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Key Features
- A vintage guitar for the modern player
- Broad dynamics and articulate tones courtesy of duo of Blackguard pickups
- Smooth and seamless chord changes provided by compound radius maple fretboard
- Beautiful and vintage aesthetics thanks to heavy relic finish
Fender Custom Shop 1950 Double Esquire Heavy Relic, Aged Blonde R137579 Overview
The Fender Custom Shop 1950 Double Esquire Heavy Relic is a beautifully vintage guitar with modern components to make it suitable for players today. From first glance, this Esquire screams vintage thanks to its heavy relic finish. This model looks like it has been well-loved and performed with for decades, showing every wear and tear as a symbol of every performance that came before.
Not only is Custom Shop aesthetically beautiful, but it also delivers some incredible tones. Equipped are a pair of hand-wound '50/'51 Blackguard pickups, which produce a broad dynamic range with crisp and clean highs to a well-balanced and full low end. Wanting to change the way this Fender plays? A range of controls are featured on the body that allow you to tweak your tone for your desired voicing. And what's more, it's playability is off the charts with elegant contours and a lacquer finish. Let the Double Esquire teleport your tone back to the '50s.
Product Ref: 254976
Full Description
View Full DescriptionVersatile tones for a limitless performance
Once again, Fender Custom Shop have hit the mark with their distinctive tone. Featured onboard this model are two hand-wound Blackguard pickups, which produce an incredible dynamic range thanks to their crisp, clean highs and well-balanced mid-range and low-end. These have been perfectly complemented by a range of controls that allow you to shape the way you play.
The inclusion of the blend control allows you to combine the elements of your pickups with the others in order to create a unique and dynamic tone. Alongside this is a 3-way pickup selector, which allows you to perform with the neck and bridge pickup individually, or combine them for a full, powerful, and broad sound. Topping off this Fender is the master volume. Crank up the volume and let your creativity run wild.
The perfect playability
This Double Esquire has been crafted with some of the finest materials. Its body features 2-piece select ash, which has been elegantly contoured to ensure that it accommodates both seated and standing playing. Not only is it shaped perfectly, but it also offers a sweet midrange and lively resonance. It also features a cutaway design, which means reaching the upper frets is effortless for an added high sparkle.
Paired with the ash is a maple neck and fingerboard. Its neck features a 1950 Blackguard profile, which sits naturally in the palm of your hand and, when paired with a nitrocellulose finish, offers a great base for gliding across the fingerboard with ease. The fingerboard has been designed with a compound radius for comfier chords and easier string bends. Once you pick the Esquire up, you won't ever want to put it back down due to how well it performs.
The beauty of relic
A ‘50s legend, reborn. Fender’s Custom Shop have reached into the past and given you a guitar that’s identical to models of the era. But a guitar that’s been around since the ‘50s is bound to have seen some action, so the Esquire have etched in every single blemish, wear, and wrinkle to present you with a real veteran of the stage. Each mark is filled with character and tells a story of the sights and songs this Fender would have seen, giving your instrument an identity that just isn’t found on new factory finishes. If you like your instruments with personality, there’s no better representation.
Specifications
- Product Code: 9236081204 #TBC
Body and Bridge
- Material: 2-Piece Select Ash w/ Offset Seam
- Shape: Esquire
- Colour: Aged Blonde
- Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer
- Bridge: '51-'54 Tele Bridge w/ Brass Barrel Saddles
Neck and Fingerboard
- Neck Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
- Neck Shape: 1950 Blackguard
- Neck Construction: Bolt-On
- Neck Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Fingerboard Material: 1-Piece Rift Sawn Maple
- Fingerboard Radius: 7.25"-9.5" Compound Radius
- Frets: 21 Medium Vintage
- Inlays: Black Micarta
- Truss Rod: Vintage-Style
- String Nut: Bone
- Nut: Bone
- Nut Width: 41.3
Hardware and Electronics
- Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
- Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand Wound '50/'51 Blackguard
- Pickup Configuration: SS
- Controls: Master Volume, Blend, 3-Position Blade
- Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
- Switch Tip: Barrel Style, Black
- Pickguard: 1-Ply Black Phenolic
- Hardware: Nickel/Chrome
- Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style w/ Fender Logo
- String Trees: Vintage-Style Disc
- Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
- Case: Deluxe Hardcase
- Included: Strap, Certificate of Authenticity
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