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$6,999.00
Price Match - Found a Better Price?New for 2023, the Fender Custom Shop digs deep into the history of Fender’s earliest solid-body guitar with the introduction of a fascinating new model—the 1950 Double Esquire. Back then, the single-pickup Esquire debuted in April 1950 as Fender’s very first solid body electric Spanish guitar, joined a few months later in October 1950 by a two-pickup model. The new Custom Shop 1950 Double Esquire honors the models of that formative year and then some, with a distinctive combination of finely crafted features that make it very much its own machine.
Producing balanced highs and sweet midrange with lively resonance, the two-piece select ash body has an off-center seam and wears one of four aged Blonde lacquer finish treatments: Deluxe Closet Classic Faded Nocaster® Blonde, Journeyman Relic® Nocaster Blonde, Relic Aged Nocaster Blonde or Heavy Relic Aged Nocaster Blonde. Each finish treatment conveys the look, feel and vibe of a guitar that has either seen decades of relatively light use and great care or quite the opposite—a hard-fought lifetime of near-constant use, abuse and heavy wear.
The one-piece rift sawn maple neck is sculpted with a 1950-style “Blackguard” profile for comfortable and period-correct full-hand feel, topped by a vintage compound-radius (7.5”-9.5”) maple fingerboard with 21 medium vintage (47095) frets and a bone nut. Dual Custom Shop hand-wound ’50-’51 Blackguard pickups with modded ’51 Nocaster wiring deliver clear, crisp highs with well-balanced midrange and low end, with the extra versatility of blend control for both pickups.
Other premium features include a single-ply black phenolic pickguard, three-way pickup switch, ’51-’54 Telecaster® bridge with brass barrel saddles, vintage-style tuners, disc string tree, deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.
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Serial Number |
R126743 |
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Weight |
3.136Kg |
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Type |
Solid Body |
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Colour |
Faded Nocaster® Blonde |
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Orientation |
Right Handed |
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Number of Strings |
6 |
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Body Shape |
Esquire® |
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Body Material |
2-Piece Select Ash with Offset Seam
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Body Finish |
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
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Neck Material |
1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
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Neck Shape |
1950 Blackguard
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Neck Finish |
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
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Fretboard Material |
1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple Neck
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Number of Frets |
21 |
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Fretboard Inlays |
Black Micarta Dot, 0.25" (6.35 mm)
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Fret Size |
Medium Vintage
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Fretboard Radius |
7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
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Nut Material |
Bone |
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Nut Width |
1.625" (41.3 mm)
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Neck Pickups |
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
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Bridge Pickups |
Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard
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Controls |
Master Volume, Blend
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Pickguard |
1-Ply Black Phenolic
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Bridge |
'51-'54 Tele® Bridge with Brass Barrel Saddles
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Tuners |
Vintage-Style with Fender® Logo
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Strings |
Fender® USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406
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Case/Gig Bag |
Deluxe Hardshell
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