Fender Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire Aged Black

Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire Aged Black

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.

• Body: 2-Piece Sandwich Style Pine
• Body Finish: NOS Flash Coat Lacquer
• Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
• Position Inlays: Black Dot
• Body Shape: Esquire®
• Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
• Neck Shape: 1950 Esquire® "U"
• Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Fret Size: Medium Vintage
• String Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Truss Rod: None
• Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Pickup 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
• Pickup Configuration: SS
• Bridge: 3-Saddle '50 Esquire® with Original Style Steel Saddles
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
• Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
• Case/Gig Bag: Deluxe Hardshell