Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire Limited Edition 2-Color Sunburst w/Har

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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.

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

BODY

Body Material Roasted Pine
Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape Telecaster®

NECK

Neck Material Maple
Neck Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape '50 Broadcaster® "U"
Scale Length 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard Material Maple
Fingerboard Radius 7.25" (184.1 mm)
Number of Frets 21
Fret Size Vintage Tall
Nut Material Bone
Nut Width 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays Black Dot

ELECTRONICS

Bridge Pickup Tim Shaw Designed Esquire Bridge Pickup
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)
Configuration S

HARDWARE

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