The First of the 'White Guards'

The Last of The Great Fifties Esquires.

This amazing '54 Esquire weighs 7.80 lbs. and has a solid ash body. One-piece fretted maple neck with a huge profile, 21 frets and black dot position markers. Single round string tree. The neck is dated in pencil "TG 10-54" [Tadeo Gomez, October 1954]. The neck cavity is also marked "10/54" in red pencil. Four-bolt neck plate with serial number ("8532") between the top two screws. White single-layer ABS (.060 inches thick) pickguard with five screws. One black six-polepiece "copper-coated metal plate bottom" pickup with flush polepieces with a huge output of 6.26k. Esquire/Telecaster combined bridge/tailpiece with three, quarter inch steel, smooth saddles, the screws angled at 45 degrees. This amazing Esquire is in totally original (8.75) excellent plus condition. There is a small area of 'arm' wear on the bass side of the body top. There are areas of edge wear and a few small marks on the back of the body. The lacquer finish is almost completely worn away from the back of the neck and the original frets have been dressed and still have plenty of life in them. Housed in it's original 1954 Fender Tweed center-pocket "Koylon" hardshell case with red plush lining (8.00).