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The VintAxe Guitar Forum A Place for Vintage Guitar Enthusiasts to Pursue their Passion 2011-07-01T12:53:12-06:00 http://www.vintaxe.com/phpBB3/feed.php?f=6&t=2965 2011-07-01T12:53:12-06:00 2011-07-01T12:53:12-06:00 http://www.vintaxe.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=2965&p=11532#p11532 <![CDATA[Fender Esquire]]> Thank you very much for your valuable information! You clearly know your stuff and I really appreciate your willingness to share.

Thanks again,

Statistics: Posted by Bob — Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:53 pm

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Edit- I just checked the Inventory section on the Gruhn site. In the Fender Electric section, he has two 1956 Esquires for sale, one for $22,500,the other for $16,500.

Statistics: Posted by Spud1950 — Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:12 pm

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If you find the number there,this is the dating.

"Esquires, Broadcasters, Telecasters 1950 to 1954 (number on bridgeplate). This system of serial numbers is unique to these three models until about the early summer of 1954 (when Fender switched to a universal neck plate serial number system for all models):


Telecaster, Numbers On Bridge Plate
0001 to 0999 = 1950 to 1952
1000 to 5300 = 1952 to 1954"



It would be nice to see some pictures of your Esquire. A very historic guitar indeed!

Statistics: Posted by Spud1950 — Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:05 pm

]]> 2011-06-30T14:31:57-06:00 2011-06-30T14:31:57-06:00 http://www.vintaxe.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=2965&p=11516#p11516 <![CDATA[Fender Esquire]]> I am hoping some of you might be able to help me with my guitar. I'm 64 and have owned this thing since I was 17, or so. I traded my acoustic for a Fender Esquire (1954). The guitar had been painted red ( I know)....and it didn't really work. I had a company in Houston restore it (I know) in 1990. They removed the red paint and put new frets on it. Here's the thing. They also removed the writing below the pots. It said "Mary 1/54". It really hasn't had any use since 1964...zero...and none since its restoration in Houston. I'm stumped. People who look at it are troubled by the fact that the back plate has no serial number on it. I researched that and found that serial numbers on the back plate didn't appear until the middle of 1954. So, that would explain why it has no serial number on the plate. The pick guard also appears to have been replaced as I'm pretty sure it isn't Bakelite.

I'm not a musician, though I do watch this guitar whenever I see info. But, really I'm pretty clueless. I know you folks live and breathe this stuff. So, I'm taking a shot and hoping you might tell me something about this piece of history.

Thanks!
Bob Miller

Statistics: Posted by Bob — Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:31 pm

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