Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire Lake Placid Blue

The Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire - here presented in Lake Placid Blue - marks seven decades since the release of Fender’s first solid-body electric guitar. Designed to faithfully recreate the look, feel and sound of the original Esquire, this 70th Anniversary has been beautifully made in Fender’s Southern California workshop. A special embroidered hard case, etched anniversary neck-plate and Certificate of Authenticity make it highly collectible.

We pride ourselves in our pre-sales check and professional set-up, which we carry out on every instrument we sell here at Merchant City Music. This ensures that the Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire you receive from us will be playing and looking its best, with no nasty surprises when it reaches your door. We ship fast and secure to the UK and beyond. Do get in touch by phone or email if you have any queries before you buy, or visit us in our Glasgow store, where a member of staff will be happy to talk you through the features.

Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire in Lake Placid Blue

The very first solid-body electric guitar offered by Fender in 1950 was the Esquire. With an elegant single-cutaway silhouette, adjustable 3-saddle brass bridge and a lone, repurposed lap-steel pickup in the bridge position –the Esquire laid the groundwork for all solid body electric guitars to follow and foreshadowed its more famous sibling, the Telecaster.

Like the earliest Esquire models, the 70th Anniversary Esquire features a pine body –a lightweight wood known for punchy and complex tone –and upgrades it with Fender’s roasting treatment, greatly improving the resonance of the body. Other features include a lacquer finish, thick "U"-shaped neck, Tim Shaw-designed Esquire bridge pickup, special anniversary neck plate, embroidered case and a custom COA. Production of the 70th Anniversary Esquire will be limited to 2020 only.