David Gilmour BRIDGE Esquire 1955 Vintage Correct RELIC Pink Floyd Tone

This cool set is inspired by the 1955 Esquire guitar owned by Mr. David Gilmour.  Vintage correct,  aged and relic`d .

David’s 1955 Esquire originally belonged to Seymour Duncan who gave/sold it to David around 1975-76. It already had its worn exterior, which led David to name it “The Workmate” after the Black and Decker work bench (Phil Taylor Q&A, davidgilmour.com, Dec 2007).  An Esquire differs from the Telecasters in that they don’t have the neck pickup, but Gilmour’s guitar has a custom fitted neck pickup, made and installed by Seymour Duncan (who then worked at Fender). This pickup was actually STRAT sized unit- our version is regular Tele neck size – for easy installation on any Telecaster pickguard.

Bridge pickup – 1955 Esquire Specs

– wound with period correct HEAVY ENAMELED AWG42 pickup wire at approx. 6.8 kOhm DC resistance

– vintage style BLACK flatwork /vulcanized fiberboard
– beveled Alnico magnets

– copper plated STEEL baseplate
– the coil is wrapped with 8-strand WHITE COTTON string
– wax potted in paraffin and bee`s wax
– 6-32 x 5/8″ round head screws
– vintage style pickup tension/height tubing
– raised “D” and “G” magnets
– polarity is NORTH UP as in the 50s !!!

Mounting screws and vintage style tubing are included.