Description

From Fender:

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.

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