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Vintage Custom '59 Esquire Top-Load

Vintage Custom Series (2022-Today)

Colors:

Faded Natural Blonde

Model#  923-5001-544 (N.O.S)


BODY

Wood: 2-Piece Select Ash

Lacquer: Flash Coat Nitrocellulose

Shape: Standard Esquire Telecaster

Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment

Serial: R+6-digit (Neckplate)


NECK

Wood: Rift Sawn Maple

Decal: Silve Spaghetti  w/ Black Trim + "Esquire"

Fretboard: Maple

Lacquer: Nitrocellulose

Profile:  '59 "D" (.810"-.950")

Inlays: Micarta Black Dot

Headstock: Standard Telecaster

Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

Nut Material: Bone

Scale: 25.5"

Radius: 7.25" - 9.5"  Compound

#Frets: 21

Fretwire: Jescar 47095 Medium Vintage

Trussrod: Heel Adjust

MicroTilt: No

Contoured Heel: Yes


HARDWARE 

Bridge Type: Vintage 3-Saddle Top-Loaded

Bridge Marking: FENDER Pat.Pend.

Saddles: Threaded Steel Saddles

Tuners: Gotoh SD91 Vintage Klusons (Single Line)

String Tree: Butterfly

Knobs: Knurled Flat Tops

Neckplate: 4-Bolt Blank Plate + Serial#


ELECTRONICS

Switch: 3-Way CRL / Top Hat Switch Tip

Wiring: Vintage Esquire:

Position 1. Bridge (Tone control off), 

Position 2. Bridge (Tone control on), 

Position 3. Bridge (Tone control off, preset treble roll-off)

Pots: Master Volume + Master Tone 

Pickup Config: S

Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '58 Single-Coil Tele


INFO

CASE: Deluxe Tweed Case w/Red Lining

DESCRIPTION

Colors listed are the catalog standard colors. This guitar could  also appear in other custom colors.

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