Jim Burns actuallizer 1981 guitar plays and sounds very well with hard case, Hank seems suitably pleased: it's said that the scroll headstock was his idea Mirage and the LJ24. The 1980s saw Jim Burns resume guitar manufacture under his own name, this time as part of the PA:CE electronics group. Production began in 1980 with a series of all-new designs.

Interest in the classic Burns designs continued, however, and in 1981 the company responded by reissuing the Marvin and Bison guitars. Unfortunately, creating authentic reproductions was deemed uneconomic and as a result many characteristic details were sacrificed, including the Marvin's Rezo-Tube vibrato, which was replaced by a generic Strat-style unit.