About This Listing

Here is a really clean example of a 1958 Fender Esquire in see through blonde. Ash body.  Maple neck with a 7.25” radius maple fingerboard and a nut width of 41mm. The finish is in good shape overall, it does show nice lacquer checking throughout. There is a few small dings and some playing wear on some of the edges. (See images). The frets are original and although a bit low there is enough and they are not pitted. The fingerboard shows playing wear and there is a couple of small marks at the back of the neck. (Nothing major and can hardly be felt while playing). Original nut and original Kluson tuners.  Top loaded bridge (not strings through body) with 3x steel saddles bridge and original cover. The neck stamp dates Oct 1958. The wiring is stock and untouched. The pots match and date 25th week of ’58. Although one date is covered by solder and can not be clearly seen the rest of the code on it is identical. There is no date stamp on the body. The only marking is the initials R.E. in the cavity under the pickguard. The pickguard has a small corner that has been glued back on. The guitar weighs 3.34Kg or 7.36Lb. Great sounding and fantastic player. Comes with the original tweed hardshell case. 

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Listed2 months ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Esquire
Finish
  • See Through Blonde
Categories
Year
  • 1958
Made In
  • United States
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Fretboard Material
  • Maple
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Maple
Offset Body
  • No
Wood Top Style
  • Plain
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Body Material
  • Ash
Pickup Configuration
  • S
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • String-Through
Series
Scale Length
  • 25.5"
Fretboard Radius
  • 7.25"
Body Shape
  • T-Style
Color Family
  • Yellow
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Model Family
Number of Frets
  • 21

About the Seller

New Kings Road Vintage Guitar Emporium

London, United Kingdom
(61)
Joined Reverb:2015
Items Sold:75
Product Overview
Before the Telecaster and the short-lived Broadcaster, there was the Esquire: Fender'sf first production solid-body electric guitar. The original Esquire came out in 1950 and was produced with either one or two pickups. Apart from standardizing the two pickup layout, the Broadcaster also introduced a truss rod into the neck when it premiered in autumn of that same year. No Esquires were produced from September 1950 to January 1951, when the model was reintroduced as a single pickup counterpart to the Telecaster. By the mid-'50s, the Esquire designed had changed to include a white celluloid pickguard instead of black bakelite. Staggered height pickup poles were also introduced in 1955. 

Years of Production: 1950 - 1970

Body Style: Single cutaway solidbody

Wood Composition: Ash, one-piece Maple neck

Design Elements:  One single-coil pickup, white celluloid pickguard, volume and tone controls, 25 1/2-inch scale length, string thur-body

Finish Specifications: Blond was a standard finish for the Esquire.


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