New, pickguard (right)Īccording to a forum post by a user “beeflin” over at, who had a chance to speak with Eccleshall, Chris pieced the body together without any trouble as the parts that were split from the upper bout of the body weren’t crushed, just broken off cleanly. The new saddles can be seen in the Marquee footage from April 1972. He also replaced the old seven-screw non-laminated black pickguard with artwork with a five-screw non-laminated white pickguard, as was previously requested by Rory. The old white pickguard (left). Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press, April / May 1976ĭuring the process of fixing the guitar, Chris replaced the broken threaded thick bridge saddles with the steel grooved saddles that Fender introduced as a new innovation for the 1968/69 season. I got new bridges, and filed down the bit that was gone, and it was all right. The case was ruined, and there was some wearing off the side of the guitar, the bridge was broken, and all the strings, but that’s it. I have a Telecaster (referring to the Esquire) that once fell off the truck that brings baggage from the plane to the terminal, the wheel of the truck went over the guitar. After the incident, Rory took it to Chris Eccleshall, who immediately started working on the repairs. According to Rory’s nephew, Daniel the guitar got run over at an airport by a luggage trolley. The second mod to the guitar happened during a brief period of time after Rory returned to London from the European continental tour in early March 1972, and before he went on his UK tour that started on March 8th, 1972. Unfortunately, due to a lack of photographic evidence, it’s impossible to tell whether he used “Single Line” or “Double Line” models. The stock tuners on the Esquire models from this era were Kluson “Single Line” Deluxe tuners, and on Rory’s guitar, they were replaced with a new set of Klusons Deluxe. The first mod that he did to the Esquire was replacing the tuning machines in 1971, right after he acquired the guitar. When Rory acquired the Esquire it featured a blonde finish and the neck pickup was already installed in it by the previous owner . This version of the Esquire was only made during a brief period from 1958 to 1959, which serves as a pretty good pointer to when Rory’s Esquire was actually made. ![]() As he mentioned in one of his later interviews, the guitar was a top-loader model meaning that the strings are anchored at the bridge instead of going through the body. ![]() Rory’s dating of this guitar, however, is not necessarily accurate. “The Rory Story”, Zigzag magazine, issue 23, December 1971 I had to have new machines on it, and it needs a new scratch plate. The Telecaster is a 1953 Esquire - a guy phoned me up and told me he had one, so I tried it out, and sure enough ~ one of the real McCoys. The guitar is an Esquire model, but Gallagher himself often referred to it as a Telecaster since it was fitted with a neck pickup – essentially converting it to a Tele. The first photos of Rory playing this guitar that we know of were taken by Richard Zimmermann on October 20, 1971, in Milwaukee, so it is somewhat safe to say that Rory acquired it sometime in summer or early fall 1971. Strings: D’Addario® XL110 Regular Light, Nickel Plated Steel, Pickups: Custom Shop Fat ‘50s Strat® Single-Coil (Neck),Ĭustom Shop RWRP Fat ‘50s Strat Single-Coil (Middle),Ĭustom Shop Fat ‘50s Strat Single-Coil (Bridge) Machine Heads: Vintage Style Machine Headsīridge: American Vintage Synchronized Tremolo (Journeyman Relic® Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish)įingerboard: Quartersawn Maple, 9.5” (241mm) Radius Neck: 1-Piece Tinted Quartersawn Maple with a ‘59 Large “C” Shape, Model Name: 1958 Stratocaster® Journeyman Relic® Available in Aged White Blonde, Faded Black, Aztec Gold and Chocolate Three-Color Sunburst. Includes Custom Shop certificate of authenticity and brown textured vinyl case. Other premium features include a tinted one-piece quartersawn maple neck with a 1959 large C-shaped profile and 9.5 fingerboard radius, 6105 frets and bone nut, single-ply eggshell pickguard, and vintage hardware. Sparkling tone comes from three hand wound Fat 50s Stratocaster pickups (reverse-wound/reverse-polarity middle pickup) with five-way switching and Vintage Modified wiring for modern versatility. The Fender Custom Shop 1958 Journeyman Relic Stratocaster takes you straight back to the instruments original era, featuring a lightweight alder body (ash on Aged White Blonde model) with comfortable deep contours and a Relic lacquer finish that imparts the look of years of wear and tear. ![]() ![]() Want to trade? layby? swap? or make an offer?įantastic original condition, great weight, sensational neck shape. Description 1958 Fender Strat 2015 Black Journeyman Relic Custom Shop
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