Bartlett Retrospec - Sunburst w/ ThroBak Pickups

*This is a used guitar in excellent condition
*This is a consignment item
*Includes original hard shell case

*Observations: This gorgeous guitar is in excellent condition. Aside from the beautiful factory aging and checking on the finish and hardware, there is almost no playing wear. The tone and playability are impeccable and everything is in great working order!

$6999 plus $45 for shipping (consignment item)

• Brand: Bartlett
• Model: Retrospec
• Year of Production: 2025
• Body Wood: One-Piece Honduran Mahogany
• Top: Eastern Flame Maple
• Neck Wood: Honduran Mahogany with Holly headstock veneer
• Fingerboard: Brazilian Rosewood
• Neck Profile: '59-Style C
• Depth at 1st Fret: .913"
• Depth at 12th Fret: .975"
• Scale Length: 24 3/4"
• Radius: 12"
• Inlays: Cellulose Nitrate Hexagons, aged
• Nut Material: Nylon
• Nut Width: 1.69"
• Frets: 22 .045"-tall frets
• Tuners: Kluson style, aged
• Bridge: Tune-O-Matic w/ lightweight Stop Tail Piece, aged
• Pickguard: Cream
• Pickups: ThroBak SLE-101 MXV humbuckers with aged covers
• Controls: 2 Volumes, 2 Tones and 3-Way Pickup Selector Toggle
• Finish: Faded Cherry Sunburst - Super thin non-plasticized nitrocellulose lacquer, factory-aged and checked
• Weight: 8 lbs 9.5 oz
• Case: Original Hard Shell Case
• Made In Ontario, Canada

RETROSPEC

The Retrospec's design is the brainchild of the esteemed and talented Swedish industrial designer Magnus Malkersson, Kim Lafleur of Historic Makeovers and Tom Bartlett.

It features all of the same qualities you would find in the most collectable and coveted of electric guitars, the 1959 Gibson Les Paul. The Retrospec is the same size and weight, same scale length and made from the same materials as they were in the 1950's down to the plastic compounds in the binding and inlays. 

The Retrospec is made from old growth Honduras Mahogany and Eastern Maple with an Old Growth Indian Rosewood fingerboard.

Retrospecs are hand made in Bartlett's shop in small batches, using tried and true methods of construction. Hot hide glue and Urea formaldehyde are used to join the parts together, insuring a tone response unrivaled by modern instruments.

The plastic used in the fingerboard inlays comes from the same factory that made it for Gibson in the late '50s, made with the same recipe. This also applies to the fingerboard binding and the body binding.

The Retrospec is finished with true Nitro Cellulose Lacquer made specially for Bartlett without the added plasticizer used in modern Nitro Cellulose.

Much of the hardware is made in-shop, and it too is made from the same materials that were used in the late 50's. 

The pickups are selected from a number of boutique winders who employ the same philosophies that Bartlett does. Several sets are tried in each guitar to find a unique voice, best matched for each particular instrument.

This guitar is all about handmade, uncompromising quality just as it was in the middle of the last century.