Fender Esquire 1953

Fender Esquire 1953 model (single-pickup Esquire look like a two-pickup Fender Telecaster), The neck, wears the “butterfly” string guide for the B and E strings positioned roughly in line with the A-string tuner post, which replaced the round guide that was more distant from the nut in mid-’56, along with the logo decal at the far side of this guide, a change made at the same time. the neck has the soft-V profile that came back into fashion at Fender in late ’55 and remained largely through ’57 (early ’50-’51 necks were also V’ but were thicker overall). All of this points at a neck made later than ’53 or ’54.

The first prototype for the Esquire (and the later Fender Broadcaster) in 1950, was made from a single piece of maple without a truss rod. The neck was attached to the body with four screws and an anchor plate. Body was made of pinewood, scratch plate covered the lower bout only. It had a removable pickup cover.

In 1951 Fender Esquire had been offered as affordable option for musicians who could not afford the two-pickup guitar. But with the introduction of cheaper student models such as the Mustang and Fender Musicmaster, Fender Esquire became a less attractive option and finally discontinued in 1969. Fender Japan began producing the Esquire, based on the 1954 version in 1984. Overall the Esquire is better and nicer than the Mexican made reissues.

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