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so
hi eugene edwards you know in the
history of fender and all of the guitars
produced over the years
this one is pretty special to me i'm a
huge tele fan
and this is the one that started it all
in fact the esquire was the very first
solid body electric guitar offered by
fender
in 1950 with its single cutaway shape
adjustable three saddle bridge and a
single repurposed lap steel pickup in
the bridge position
the esquire laid the groundwork for all
solid body electric guitars to follow
and a year later in 1951 we saw the
birth of the telecaster
with the same body shape but with an
added neck pickup
so let's take a look at the fender's
70th anniversary esquire
it's a limited production for 2020 a lot
of great features that are true to
original specs but also a couple of
modern features that players will love
let's check it out first here's what i'm
using for the demo
for the intro i was using a couple of
fender pedals the computer list and the
reflecting pool
plugged into the hand wired 64 deluxe
reverb let's now run through the clean
tones and then we'll talk about what's
going on with the specs
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like the earliest esquire models the
70th anniversary esquire
features a pine body it's a lightweight
wood known for punchy and complex tone
and then we upgrade it by adding our
roasting treatment which greatly
improves the resonance of the body
it has a lacquer finish this one is
white blonde but it's also available in
lake placid blue
two color sunburst and surf green it has
a 25 and a half
inch scale length the pickup is a tim
shaw designed esquire bridge pickup
inspired by an original
1950 esquire from songbirds museum in
chattanooga tennessee
it comes with master volume and tone and
a three position switch
position one is the bridge with the tone
control bypassed
position two is bridge with tone control
and position
three is bridge with tone control bypass
with a preset treble roll off so let me
run through all three positions
and talk about what's going on here's
position one tone control bypass
nice bright and clean
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here's position two with the tone
control engaged
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here's position three tone control
bypass
but with a preset treble roll-off
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it comes with a three saddle american
vintage strings through the body tele
bridge
with solid barrel steel saddles the neck
is a thick
u-shaped neck with 21 vintage tall frets
and a seven one-quarter inch radius
and then the final touch is the special
anniversary neck plate
and tweed case now i'm going to add in
some petals let's hear how it performs
with some delay
and then i'll add some distortion
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thanks for tuning in to check out the
fender 70th anniversary esquire
a minimalist powerhouse one pickup and
the rest is up to you
for more info on this guitar please head
over to fender.com
and stay tuned for more videos here on
this channel cheers
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so
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you