Fender Custom Shop '50s Esquire 2020 LTD, Relic

$4,270.00

Description

"Originally my work was design, modification, repair, and custom building. I guess you would say the objectives were durability, performance, and tone." - Leo Fender

The Esquire represents ground zero for Leo Fender's genius, and, simply ground zero for solid-body electric guitars, period. So many of Leo's design ideas are present - the body shape, bolt-on neck, 6 inline tuners, individually adjustable saddles, height adjustable pickup...all the things we take for granted came together on this groundbreaking guitar. As such, we felt it'd be an enormous oversight to not stock an Esquire, and this Custom Shop '50s Esquire 2020 LTD Relic will do just fine! 

Single pickup guitars possess a magic, for lack of a better word, that 2 and 3 pickup guitars simply don't have. "Yeah, but I can't do as much with just one pickup. I have to have a neck pickup!" We respectfully disagree. The simplicity an Esquire offers is precisely where the magic lies - ie, in your hands and ears. It's very, very similar to playing a great acoustic guitar - just louder of course. Want it brighter? Pick by the saddles. Warmer? Pick by the neck...roll the volume down a touch, use the 3-way switch (w/Fender's "Full Throttle" wiring) to access additional tones (yes, it still uses a 3-way!). Lots to do, folks, but it's up to you the player to make it happen. 

2-piece, off-center ash body, vintage butterscotch nitro finish, 7.25-9.5" compound radius....To our hands, a 7.25" radius is part of the Fender magic, while the 9.5" higher up on the fingerboard insures easy bending. Perfect! 

The Fender Custom Shop has always produced killer instruments, but we have to say, they are at the top of their game these days. Just a phenomenal guitar, period. Priced with hardshell case. 

Specs

  • Butterscotch, Relic 
  • 2-piece Ash body, sorted for light weight
  • Maple neck, rift sawn
  • 1950 Blackguard carve, .925-1" 
  • 1.65" nut width
  • 7.25-9.5" compound radius 
  • Black dots
  • Medium Vintage frets, 21
  • Hand-wound 50-51 Blackguard pickup
  • "Full Throttle" wiring harness
  • 10-46 Strings 
  • Fender Hardshell Case
  • SN R104457

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