Fender Custom Shop Limited Journeyman Relic Full Throttle Esquire (Tahitian Coral) Overview
Very cool guitar, this limited edition was a custom order from the NAMM 2016 show. And no, it isn't Fiesta Red- the finish is Tahitian Coral (a colour of the same name was used by Chrysler in the late ‘50s). This custom colour was not mentioned in any Fender catalogues but was used on a tiny number of guitars produced in 1961..
So under the awesome Journeyman Relic finish we have an extra light two piece Ash body. The single pickup is a Josefina Campos handwound Broadcaster and has some cool wiring. In position one on the three way we have 'Full Throttle', the pickup is wired straight to the output jack bypassing the pots. Position two runs through the volume control only whilst position three runs through both the volume and tone controls.
The neck is actually pretty unusual in as much as it is constructed from rift-sawn Maple. Rift sawing is actually the strongest, most stable cut of wood possible (more so than flat or even quarter sawn) but is rarely used as is comparatively quite wasteful, you don't get so many necks from a log! And this is some neck with a chunky '52 'U' profile but a slightly flatter than vintage 9.5" radius, narrow & tall 6105 frets and a bone nut.
Ships with a limited edition neck plate, certificate & case and lots of candy.
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