The very first solid-body electric guitar offered by Fender in 1950 was the Esquire. With an elegant cutaway silhouette, adjustable 3-saddle bridge and a single lap-steel pickup reused in the bridge position – the Esquire laid the foundation for all solid-body electric guitars to follow, and foreshadowed its more famous sibling, the Telecaster.
Like the first Esquire models, the 70th Anniversary Esquire features a pine body – a lightweight wood known for its punchy, complex tone – and upgrades it with our torrefaction treatment, dramatically improving the body’s resonance. Other features include a lacquered finish, a thick “U”-shaped neck, an Esquire bridge pickup designed by Tim Shaw – inspired by an original ’50 Esquire from the Songbirds Museum in Chattanooga, TN – a special anniversary neck plate and a tweed case.
Specifications:
- Construction: Solid Body, Bolt-On Neck
- Body Material: Roasted Pine
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fretboard: Maple 7.25" (184.1 mm) Radius
- Scale Length: 25.5'' (648 mm)
- Nut:1.650" (42 mm) Bone
- Frets: 21 Vintage Tall
- Binding: None
- Inlays: Black Dots
- Finish: All Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Pickups: Tim Shaw Designed Esquire Bridge Pickup
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Way Switch (Position 1. Bridge (Tone control off), Position 2. Bridge (Tone control on), Position 3. Bridge (Tone control off, preset treble roll-off))
- Bridge: Fender 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Solid Barrel Steel Saddles
- Tuning Machines: Fender Vintage Style
- Hardware Color: Nickel / Chrome
- Case: Fender Deluxe Tweed Hardshell Case Included
