1959 Fender Esquire ex Bernie Marsden + OHSC + Candy

Beautiful ultra light weight (2.97Kg) 1959 Fender Esquire white guard, in amazing condition with all solder joints undisturbed and intact, all parts correct and it even has the original proper 1959 tweed case, plus an amazing history in the ownership of the late, great Bernie Marsden.

This particular one is featured on pages 98-101 of Berni's book 'Tales of Tone and Volume'. Bernie bought this for his wife Fran as an investment. It was later sold to Pete who we are now selling it on behalf of. He bought it from Bernie direct in 2011 some 13 years ago. Needless to say, Bernie had great taste and a keen eye when he was buying guitars so this is an exceptional, all original example in really nice condition...

It was also featured on That Pedal Show episode published on September 2015 where Dan waxes lyrical about the delights of this very guitar. Skip forward to 21:25 if you want to see this (video below).

What’s more, this is one of the few that have never been converted to a Telecaster hence no other screw holes are visible in the neck pickup cavity and all original guard. Pretty rare to see that. Bridge is superb sounding top loader and yes, it does sound different to a bottom feeder in a very nice way - see the video!

Original frets are in amazing shape, plays real well and guitar sounds classic with a very strong pickup with plenty of tonal variety that begs the question why they even bothered to put another one in there… All original solder with not a single joint disturbed.

All parts are correct, body is dated 4-59 and as is right for the period, there is no neck date and serial number is 39024. All finish on neck and body is original with no touch ups or over spray anywhere. Finish has faded to almost like a butterscotch hue reminiscent of the black guard era.

Case is just like the guitar in excellent  condition. It is the correct and relatively rare tweed with orange lining with everything working. Included in the case is what could be the original strap, lead and ashtray cover plus various old receipts.

This is an exceptional example of one of the classic Fender's and with its very cool history may not be around here for long...