Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire Maple Fingerboard Electric Guitar 2-Color Sunburst

This is an excellent, one-time offer guitar. It's got a nitro body, AND a nitro neck, so you can start to wear the fingerboard out old-school style, like all those old vintage guitars everybody loves to see. I personally love the 7.25 neck radius. When you play it, you realize how important those old vintage radius necks were to the sounds of music in the fifties, sixties and seventies. You can really open up and play chords on this guitar. You want to play a simple G chord without the subconscious nervousness because you're never quite in perfect tune, like on your Martin acoustic? Well, with this guitar, it's no problem. Similarly, it's great for old-school riffs. It's something about the way this neck fits into your palm or something, or the way the lower and higher strings are farther from the fingerboard than the middle two strings. It's just snaps at you when you play chords or riffs down there, and I don't think any other radius could be quite as satisfying. When you think about it, songs and rhythm comes first in music, so people that seem so exclusively focused on shredding are missing out on the big picture of music. BTW, you can also play great leads that sound like classic rock, all the way. The Tim Shaw pickups are awesome. This is a GREAT guitar. It's also a legacy buy, something that will retain value over the years. It's extremely well made, with the personal attention and craftsmanship you usually see in custom shop makes. Really. It's a very special offering and I think it kind of flew under radar to an extent, considering the quality and uniqueness of this limited run.

I bought this Surf Green beauty as an impulse buy and I'm so glad for it! The pickup produces a classic twang that is perfect for Oldies, Country, or Rockabilly. Despite having only a single pickup, the tones are noticably diverse.

This guitar was a great purchase. It looks and sounds terrific. The bridge pickup with the three way switch is wonderful. If you want that classic Fender twang this is your guitar!

Bought a 70th anniversary telecaster at gc in nashville.after i bought it with cash i had to have it set up 80 dollars cash not counting 60 dollars worth of gas messing with this fine fender qaulity.then one night was playing through my amp and ringing sound was coming from amp.i thought it was from amp.i used my other fine reissue 52 tele.no ringing.so it was the fine 70th anniversary esquire causing the noise..i said this is enough.i called nashville gc about the return policy and they said 45 day money back.considering i paid cash for the guitar..ok went down there to return the fine p.they opened up case and said they smell smoke.which i do.we have to charge you restocking .fee.qaulity has went to poor every where.fender gibson.i realise that putting a cheap maple neck on a pine body is going to sing till the cows come home .wrong.in my opinion.considering just replaced my plastic intake. Manifold on my car.plastic does not jive bolting it to metal.same thing with the pine body tele.i have a 2014 52 reissue and a 2018 64 reissue tele.had zero problems.after paying cash i went to nashville.i have bought alot of product there.i bought a fender twin there and it was bad I sent it to fender got it back and doing the same thing.nlowing fuses.me just ramblin.yes they would not pay me my cash back.they put it on a visa card that they hot for me.so i have to activate the cards after i spent 60 dollars in gas.now i have togo to a specific bank to cash them.shame shame gc in nashville.you lost me as a customer and i hope you lose all of your custumers.i am going to sweetwater.by the way.i purchased a guitar from sweetwater last year and i did not like it and they refunded all of my money.the guitars there smell real good .like chocolate.

The 70th Anniversary Esquire feels and sounds like it just came out of a time machine. The neck is 1950 beefy. I love the attention to small details like slot head screws. The fit and finish are excellent! The 3 way selector gives a diversity of tones for a 1 pickup guitar.

The Esquire is very minimalistic and it takes some time to get the right feel for the guitar. But then it is pure fun. I compared the Esquire with my (similar) Strat and Mad Cat. Of course I also have a Faviritin here. The Esquire is not. Nevertheless, it is a good buy - even if it is only the nostalgic thought behind this concept