Fender Custom Shop Jeff Beck Tribute Esquire Relic
One only, brand new
| Start Price |
GBP 4,500.00 |
| Current Price |
GBP 4,500.00 |
| Time Left |
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| Bid Count |
0 |
| Buy It Now Price |
GBP 4,999.00 |
| Reserve Price |
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| Start Time |
Monday, September 01, 2008 |
| End Time |
Monday, September 08, 2008 |
| Location |
Braintree, Essex |
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BIG NEWS!!!!! It's arrived and it's built by legendary Masterbuilder Gregg Fessler! here is his bio "Greg Fessler came to the Fender Custom Shop in 1990, working his way up through the ranks as an apprentice. He assisted with the Robben Ford signature line of guitars, eventually becoming the sole builder of those instruments and, later, Ford’s personal builder. Fessler has built one-off Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars for a host of players, including bluesman Jeff Healey, Rhonda Smith (Prince), Neil Schon and 311 to name only a few. Fessler’s unique abilities as a master builder have earned him accolades from many Fender artists and from discerning customers worldwide. His meticulous attention to detail is exemplified in every instrument he creates, each of which is a perfect example of the intense commitment it takes to earn the title of master builder" I have this guitar arriving within the next couple of days, i've managed to secure one of the very last of these unbelievable guitars from Fender as part of a massive Custom shop order i placed. The original retail on this was £9499 so as you can see this is a bargain, this is a once in a lifetime chance to invest this little in something this special. This will be brand new in a box and therefore will have all it's goodies completely unopened. from www . peach guitars .com More updates once it's arrived with me. In the pantheon of guitar gods, few have reached the lofty heights that Jeff Beck has. One of the holy trinity of Brit-rock guitar royalty (the others being his friends and fellow Yardbirds alumni Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page), Beck has mesmerized listeners worldwide for four decades now with his distinctive phrasing and mastery of the electric guitar. In his legendary hands, the instrument becomes something else—something wild, wailing, plaintive and otherworldly. It’s as if he puts something in the notes … Most of us first met him in 1965—the slender, intense Yardbirds guitarist who cradled his Blonde ’54 Fender Esquire like a machine gun; spitting out devastating staccato bursts of notes and wringing out fluidly blues-wailing runs and solos with a psychedelic bent that left breathless listeners with no doubt that something special had arrived on the scene. What an instrument, that guitar. Beck bought it secondhand for $60 from Walker Brothers guitarist John Maus, who had given it the distinctive Stratocaster® body contours. Beck made a few modifications of his own, including replacing the steel bridge saddles with brass ones. It’s the guitar countless kids saw on the cover of 1965’s Having a Rave Up and heard on classic songs such as “Heart Full of Soul,” “I’m Not Talking,” “I’m a Man,” “Shapes of Things,” “Evil Hearted You,” “Smokestack Lightning” and many more. Many years later, Beck gave the famous guitar to a dear friend, famed pickup “artist” Seymour Duncan. It is this battered, battle-hardened and truly unique guitar that the Fender Custom Shop craftsmen have recreated in reverently painstaking detail to the point where Beck himself was very nearly fooled when it arrived at his doorstep. “I thought it was the original one,” Beck said. “It’s spooky. Until I opened the lid, it didn’t really hit me. I thought, ‘Oh, this is my original guitar back!’” The Fender Custom Shop Tribute Series Jeff Beck Esquire features an extremely lightweight two-piece offset ash body with the same contours and a chipped black pickguard. The extremely worn finish has been perfectly reproduced down to the smallest ding, nick and scratch. The neck is similar to the 10/56 neck shape, with nicely rolled edges and wear that are identical to the original. Parts and hardware are faithful recreations, right down to the brass bridge saddles. The control wiring is authentically “cloned,” and the lone Esquire pickup was carefully recreated from the original specs by legendary Fender pickup winder Abigail Ybarra. “As a kid in New Jersey, I grew up a major fan of Jeff’s and the Yardbirds,” Duncan said. “I used to stare at the Rave Up album cover and wonder what it would be like to see Jeff’s Esquire or, better yet, to hold it. The fact that the same guitar was given to me by Jeff years later is one of the highlights of my life. I worked with the Fender Custom Shop to spec out all the details of the original, and it’s amazing how faithful their replica is.”
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