2019/20 Fender Partscaster Esquire

When the Fender Esquire rolled out in 1950, it was designed as a simple, effective solid-body guitar with a single bridge pickup and a few controls to help manipulate the sound. While the single pickup design may seem limiting, sometimes simplicity encourages freer expression. Via the subtleties of your picking attack and the three-way switch Leo designed in the early '50s, you're able to access a wide variety of tones.  This Partscaster is constructed from all genuine Fender parts, and it is a faithful recreation of the classic Esquire template. It features a 2019 made-in-Mexico Fender Telecaster neck with a Pau Ferro fingerboard, and a 2020 Fender Classic Series '60s Telecaster body in Olympic White. With a genuine Fender bakelite pickguard and vintage-style Fender 3-saddle tele bridge, it captures the vibe of the early-'50s blackguards, but the "C" shaped neck, Pau Ferro fingerboard, 9.5" radius, and medium jumbo frets give it a more modern feel and playability.  For pickups, it spo