USED – PRE-OWNED – SECONDHAND
PLEASE NOTE: Photos are stock photos. As this is a 5-6 year old used guitar, it is likely to have some signs of wear & tear.
Serial Number: V2075991
The Esquire was the precursor to the Telecaster.
Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire®, Maple Fingerboard, Lake Placid Blue
Model #: 0170532802
Description
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.
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.
Features
Roasted Pine body
One-piece maple neck with 7.25″ radius fingerboard and 21 vintage-tall frets
Tim Shaw Designed Esquire bridge pickup
Esquire Tone Circuit
Custom neckplate
General
Series: Limited Edition
Orientation: Right-Hand
Color: Lake Placid Blue
Country Of Origin: US
Neck
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1950 Broadcaster® “U”
Neck Construction: 4-Bolt Standard
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25″ (184.1 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Side Dots: Black
Number of Frets: 21
String Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650″ (42 mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Fret Size: Vintage Tall
Scale Length: 25.5″ (648 mm)
Body
Body: Roasted Pine
Body Finish: Gloss Lacquer
Body Shape: Telecaster®
Body Material: Roasted Pine
Hardware
Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Solid Barrel Steel Saddles
Pickguard: 1-Ply White
Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
Strings: Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: Tim Shaw Designed Esquire Bridge Pickup
Pickup Configuration: S
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
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)
