In celebration of the 70th birthday of their first-ever solid-body guitar, Fender has released a 70th Anniversary Esquire, paying homage to the legacy of a revolutionary instrument. This 70th Anniversary Esquire is a modern reproduction of a timeless guitar, with features that breathe new life into the Esquire design while retaining all of the mojo that the originals had. The Esquire employs a lightweight, punchy pine body with Fender's proprietary roasting treatment, a hot Tim Shaw-designed Esquire bridge pickup that delivers all the spank you could want, a lacquer finish, and a thick "U"-shaped neck - plus a special anniversary neck plate and tweed case. Is anyone else drooling a little?
Fender's Take:
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.
Standard Specifications
General Info
Brand:
Fender
Model:
70th Anniversary Esquire®, Maple Fingerboard
Color:
Seafoam Green
Serial:
Call
Weight:
Call
Condition:
New
Body
Top Material:
Roasted Pine
Back and Sides Material:
Roasted Pine
Finish:
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck
Material:
Maple
Finish:
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard Material/Radius:
Maple, 7.25" (184.1 mm)
Frets (Number and Size):
21, Vintage Tall
Inlays:
Black Dot
Nut (Material and Width):
Bone, 1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length:
25.5" (648 mm)
Profile:
'50 Broadcaster® "U"
Electronics
Pickups:
Tim Shaw Designed Esquire Bridge Pickup
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)
Controls:
Volume, Tone
Hardware
Tuning Machines:
Vintage-Style
Bridge:
3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Solid Barrel Steel Saddles
