2022 Fender Custom Shop Dale Wilson Masterbuilt 53' Esquire Heavy Relic Smoked Nocaster Blonde
Fender Custom Shop Dale Wilson Masterbuilt 53' Esquire Josefina H/W OBG Pickup Heavy Relic Smoked Nocaster Blonde
DALE WILSON
Dale Wilson arrived at Fender in 2003, joined the Custom Shop in 2005 and became a Master Builder in 2011. Building guitars has been a driving passion for the California native since childhood. “Ever since I can remember, I’ve always loved guitars,” he said. “I didn’t dream of being a rock star; I dreamed of building the ultimate guitar. I was equally enthralled with the guitars just as much as I was with the players.”
Woodworking runs in the Wilson family, and the requisite Custom Shop zeal for outstanding craftsmanship has long been part of Dale’s DNA. He did repair work and mods in a small guitar shop right out of high school in the late 1980s; subsequently moving on to stints at Dobro and Rickenbacker before arriving at Fender, where he worked on Guild, Gretsch and Benedetto guitars before beginning his apprenticeship with various Custom Shop Master Builders.
He enjoys calling upon his extensive and varied experience as a craftsman to create highly distinctive guitars such as the Resophonic Thinline Telecaster®. Wilson also built five beautiful custom guitars for the January 2011 NAMM Show while still an apprentice and was asked to sign the back of the headstocks, garnering him his Master Builder status.
FEATURES
Model Fender Custom Shop Dale Wilson Masterbuilt 53' Esquire
Builder Fender Custom Shop - Dale Wilson
Year 2022
Body Type Solid Body
Body Wood Sort For Lightweight Ash
Finish Type Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Finish Color Smoked Nocaster Blonde
Aging Heavy Relic
Neck Wood 5/4 Quartersawn Maple
Fingerboard N/A
Neck Carve 52 Style "U"
Scale Length 25.5''
Neck Dimensions .950'' - .990''
Neck Radius 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
Frets 21 - Narrow Tall / 6105
Nut Width 1.650''
Nut Material Bone
Bridge Pickup Josefina Hand-Wound OBG(Original Blackguard) Bridge Pickup
Pickguard 1-ply Black
Hardware Nickel/Chrome
Bridge 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele® with Brass Saddles
Tuners 6-in-Line American Vintage
Controls Volume/Tone/3-P Blade(P1. Pickup Straight to Output Jack, P2. Pickup with Volume Control, P3. Pickup with Vol and Tone Control)
Electronics Full Throttle Esquire® Wiring
Case Fender / G&G Tweed Hardshell Case
Weight 7.00 Pounds (7 lbs 0 oz)
Wild West Guitars
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