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1980 Tokai LS-80
Only 8th of these ever made. Best sounding 59 type guitar ever played.
One piece Honduran mahogany body
- Single piece neck with ‘ears’
- Holly headstock veneer
- Mother of pearl Bartlett signature inlayed into headstock
- Cocobolo 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 humbucker pickups (sheptone)
- ABR-1 style bidge, and lightweight tailpiece
- 1” long tailpiece studs and bushings
- Grover tuners
- Super thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish
8.8lbs
Way too good for me
2014 highly figured maple top in faded sunburst
Flame maple faux edge binding to fretboard and body
Open pore back
Haussel 59 humbuckers
Mahogany body and neck
Rosewood fretboard.
Weight approx 8lbs
2007 Navigator Les Paul Custom
Wine Red ( slightly darker in flesh as photos taken in sunlight )
Honduras mahogany neck and body with ebony fretboard
Weight approx 9.4lbs
Thin nitro finish
One tiny chip in top, and small chip in laquer between 9th and 12th fret as pictured, no damage to the underlying wood. Very little use, superb tone, workmanship 2nd to none . These guitars now sell for 594,000 yen which is about £4k which is before shipping and VAT.
comes with original navigator case
See link below
https://espguitars.co.jp/products/navigator
25.5 inch scale length Light weight Limba body with carved flamed Maple top 3 Piece laminate Spanish Cedar neck, with centre piece reversed for extra stiffness and stability Nautilus modern slim neck profile Master grade Ebony fingerboard with mother of pearl hollow shark inlays Ebony head veneer with mother of pearl Baccus logo. Tone pro's AVR2 locking tune o matic bridge and locking tail piece Bare Knuckle PickupsMississippi Queen neck pick with brushed Nickel covers Bare Knuckle Nailbomb bridge pick up with brushed Nickel covers Gotoh 510 super machineheads CTS US made pots 3 way selector 2 volume and 2 tone controls Orange drop caps 12 inch fingerboard radius Medium Jumbo fret wire Translucent black burst nitro finish Inc Hiscox case
GLWS
I would love to have kept mine, and it was only my obsession for Patrick James Eggle guitars that led me to sell it.
the Bartlett will blow anything gibson have made over the last 30 years.