“For nearly 20 years, we’ve fine-tuned our process to guarantee the most authentic, vintage-correct results for your guitar”

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The Makeover Process

What began as a simple refinishing of Historic Les Pauls has transformed into a comprehensive "Makeover" transformation.

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It's all about the Nitro...

Our guitar finishes are meticulously crafted using exclusive nitrocellulose lacquer, hand-mixed aniline dyes, and metallic colors. We've precisely matched our color palette to vintage instrument standards, offering customers the most authentic guitar recreations available.

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RetroSpec Vintage Correct Parts

Since 2008, RetroSpec has developed and supplied the very best, most authentic vintage-inspired guitar parts available. Luthiers and players choose RetroSpec parts for their vintage Les Pauls, Gibson Historic Reissue Les Pauls, and conversion project guitars. RetroSpec guitar parts were created specifically to upgrade and restore vintage and new guitars including Gibson ES-335, Les Paul Junior, Les Paul Special, Les Paul Custom and Les Paul Standard.

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