbody guitar, was clearly his masterpiece: the one with which he was pictured numerous times, and the guitar he felt best represented his musical identity.
– Bordering on OCD, he kept meticulous care of all of his instruments, even maintaining service notes for this one. This guitar was his baby, and it remains in near mint condition. He is believed to be the original owner.
– He personally installed DeArmond Dynasonic pickups in all of his guitars, and the note in the case denotes that he installed them on “8-8-69”.
– Neck measurements: 2.105″ nut width, 1.099″ depth at 1st fret, 1.329″ depth at 12th fret.
– Pickup measurements: 52.40 kOhm (neck), 10.90 kOhm (middle selector), 12.30 kOhm (bridge)
– Weight: 6.9 lbs.
– The over-built home-made case was crafted by Burchette as well. It includes his strings, his Ace strap, his cable, and his adjustment tool.
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