Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire Aged Black (326)

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.

BODY: 2-Piece Sandwich Style Pine
BODY FINISH: Flash Coat Lacquer
BODY SHAPE: Esquire®
BODY MATERIAL: 2-Piece Sandwich Style Pine
NECK MATERIAL: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
NECK FINISH: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
NECK SHAPE: 1950 Esquire® "U"
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Maple
POSITION INLAYS: Black Dot
NUMBER OF FRETS: 21
TRUSS ROD: None
STRING NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.650" (42 mm)
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
BRIDGE: 3-Saddle '50 Esquire® with Original Style Steel Saddles
PICKGUARD: 1-Ply Eggshell
CONTROL KNOBS: Knurled Dome
SWITCH TIP: Barrel Style
HARDWARE FINISH: Chrome
TUNING MACHINES: Vintage-Style
STRINGS: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
BRIDGE PICKUP: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
PICKUP CONFIGURATION: SS
CONTROLS: Master Volume, Master Tone
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