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The very first solid-body electric guitar offered by Fender in 1950 was the Esquire. With an elegant single-cutaway silhouette, adjustable 3-saddle bridge and a lone, repurposed lap-steel pickup in the bridge position – the Esquire laid the groundwork for all solidbody electric guitars to follow and foreshadowed its more famous sibling, the Telecaster.
Model Name: 70th Anniversary Esquire®, Maple Fingerboard, White Blonde Model #: 0170532801 Series: Limited Edition Country Of Origin: US Color: White Blonde Body: Roasted Pine Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Shape: Telecaster® Neck Material: Maple Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Neck Shape: ’50 Broadcaster® "U" Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm) Fingerboard: Maple Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm) Number of Frets: 21 Frets Size: Vintage Tall String Nut: Bone Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm) Position Inlays: Black Dot Bridge Pickup: Tim Shaw Designed Esquire Bridge Pickup: Controls Master Volume, Master Tone Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge (Tone control off), Position 2. Bridge (Tone control on), Position 3. Bridge (Tone control off, preset treble roll-off) Pickup Configuration: S Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Solid Barrel Steel Saddles Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Phenolic Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Like the earliest Esquire models, the 70th Anniversary Esquire features a pine body – a lightweight wood known for punchy and complex tone – and upgrades it with our roasting treatment, greatly improving the resonance of the body. Other features include a lacquer finish, thick “U”-shaped neck, Tim Shaw-designed Esquire bridge pickup – inspired by an original ’50 Esquire from Songbirds Museum in Chattanooga, TN - special anniversary neck plate and tweed case.
Production of the 70th Anniversary Esquire will be limited to 2020 only. |