1956 Fender Esquire

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1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Fenderguy » Fri Jun 09, 2017 12:37 pm

Hey folks! Thought you`d might enjoy some pics of this old fiddle. It`s an old `56 Esquire. And yes, it sounds just as good as it looks

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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Ursa Minor » Fri Jun 09, 2017 1:15 pm

Lordy!

Is that fine machine yours?
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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by HNB » Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:24 pm

Wow! :w00t:
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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Telliot » Fri Jun 09, 2017 7:17 pm

To quote the Honorable James Comey, "Lordy, I HOPE there's tapes!" You know, of this thing being played. By you. ;)
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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by zhivago » Sat Jun 10, 2017 1:42 am

Wow! I have always wanted one of these!! :-*
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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by thedude99 » Sat Jun 10, 2017 4:31 am

Wow.

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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by terminalvertigo » Sat Jun 10, 2017 8:39 am

My jealousy is extreme :)
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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by floater » Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:15 am

NICE!

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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Despot » Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:48 am

Nice Michael!!!

Is this new?!

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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Fenderguy » Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:00 pm

Thanks guys! I feel really lucky to own this guitar. I did a trade involving another very special guitar, but I just felt at home with this Esquire the second I picked it up. The day I got it I brought it straight to the soundcheck for my gig that evening. I wasn`t sure if I was gonna use it or not, but I ended up playing the whole gig with it. Plugged straight into a Princeton Reverb it was just tone heaven :)

Here`s a little clip with it btw;
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvWQuchRdH ... by=maadal1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Larry Mal » Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:11 pm

Man, people on this site have the best guitars.
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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by wproffitt » Sat Jun 10, 2017 5:01 pm

Fenderguy wrote:Thanks guys! I feel really lucky to own this guitar. I did a trade involving another very special guitar, but I just felt at home with this Esquire the second I picked it up. The day I got it I brought it straight to the soundcheck for my gig that evening. I wasn`t sure if I was gonna use it or not, but I ended up playing the whole gig with it. Plugged straight into a Princeton Reverb it was just tone heaven

Here`s a little clip with it btw;
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvWQuchRdH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... by=maadal1
Sounds great! I'd like to be able play like that some day. Was that clip recorded with your PR?

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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Ursa Minor » Sat Jun 10, 2017 6:00 pm

WOW! That sounds every bit as good as it looks! It says a lot that you just played a whole gig with it straight away. Thats the connection!
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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Fenderguy » Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:43 am

kosmonautmayhem wrote:WOW! That sounds every bit as good as it looks! It says a lot that you just played a whole gig with it straight away. Thats the connection!
Yeah, I know. A connection like that is quite rare, at least for me.

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Fenderguy wrote:Thanks guys! I feel really lucky to own this guitar. I did a trade involving another very special guitar, but I just felt at home with this Esquire the second I picked it up. The day I got it I brought it straight to the soundcheck for my gig that evening. I wasn`t sure if I was gonna use it or not, but I ended up playing the whole gig with it. Plugged straight into a Princeton Reverb it was just tone heaven

Here`s a little clip with it btw;
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvWQuchRdH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... by=maadal1
Sounds great! I'd like to be able play like that some day. Was that clip recorded with your PR?
Yupp. A Princeton 68RI, a couple of years old, all stock.

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Re: 1956 Fender Esquire

Post by Despot » Sun Jun 11, 2017 1:01 pm

Fenderguy wrote: Here`s a little clip with it btw;
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPvWQuchRdH" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... by=maadal1
I love how the bass strings sound in that clip - as well as the thickness of the treble. What a lovely sounding guitar (and some great playing as well).

Of all the Fenders I think Telecasters/Esquires are the model that can sound so different depending on the year and pickups - if anyone needed justification in having many telecasters it should be this.

Do you still have the '68 maple board as well?

I've fallen in love with Telecasters all over again since I got the '66.

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