Here's a rare pre-owned Fender Custom Shop 1950 Pine Esquire in Aged Black Flash Coat, thin Nitro Lacquer Finish. The guitar itself is very lively with great play-ability, plenty of fret life as it is from 2020 and all original HSC, Case Candy and Fender CS COA. This guitar is a true nod to the late great Leo Fender's legacy. As it is based off of the earliest guitars Leo Fender ever produced (The Esquire)
This Custom Shop piece has a Pine body with a fat 50's 1-Piece Riff-Sawn Maple Neck with no Truss-Rod just like the originals. It is also slightly thinner than a standard Fender Telecaster. One of the beautiful parts about this guitar is that it comes with a secondary pick guard, as well as a pre-wired harness and Hand Wound Tele Neck Pickup; in case the owner wants to convert it into a Telecaster. As is the guitar sounds incredible, with tons of fat Tele Punch and a beautiful warmth from the Pine body There are a few scratches and a small finish chip to the very light Nitro finish. See pics. Not many of these are around anymore. So grab this one while its still here. Priced fairly.
From Fender:
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.
Color: Aged Black
Body: 2-Piece Sandwich Style Pine
Body Finish: NOS Flash Coat Lacquer
Body Shape: Esquire
Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 1950 Esquire "U" .970" @ 1st fret - 1.000" @ 12th fret
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)
Fingerboard: Maple
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Size: Medium Vintage
String Nut: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Truss Rods: 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
Hardware Finish: Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
Pickguard: 1-Ply Eggshell
Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Comes with OHSC, Case Candy & COA.
Weight: 6lbs 10oz
