Hot or Not? Fender Esprit

[Jbird]

I think Fender should make these again

SPECS
Pickups: 2 double-coil humbucking pickups
Controls: Volumeand tone control for each pickup
Pickup Switching: 3-way selector: neck/both/bridge
Scale length: 24.75" (628.7mm)
Neck: Maple
Fretboard: Rosewood
Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl dot inlays
Radius: 12" (304.8mm)
Neck width at Nut: 1.710" (43.4mm)

 

[jp_nyc]

I like it. This would be a good time for that design, too. Looks like a stoner rock machine.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

I'll take a single HB model in yellow.

 

[gtrjunior]

I like this a lot....only complaint...the lower cutaway should be deeper than the upper...

 

[DFB]

I dig it.

 

[PunkKitty]

Hot. I've always liked these.

 

[wagdog]

That tobacco burst is teh hawtness.

 

[CBHScott]

Yup.

I think they had briefly put out a Squier version many years back. (ETA: they did)

Hey, if they were good enough for Robben Ford...

 

[micwalt]

Kinda like.

 

[gtrjunior]

That tobacco burst is teh hawtness.

Yes, yes it is

 

[iamjethro]

I had the Fender Flame in that series. Stolen from my friend's house and thrown to the bottom of a pond when police closed in on the preps. I loved that guitar. It was thick and humbuckery while still having a little snap and bite. I held a lot of anger towards those guys for a long time.

 

[Deep Eddy]

Not hot. It's drab and uninspiring.

 

[Flamencology]

Not hot. It's drab and uninspiring.

This. It's a matronly bore.

 

[reverend1]

I don't hate it. I would not have know it was a Fender. I don't think I have ever seen one of those.

 

[LeftyTom]

It has potential.

 

[Chad]

I always dug those

 

[ellengtrgrl]

They're OK. They wouldn't be my first choice, but if the price was right, I might consider one. I saw one for sale a couple of years ago, at a local music store.

 

[GDSmithTX]

That amber one in the middle ....

 

[BuzzBaloo]

Always liked these. I knew someone in college who was a big fan of them (and Robben Ford).

The originals are all MIJ, IIRC.

 

[sleewell]

somewhere in the middle. neither hot or ugly.