#FENDER GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING PLUS#

Line (aka 'single line'), no second hole on side of gear shell (for the tuner peg), Kluson Deluxe tuners with 'Kluson Deluxe' in a single vertical.

#FENDER GUITAR SERIAL NUMBER DATING PLUS#

Plus a single carbon resistor (on two pickup models). Brown rectangle Cornell Dubilier paper tone capacitor and brown tube paper tone caps used,.All screws have slot heads (including the truss rod adjuster).Blend control pickup wiring (no tone control).Stackpole pots (manufacturer number 304).Knurled chrome plated brass knobs with a semi-flat top.Body date in neck pocket, usually no neck date.Peghead truss rod plug is more rounded.Some models use a maple plug (instead of walnut) on the peghead for the truss rod.Often the rear string ferrels are not aligned.Round Dakaware switch tip with 'Pat Pend'.'bakelite') pickguard (clear coated with lacquer) on blond bodies. White pickguard on black Equires, black vulcanized fiber (often called.Silver or gold 'spaghetti' Fender peghead logo with black trim.

Steel brige pickup grounding plate with two wire notches in the.

Steel bridge saddles on non-truss rod models, or brass on later models.

Serial number on bridge plate (earliest documented number 0013).

Maple one piece neck with no truss rod on early examples, butĪ truss rod appeared on some late summer 1950 Esquires.

Then changed to butterscotch blond on an Ash body

Black laminated Pine body on first few Single Esquire examples,.

1 or 2 pickups, but the one pickup 'Single Esquire' appearedįirst, followed by the two pickup 'Double Esquire'.

Spring 1950 to late summer 1950 Esquire Introduction specs: Single cutaway slab body, 2 chrome knobs, 3 position toggle switch, 3 pairedĪdjustable bridge saddles, strings anchor thru body (except in late In 1959 the Esquire Custom was introduced with a bound sunburst body. Truss rod and brass bridge saddles (note I have seen a January 1951Įsquire that had *two* pickups, and the guitar appeared to be stock,īut by February 1951, one pickup was the norm for the Esquire). The Esquire was re-introduced in Januaryġ951 as a one pickup version of the Broadcaster (Telecaster), with a The Esquire only lasted in this form until the Broadcaster (no truss rod) Esquires are difficult to find. This is why surviving examples of the original no-skunk-stripe If the body wasn't replaced or chiseled, the truss rod could only be adjusted if the Or sometimes the truss rod adjustment route was hand chiseled. Have the truss rod adjustment route between the neck pocket and the neck pickup.

Often theīody was replaced too because the original non-truss rod Esquire body did not Owners thought they would warp in the future). The reason? Without a truss rod many necks warped (or the Rod were returned to Fender for neck and/or body replacements (but the parts Though there are at least two 1950 single pickup butterscotchĪpproximately sixty 1950 Esquires were shipped, thoughįender had orders for hundreds at the time. Most 1950 Single Esquires had no truss rod (no contrasting strip downīack of maple neck). Made, the finish changed to butterscotch blond on a solid ash body and a black pickguard,Īnd later two pickups (known as the 'Double Esquire'). (actually the 'single Esquire' with one pickup was available first),Ī black pine laminated body, a white pickguard, steel bridge saddles.īody shape was the standard 'Telecaster' body shape, but only 1.5' thick Solidbody, the Esquire was a available with either one or two pickups When first announced in June of 1950 (but available a bit earlier) as Fender's first electric (due to it's single pickup design, it's rating is lower than a Telecaster). Reissue and Original Fender Vintage Parts ComparisonĪ 1954 to 1965 Fender Stratocaster video.ĭVD video version of this web page for Stratocasters and Telecasters:Ĭollectibility Rating: 1950's models: B, 1960 models: C.Specific details on each collectible Fender vintage guitar models.įender vintage guitars history and collecting. Vintage Guitars Collector - Fender collecting vintage guitars fender, stratocaster, strat, telecaster, tele Vintage Guitars Info's

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