Great semi-hollow from the exciting factory team at Peerless (Epiphone etc). They launched this model in 2013 or so and it's been very successful as it plays well both acoustically and amplified. I have a few Peerless guitars and absolutely love them for the value and quality- my Jazz City archtop is still the best jazz guitar I've owned for the money. I purchased a pricier new archtop so I need to make some space and recoup some of the investment, thus a few axes are going on the market. This comes with a fairly new Peerless brand hard case made for the Retromatic, but neither of these has spent any time outside of the home music room as I really only take fully acoustic archtops or my PRS to jams, etc.
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Main Features
Model - Peerless Retromatic P3
Color - Cherry Sunburst
Serial - PE3016651
Case - Peerless Hardcase Included
Condition - Excellent
Peerless Retromatic P3 Features
• Top: Laminated Maple
• Body: Hollow, Laminated Maple
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Profile: D Shape
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Frets: 20/21
• Scale Length: 24.72 Inch
• Pickups: Bridge Humbucker & Neck P90 Designed by Montys Guitars (London)
• Bridge Type: Roller bridge and stop tailpiece
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatic
Info I found online for the Retromatic:
The RETROMATIC’s stylish and distinctive headstock, truss-rod cover, and pick guard design, oozes ultra-cool, retro-rock appeal, which makes a bold, confident, standout statement from Peerless. As a crowning touch the quirky Peerless logo has been die-cast, set, and attached onto the headstock. The 628mm scaled neck is maple, with rosewood fret board, and angled Mother of Pearl inlay, consisting of 22 polished frets. Neck width at nut is 43mm, and 57mm at end fret, with black binding to match the headstock, giving not only a slick, sophisticated appearance, but also, a comfortable playing profile.
The RETROMATIC comes with a variety of options, either a single humbucker, or a combination of humbucker and P90 pickups, with or without the 6-way varitone. The Peerless branded pickups are designed by Matt Gleeson, of Monty’s Pickups London, and were specifically created for the RETROMATIC body shape and its acoustic characteristics.
The bridge humbucker is Alnico II wound at 7.9k / 8.0k to give you that ‘vintage crunch’ when required. The neck is P90 Alnico V wound at 7.1k / 7.3k which provides clarity with plenty of good strong rock. All of which is what we set out to achieve.
The laminated maple archtop contoured body, consists of a mahogany sustain block and single ‘F’ hole to retain that lively, dynamic vibe while facilitating effortless performance, at high volume. Several retro finishes are available. These include natural, teal green, honey sunburst, ivory, black, gold, and candy apple red, finished off with a combination of either black or aged white/ black binding and nickel hardware.