A 1960’s Bartell Apache was recently spotted for sale on eBay. With a ‘Buy It Now’ price of only $350.00, it was scooped up pretty quickly.
Here is the original eBay post: VINTAGE 1960S USA BARTELL APACHE OF CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC GUITAR LUTHIER PROJECT
Bartell was a family owned company located in Riverside, California.
Learn about the Bartell company and their electrics guitars at this great website dedicated to Bartell: Bartell Guitars and Bases
Here are some more photos of the Apache guitar.
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