1958 Fender® Esquire

$5,595.00

  • SOLD!

  • Year: 1958
  • Manufacturer: Fender®
  • Model: Esquire
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color:
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Description: Serial # 026780. Body date 6-58, neck date 5-58, pots 19th week of ’58. Bought new in Newfoundland, Canada by the father-in-law of the fellow who brought the guitar to Folkway, this Esquire spent its life in the company of the ’58 Deluxe we recently posted. The guitar had been sloppily refinished in its distant past, and now boasts an exquisite and spot-on Yanuziello body refinish and Folkway Relic®. The neck appears to have been over-finished a lifetime ago, but looks so good that we opted to leave it alone. Apart from the pickup, bridge saddles, low E tuning machine, and string tree (all early 1970’s issue) the instrument was factory stock upon its arrival here. The electronics, however, were partially non-functional thanks to a damaged capacitor. We’ve replaced the entire wire harness (new CTS pots, Sprague caps, CRL switch, Switchcraft jack, cloth wire) rather than mess with the original components, and installed a new Fender® Custom Shop Texas Special™ just for good measure. All original parts will be furnished with the guitar. Frets are heavily worn and there are two small screw holes just barely visible under the low E tuner. The guitar is well set up, but would benefit from a refret in order to optimize playability. The original nut has never been out and the fretboard looks so good the way it is though… Your call. The neck has a late ’59 skinnier profile, bridge is string-through. A feathery light guitar at 6.5 pounds. With original hardshell case