Fender Custom Shop 1963 Esquire Custom Bigsby DLX Closet Classic, Rosewood Fingerboard, Black
From the Fender Custom Shop Time Machine series comes the 1963 Esquire Custom Bigsby DLX Closet Classic. This electric guitar features a 2-piece select alder body with nitrocellulose lacquer finish and a rift sawn maple neck with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. The fingerboard is made of 3A rosewood and has 21 Jescar Medium Vintage frets.
It has vintage clay dot position inlays, a bone nut that is 1.650" wide, and vintage-style tuning machines with Fender logos. The scale length measures 25.5" and it has an RSD Jaguar/Jazzmaster bridge. The pickups include a Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded '51 Nocaster in the bridge position. It has a 3-position blade pickup switch with the following settings: Position 1. Bridge (Tone control off), Position 2. Bridge (Tone control on), Position 3. Bridge (Tone control off, preset treble roll-off).
Other premium features include Rift Sawn Maple Neck with '60s Oval "C" Back-Shape, 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius, '59 Esquire Wiring, 3-Ply Mint Green Pickguard, Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece, Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Fender Logo, Bone Nut, American Vintage '59-'64 String Tree, Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap, Certificate of Authenticity.
General
Time Machine
Right-Hand
Faded Black
Neck
Telecaster
Rift Sawn Maple
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
'60s Oval "C"
.810"
2.200"
.890"
7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
3A Rosewood
Vintage Clay Dot
21
Early '60s
Bone
1.650" (42 mm)
Jescar Medium Vintage (47095)
25.5" (648 mm)
Body
2-Piece Select Alder
Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Esquire
Double-Bound Solid Body
2-Piece Select Alder
Hardware
RSD Jaguar/Jazzmaster
3-Ply Mint Green
Knurled Chrome
Top Hat Style, Black
Nickel/Chrome
Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
American Vintage '59-'64
Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)
4-Bolt with Custom Shop "V" Logo, Serialized
Electronics
Custom Shop Hand-Wound Loaded '51 Nocaster
S
Master Volume, Master Tone
3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge (Tone control off), Position 2. Bridge (Tone control on), Position 3. Bridge (Tone control off, preset treble roll-off)
Accessories
Deluxe Hardshell Case, Strap and Certificate of Authenticity.
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