More about Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire®
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.
Specs
| Model Name: | Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire®, Maple Fingerboard, Aged Black |
| Model Number: | 9235001175 |
| Series: | Vintage Custom |
| Color: | Aged Black |
| Body Shape: | Esquire® |
| Body Material: | 2-Piece Sandwich Style Pine |
| Body Finish: | Flash Coat Lacquer |
| 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" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm) |
| Number of Frets: | 21 |
| Fret Size: | Medium Vintage |
| String Nut: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.650" (42 mm) |
| Neck Finish: | Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Fingerboard: | Maple |
| Position Inlays: | Black Dot |
| 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 |
| Orientation: | Right-Hand |
| Hardware Finish: | Chrome |
| Pickguard: | 1-Ply Eggshell |
| Control Knobs: | Knurled Dome |
| Switch Tips: | Barrel Style |
| Strings: | Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) |
| Included Accessories: | Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity. |
Features and Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice