 Its design proved popular among glam rock performers of the time, such as Slade and Marc Bolan.Despite their unconventional design (which often added to the production cost), the guitars had a rather conventional sound, and again Burns ceased to produce guitars—but not before of few examples of the Burns Mirage, the successor to the Flyte, had been produced.Jim Burns Actualizers Ltd. was established in 1979 and lasted another four years, into 1983, and produced some more recognisably "Burns" guitars, such as the Steer, and the Scorpion.