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Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1950 Double Esquire, Nocaster Blonde

Fender Custom Shop Vintage Custom 1950 Double Esquire

Pre-orderFender Custom Shop part 9235000563

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$6,900 CAD

Finish: Nocaster Blonde

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 two-pickup Esquire of 1950 was one of the rare steps between the first Esquire and the Telecaster, and the Vintage Custom 1950 Double Esquire recreates it. Two Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard Single-Coil Tele pickups sit in a two-piece offset seam ash body finished in Nocaster Blonde flash coat lacquer, with no aging.

The wiring is the unusual part, with no conventional tone control. Position 1 is the bridge pickup, with a blend control that brings in the neck pickup. Position 2 is the neck pickup with no tone circuit, and position 3 is the neck pickup with a preset deep rhythm tone. The rift sawn maple neck has a 10/56 "V" carve and a 7.25" to 9.5" compound radius, rounder near the nut for chords and flatter up the neck for bends, with medium vintage frets. The bridge is strings-through-body with brass saddles.

For the production guitar that followed, look at the 1951 Nocaster. The Vintage Custom 1950 Pine Esquire is the single-pickup original, and the Artisan Buckeye Burl Double Esquire takes the two-pickup idea into figured wood.

It comes in Nocaster Blonde with a maple fingerboard.

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 Offset Seam Ash
Body Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer
Body Shape: Telecaster
Pickguard: 1-Ply Black
Aging: NOS

NECK
Neck Material: Rift Sawn Maple
Neck Finish: Flash Coat Lacquer
Neck Shape: 10/56 "V"
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" to 9.5" Vintage Compound Radius (184 mm to 241 mm)
Fingerboard Material: Maple
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Number of Frets: 21
Fret Size: Medium Vintage
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 '50-'51 Blackguard Single-Coil Tele
Neck Pickup: Custom Shop Hand-Wound '50-'51 Blackguard Single-Coil Tele
Pickup Configuration: SS
Controls: Master Volume, Bridge/Neck Blend (Position 1 Only)
Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup (Neck Pickup with Blend control), Position 2. Neck Pickup with No Tone control, Position 3. Neck Pickup with Preset Deep Rhythm Tone

HARDWARE
Bridge: 3-Saddle American Vintage Strings-Through-Body Tele with Brass Saddles
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style
Control Knobs: Knurled Dome
Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges), PN 0730250406

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.