Case/Gig Bag
Deluxe Hardshell
Included Accessories
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire®
Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire®
Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire®
Details
Summary
Overview
Perhaps the rarest Fender® guitar is its first one - the single-pickup pine-body Esquire®. The very first Fender electric solid-body guitar. Wasn't even around for a full year, and yet it changed guitar music forever. Fender shipped barely a handful of them before changing the body to ash and the finish to blonde.
True to the original, this faithful recreation features a slightly thinner (1.5") laminated pine body. Its one-piece rift-sawn maple neck has a 1950 Esquire profile, no truss rod, a 7.25"-9.5" vintage compound radius and 21 medium vintage frets. With its NOS "flash coat" nitrocellulose lacquer finish and Closet Classic hardware, the Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire looks like a well-cared-for original with only slight aging to its metal parts. A hand-wound '50-'51 Blackguard pickup is outfitted with full-throttle Esquire wiring (Position 1: Volume and Tone, Position 2: Volume, Position 3: Pickup Straight to Output) with a three-way switch. Other features include a single-ply eggshell pickguard, 1950 Esquire bridge with original style steel saddles, vintage-style tuning machines, and disk string tree. Includes deluxe hardshell case, strap, 1950 Esquire control assembly, and certificate of authenticity.
Accessories
Body
Body
2-Piece Sandwich Style Pine
Body Finish
Flash Coat Lacquer
Body Material
2-Piece Sandwich Style Pine
Body Shape
Esquire®
Electronics
Bridge Pickup
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
Controls
Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Configuration
SS
Switching
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Pickup Straight to Output Jack, Position 2. Pickup with Volume Control, Position 3. Pickup with Volume and Tone Control
General
Color
Aged Black
Orientation
Right-Hand
Platform
Custom Shop Electrics
Product Name
Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire®, Maple Fingerboard, Aged Black
Series
Vintage Custom
Hardware
Bridge
3-Saddle '50 Esquire® with Original Style Steel Saddles
Control Knobs
Knurled Dome
Hardware Finish
Chrome
Pickguard
1-Ply Eggshell
Strings
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
Switch Tip
Barrel Style
Tuning Machines
Vintage-Style
Measurements
Fret Size
Medium Vintage
Scale Length
25.5" (648 mm)
Neck
Fingerboard Material
Maple
Fingerboard Radius
7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
Neck Finish
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Material
1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Shape
1950 Esquire® "U"
Number of Frets
21
Nut Material
Bone
Nut Width
1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays
Black Dot
String Nut
Bone
Truss Rod
None