Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire MN Lake Placid Blue
But good old Leo had introduced groundbreaking innovations in the truest sense of the word. Besides the single coil in the bridge position, it was the ingenious headstock with six tuners in a row that made the traditional tilt obsolete. The result: more stability, less wood waste.
In recognition of this historic date, Fender is introducing an anniversary edition based on the historic model.
The 70th Anniversary Esquire is made of roughened pine with a bolt-on maple neck. Tim Shaw, who has been the head pickup designer for a long time, contributed the single coil that is built into the archaic bridge construction. The early Esquires had only one pickup. Only with the Broadcaster, later renamed Telecaster, was a second pickup added.
The guitar, made in the USA, is a worthy replica and does credit to the innovative jubilarian. It is simple, easy to play, sounds authentic and is incredibly robust, something that even the old rock & rollers knew how to appreciate.
- Body: Geröstete Pine
- Neck: Maple
- Profile: 50s Broadcaster "U" shape
- Fingerboard: Maple
- Radius: 7.25"
- Butt: 21, Vintage Tall
- Saddle: Bone, 42mm
- Scale: 648mm
- Pickguard: single ply white;, phenolic
- Pickup: Tim Shaw esquire single coil
- Controls: master volume, master tone
- 3-way switch: 1 - tone control off, 2- tone control on, 3 - tone control off + preset treble roll-off
- Hardware: Nickel
- Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage, string guide through the body
- Mechanics: Vintage Style
- Colour: Lake Placid Bue
- Includes case
- Made in USA
Body
Pine
Neck & Fretboard
Maple
Bundiert
Maple
Screwed
25.5'' (64.8cm)
Electronics
Passive
S/S
Hardware
No
Colour & Finish
Blue
Scope of Delivery
No
Yes
Construction
6
T-Style
