Fender 50s Esquire Electric Guitar (with Gig Bag)
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Ash body. Maple neck. Vintage looks and tone.
Overview
The '50s Esquire features an ash body, maple neck, vintage Telecaster pickup and bridge with steel saddles, and volume and tone controls with a three-way "quick tone change" switch.
Model name: '50s Esquire
Series: Classic Series
Body: ash
Neck: 1-piece maple, C-shape, gloss polyurethane finish
Fingerboard: maple, 7.25 in. radius (184 mm)
No. of frets: 21 vintage-style frets
Pickups: 1 vintage-style single-coil Tele pickup with Alnico magnets (bridge)
Controls: master volume, master tone
Pickup switching, custom-wired 3-position blade:
-- Position 1. volume control, (Dark Vintage Circuit), no tone control
-- Position 2. volume control with cap. and tone control with cap.
-- Position 3. volume control only no cap. , no tone control
Bridge: vintage-style 3-saddle strings-thru-body Tele bridge
Machine heads: Fender/Ping vintage-style tuning machines
Hardware: chrome
Pickguard: 1-ply white
Scale length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)
Width at nut: 1.625 in. (41.2 mm)
Unique features: C-shape maple neck, knurled chrome knobs
Strings: Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)
Accessories: Deluxe Gig Bag
Introduced: 1/2005
Model name: '50s Esquire
Series: Classic Series
Body: ash
Neck: 1-piece maple, C-shape, gloss polyurethane finish
Fingerboard: maple, 7.25 in. radius (184 mm)
No. of frets: 21 vintage-style frets
Pickups: 1 vintage-style single-coil Tele pickup with Alnico magnets (bridge)
Controls: master volume, master tone
Pickup switching, custom-wired 3-position blade:
-- Position 1. volume control, (Dark Vintage Circuit), no tone control
-- Position 2. volume control with cap. and tone control with cap.
-- Position 3. volume control only no cap. , no tone control
Bridge: vintage-style 3-saddle strings-thru-body Tele bridge
Machine heads: Fender/Ping vintage-style tuning machines
Hardware: chrome
Pickguard: 1-ply white
Scale length: 25.5 in. (648 mm)
Width at nut: 1.625 in. (41.2 mm)
Unique features: C-shape maple neck, knurled chrome knobs
Strings: Fender Super 250R, Nickel Plated Steel (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)
Accessories: Deluxe Gig Bag
Introduced: 1/2005
Documents and Manuals
For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818
Web: https://my.fender.com/support
Phone: 800-488-1818
Web: https://my.fender.com/support
Reviews
Submitted January 14, 2008
"Esquire Man"
Sound
I can only use a few words to describe it. It sounds so good. It sounds like a telecaster but with the sharp sounds I was always looking for. This is the best guitar Fender ever made.
Ease of Use
The neck is so slick and easy to use the action is low and everything.
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