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Fender Custom Shop 1956 Esquire Relic with Closet Classic Hardware, Super Faded Burgundy Mist Metallic

Fender Custom Shop 1956 Esquire Relic with Closet Classic Hardware

Pre-orderFender Custom Shop part 9235700213

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$6,225 CAD

Finish: Super Faded Burgundy Mist Metallic

How would you like to pay?

Time of arrival for special orders varies by product.
It can be anywhere from two weeks up to several months. After you order, we check with the supplier and email you an ETA. Want an estimate before you order?

Deposit orders: the balance is due when it arrives. Shop Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay can't take a deposit. Pre-order FAQ

  • Ordered in for you
  • Set up free
  • Shipped insured from Ottawa
  • Free shipping over $200

Got a question about this one?

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Why Lauzon Music

Guitar people since 1945

Set up your way

Free with online orders

Every instrument crosses Ian Vance's bench before it ships. You choose the strings and the action when you order.

Shipped insured

Free insured shipping in Canada on orders over $200.

Three generations

In the family since 1945, with a player answering your questions before and after you order.

Authorized dealer

Full manufacturer warranty on every new instrument.

Financing

Pay in full and you can spread the cost with PayPlan by RBC or Shop Pay Installments, with the exact terms shown at checkout. Financing never changes the price of the guitar. How financing works

Our take

Who this one is for

The Esquire is the one-pickup Telecaster, and this 1956 version keeps it that simple: a 2-piece select ash body, a 1-piece quartersawn maple neck, and a single Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55-'56 Single-Coil Tele in the bridge. The body wears a Relic finish while the hardware gets the lighter Closet Classic treatment, so the metal parts look less worn than the body.

The three-way switch is the Esquire's party trick. Position 1 sends the pickup straight to the jack with no volume or tone in the circuit, position 2 adds the volume control, and position 3 brings in the tone control as well. The neck is an 11/56 Off Center "V", and the 7.25" to 9.5" compound radius feels round near the nut and flattens out higher up for bends. Brass saddles sit on a strings-through-body bridge.

For two pickups on the same early recipe, look at the 1954 Telecaster or the 1955 Telecaster Journeyman Relic with Closet Classic Hardware. The Vintage Custom '59 Esquire is the same idea a few years on, with no aging.

Three finishes: Super Faded Burgundy Mist Metallic, Super Aged Charcoal Frost Metallic and Aged '55 Desert Tan, all with a maple neck.

The photos show one example. Wood grain and aging vary from guitar to guitar, so the one built for you will differ in the details.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Body Material: 2-Piece Select Ash
Body Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Shape: Telecaster
Pickguard: 1-Ply Parchment or 1-Ply Parchment Vinyl (by finish)
Aging: Relic with Closet Classic Hardware

NECK
Neck Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck Shape: 11/56 Off Center "V"
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
Fingerboard Material: 1-Piece Quartersawn Maple Neck
Position Inlays: Black Micarta Dot - 0.25"
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Narrow Tall (6105)
Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Heel Adjust
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5" (648 mm)

ELECTRONICS
Bridge Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '55-'56 Single-Coil Tele
Pickup Configuration: Single Coil
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Pickup Straight to Output Jack, Position 2. Pickup with Volume Control, Position 3. Pickup with Volume and Tone Control

HARDWARE
Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Brass Saddles
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Fender Logo
Control Knobs: Knurled Chrome
Strings: Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges)

CASE
Case: Deluxe Hardshell

Free with online orders

Set up your way

What a setup can cover

Whatever your guitar needs, it gets. None of it is an upcharge.

  • Frets polished
  • Fretboard conditioned
  • Hardware tightened
  • Fresh strings, your choice
  • Truss rod adjusted
  • Action set at the bridge
  • Nut slots detailed
  • Saddles radiused, where they are individual
  • Vibrato springs adjusted
  • Intonation set
  • Pickup height set
  • Electronics checked

Set up by our expert tech

The setup menu you get with your order confirmation

Anything else How you play, a problem you have had with past setups, a request the list does not cover.

Pre-orders

Questions we get

How much do I pay today?

Your choice: the full price, or a 25% deposit. On a deposit, the balance is due when the guitar reaches the shop, before it ships to you.

When will it arrive?

It varies by product, anywhere from two weeks up to several months. After you order, we check with the supplier and email you an ETA. If it changes, we let you know, and you can cancel.

Want an estimate for this model before you order? Ask us in the chat.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time before the supplier invoices it and ships it to us. We refund what you paid less 3% to cover the card processing fee.

Once it has shipped to us it is a special order and final sale. If it arrives with something wrong, we put that right.

What if the price goes up before it arrives?

You pay the price you ordered at. Once your order is placed we hold that price, even if the supplier raises it before the guitar arrives.

Is the free setup included?

Yes. A pre-order is an online order, so it gets the same free setup: it crosses Ian Vance's bench before it ships, set up the way you choose. The setup menu above shows what that covers.

Do I pay duty or brokerage on a US order?

No. Duty, taxes, brokerage and customs on a US order are handled at our end before the instrument leaves Ottawa. It arrives at your door with nothing to pay.

Orders going anywhere outside Canada and the United States work differently. The shipping and returns policy sets out which is which.

Can I finance it?

Yes, if you are in Canada and paying in full. Pick PayPlan by RBC or Shop Pay Installments as your payment method at checkout. The plan, the rate and the approval sit with the provider, and you see the terms before you agree to anything. You pay a deposit by card or PayPal.

More on Financing.