Original 1950's Fender Telecasters

1956 Fender Esquire and 1968 Fender Telecaster

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These guitars were the first generation of Aluminums built at Specimen Products. They have the basic bolt-together aluminum body and bolt-on neck. The first aluminum guitar and bass were commissioned by members of the band Tar in 1992. These instruments quickly became a visual signature for the band and won prominent feature on their album covers.

[IMG] Anybody tried one out? Any opinions? For A T-O-M-style bridge it seems fairly low profile.

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Introduced in 1959, the Fender Custom Esquire (as it reads on the headstock -- it's transposed to "Esquire Custom" in the catalog) is a single-pickup version of the Custom Telecaster, with a rosewood fretboard and double-bound body for a fancier look.

1956 Fender Esuire

Here's another fantastic Capsule Custom...this one is an Ash body Esquire Thinline .Aged white nitro finish with matching headstock,neck is maple with a

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1955 Fender Esquire

Before the Telecaster and the short-lived Broadcaster, there was the Esquire: Fender'sf first production solid-body electric guitar. The original Esquire came out in 1950 and was produced with either one or two pickups. Apart from standardizing the two pickup layout, the Broadcaster also introduced a truss rod into the neck when it premiered in autumn of that same year. No Esquires were produced from September 1950 to January 1951, when the model was reintroduced as a single pickup…