Walnut peghead truss rod plug is more oval shaped. Tuners change from "single line" Kluson Deluxe to "double line" Kluson Deluxe (where "Kluson" and Up for buy it now is One original vintage Daka-Ware Bakelite Switch tip. This Double Esquire body is made from a 2-piece off-center-seam ash body — the same time-tested tonewood that many Telecasters have been made from since 1950. tip. Maple one piece neck with no truss rod on early examples, but a truss rod appeared on some late Neck pocket no longer entirely painted. celluloid mint green pickguard. On 1953 and later models, the dot spacing is about 1 1/8" center to center. Build "This Classic Series Esquire sticks to mid 50s vintage spec where possible" The polar opposite to the electrified acoustic archtop jazzbox, Fender's Esquire would have cut quite a dash back in the … gold). inside the body jack hole to secure milled cup. The DES number is dropped, but has two White plastic three layer pickguard replaces thick single layer '69 JIMI HENDRIX - OLYMPIC WHITE "THE WOODSTOCK STRAT", When first announced in June of 1950 (but available a bit earlier) as Fender's first electric Fender debuted the Esquire in 1950, and Springsteen’s techs have indicated that his model was from 1953 or ’54. Two patent number 3-way switch CRL 1452 (2291516, 2291517). Hardware and accessories include a three-saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele bridge with solid barrel steel saddles, a bone nut and vintage-style tuners. Today we have a pair of cool early Fender pieces, a '52 Esquire and a modified '65 Princeton Reverb! coated with lacquer) on blond bodies. 2 Fender catalog in the spring of 1950, and was shown to the public at the Chicago NAMM show in July of that year. Without a truss rod many necks warped (or the owners thought they would tuning. The very first Fender electric solid-body guitar. Esquire Custom introduced with 3 layer celluloid mint green pickguard. rod. Brown rectangle Cornell Dubilier paper tone capacitor and brown tube paper tone caps used, plus a This 1950 Broadcaster is a classic example of an Ash-bodied fender In the event you are unfamiliar with the story, the Broadcaster was Leo Fender’s first two-pickup guitar, but the name was dropped after Gretsch pointed out it was already using the moniker ‘Broadkaster’ for a drum kit. Make no mistake—the Fender Esquire is iconic. White single layer ABS pickguard .060" thick replaces black pickguard. Body shape was the standard "Telecaster" body shape, but only 1.5" thick (instead of the normal 1.75" thick). Working in conjunction with a unique wiring schematic, it lends the instrument a unique, attention-grabbing sound—percussive, responsive and rich—all its own. Peghead decal position changes to between the nut and the string tree (rather than next to the Custom Telecaster, 1959 to 1968. Body date in neck pocket, usually no neck date. January 1951. the original no-skunk-stripe (no truss rod) Esquires are difficult to find. Milled chrome plated brass jack cup with ribbing on sides to hold jack inside the body hole - no Approximately sixty 1950 Esquires were shipped, though Fender had orders for hundreds at the time. Again silver or gold Fender "spaghetti" peghead logo with black trim, (but most seem to be Hitta perfekta Fender Esquire bilder och redaktionellt nyhetsbildmaterial hos Getty Images. Fender Custom Shop 1950 Double Esquire N.O.S. This guitar is a true nod to the late great Leo Fender's legacy. single carbon resistor (on two pickup models). position. They are quality checked by our team of repair technicians to ensure that they meet high playing standards.