The Esquire was introduced in 1950, prior to the Broadcaster (which became the NoCaster, then the Telecaster). The guitars are nealy identical; the primary difference is the lack of neck pickup. The Esquire has the 3-way switch, and the ‘neck’ position adds in capacitors to simulate the less-trebly sound of the missing pickup.
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Originally, from 1934 to 1946, Nathan Daniel built amplifiers for Epiphone. In 1947 Danelectro was founded and built amplifiers for companies like Montgomery Ward, Sears&Roebuck and Targ&Dinner. The first Danelectro guitars were made in 1954 for Sears under the Silvertone name, and featured solid poplar bodies and neck stiffening rods instead of adjustable truss rods.
MORE →The 360/12 C63 is a reproduction of the first Rickenbacker 12-string presented to George Harrison in 1963. You may recall seeing that guitar on the ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ LP jacket!
MORE →Here is a great-sounding 1959 Martin 0-15 guitar. It has had repairs over its life, but is structurally sound and a really nice fingerstyle guitar.
MORE →With a name like the Atomic Spacetone Master how could you not love this point to point hand wired, tweed covered amp!
MORE →Here is an awesome two channel Class A combo amp from Mesa Boogie! This EL84 based amp features attenuated wattage switchable from 30/15 or 5 watts going through a Celestion designed Black Shadow 12″ speaker.
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