Bartlett Retrospec

November 15, 2013

The Bartlett Retrospec is the result of a joint effort between Kim Lafleur, Magnus Melkersson, and Tom Bartlett. The original idea was to make just a single guitar, just for fun. The end result was more than any of them could have hoped for.

For more information please visit Bartlett Guitars

 

SPECS:
- One piece Honduran mahogany body
- Single piece neck with ‘ears’
- Holly headstock veneer
- Mother of pearl Bartlett signature inlayed into headstock
- CITES certified Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard
- .045" tall nickel-silver fret wire
- Cellulose nitrate fingerboard inlays
- Cream royalite body binding
- Cream cellulose nitrate fingerboard binding
- Nylon 6-6 string nut
- Eastern maple carved top
- Two-tone, two-volume controls with 3 way control switch
- Double hum bucker pickups, or p-90's
- ABR-1 style bidge, and lightweight tailpiece or Wrap-Around bridge
- 1” long tailpiece studs and bushings
- Kluson or Grover tuners
- Super thin non plasticized nitrocellulose lacquer finish