Big Tex Esquire

Everything good comes from Texas - T-Bone Walker, Johnny Guitar Watson, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Gibbons and Big Tex Guitars! Big Tex Guitars are the hottest thing on strings right now and everybody is talking about Big Tex, including the Rev! Billy purchased the Big Tex Tele dubbed the "Beersquire" in 2003. He was quite taken with the vibe and relic work of the guitar. After the purchase, the pickguard were removed and the Rev. continued to make a few cosmetic alterations on the guitar to complete the "mojo" factor. It was then premiered at the VH1 awards show later that week. Billy has continued to use the "Beersquire" nightly on tour, using it on closing numbers and encores. Big Tex has since been working with Mr. Gibbons on several "refined" versions of this guitar along with some "outside the box" finishing and relic ideas that will most certainly turn some heads.

The craftsmen at Big Tex represent a combined 60+ years in the business of repairing, building, collecting and playing vintage instruments and it shows! This 50s Blackguard is everything we hoped it would be and more! It has the look, the feel and most of all the TONE of a treasured original! Using using old-school techniques and the finest cuts of wood, the craftsmen at Big Tex Guitars have created a masterpiece in this Blackguard Tele. This guitar was Custom Built for Route 66 Classic Guitars to the exact specs of a '50's Esquire complete with a Black Pickguard and an ultra thin Butterscotch Blonde finish relic-d to look like a 50's Esquire would look today. This fabulous guitar has a large "V" shape 9.5" radius maple neck that feels great in your hand. Fully loaded with a Lollar pup, 6105 frets and weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz, this guitar plays and sounds like the Hammer Of The Honky Tonk Gods! She's SUPER LIGHT and SUPER RESONANT!

The 50's Esquire is responsible for creating one of the most distinctive and recognized sounds in American music history. It's great strength is inherent in its classic simplicity and it's efficiency in form and function have made the Telecaster one of the most played and heard instruments in musical history. In 1954 Luther Perkins picked up a Honey Blonde Esquire and played it, recording the first Johnny Cash songs "Wide Open Road" and "Hey Porter". All through his career (which tragically ended in 1968) Perkins used Esquires, even though he was given the new Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars from Leo Fender personally, Luther Perkins always returned to the guitar that had made possible the creation of the legendary "Boom Chicka Boom Sound" that identified Johnny Cash's music. Bruce Springsteen, for example, has long played an Esquire modified in this way. In 1966, Paul McCartney purchased a 1964 Fender Esquire model which he used on "Good Morning, Good Morning," "Helter Skelter", and "Maybe I'm Amazed," among other cuts from his solo career. Syd Barrett, the original leader of Pink Floyd, was another prominent Esquire player. David Gilmour also used an Esquire on several songs, including "Dogs", "Run Like Hell" and Paul McCartney's album Run Devil Run. On the single, "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf, guitarist Michael Monarch also played a Fender Esquire.

This guitar is the MOJO of the MASTERS, CAPTURED and ELECTRIFIED in one simple "PLANK" of WOOD! This guitar is brand new complete with warranty and it comes with this lightweight and easy to carry gig bag or you can upgrade to one of our vintage and reissue hardshell cases.