That Was The Year... 1992 Major, Mansell, cury Marvin & Mer
BURNS LONDON IS FORMED
by Barry Gibson with Jim Burns acting as consultant. First guitar produced is the Burns Legend Deluxe based on the original Marvin guitar with scrolled headstock, three Rez-O-Matic pickups, distinctive scratchplate and vibrato system. It’s a great guitar, available in white or green sunburst, and brings the name Burns back into the market.
SOUTH AFRICA’S CULTURAL BOYCOTT
finally ends and Paul Simon tours there; Disneyland Paris theme park officially opens; at the Wimbledon Championships Steffi Graf wins the Women’s Singles and Andre Agassi the Men’s; Ferrari announces it will be building and designing its F1 cars in Britain; and, following his 26th Grand Prix win, Nigel Mansell announces his retirement from Formula One racing. A tribute concert for the late Freddie Mercury is held at Wembley Stadium. It’s televised live all over the world and raises millions for AIDS research.
A WEAPONS DEAL IS ANNOUNCED betwen
Russia, America and Britain to stop targeting cities on either side with nuclear weapons. It’s a huge step towards a more peaceful coexistence. The Conservative Party is re-elected for a fourth term and Prime Minister John Major announces that the economy is showing signs of recovery which could mean the end of the recession. However, it doesn’t stop a third of Britain’s coal mines being closed or British Steel cutting production by 20 percent, due to a worldwide fall in demand.
PRS INTRODUCES THE EG
Bolt-on Series II Maple Top with the intention of bringing a more cost-effective guitar into its range. It has a slightly rounder shaped alder body, maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard. It comes with three pickup options including the Lindy Fralin ‘Domino’ split coils and these are mounted onto a scratchplate giving this guitar a very different look for PRS. However, with the optional maple ‘10 top’ this all American built guitar has high production costs so is not the price buster it’s intended to be.
THE QUEEN CELEBRATES her Ruby Jubile
but soon after there are three major announcements from Buckingham Palace revealing that all is not well in the royal household. The Duke and Duchess of York are separating, Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips are divorcing and after much speculation Prince Charles and Princess Diana announce that they are also going their separate ways.
JACKSON RELEASES THE DINKY XL
(aka the DX1) with a basswood body and a bolt-on maple neck. The two-octave, bound rosewood fretboard features the distinctive pearl sharkfin inlays and the guitar is equipped with a pair of Jackson stacked coils and a humbucker. Naturally there’s a locking vibrato and Jackson’s trademark pointed headstock. It’s available in pearl white, metallic blue and metallic black and is an instant hit.