Glendale bodies start out with hand selected lightweight Sugar Pine. They are masterfully cut out by Brian Poe, hand signed and dated. We finished them with an extremely thin coat of nitrocellulose lacquer. The thin coat is important to provide the look, feel, and sound. A fifty-plus year old guitar will have faded to a darker color and where the parts set the finish will be closer to the original color. We go the extra mile to give our Butterscotch bodies that historical look. Under the pickguard, bridge-plate, control-plate, neck-plate, and strap buttons the color is the slightly faded original blonde. We then artistically age each body with just the right amount of checking and wear to give the feel of a fifty-plus year old guitar. The look is important, but more importantly, it has the feel and sound of a body that has been around and played since the 1950′s. A lot of time, engineering and effort have gone into each and every one.
In the very early years, Broadcasters and two-pickup Esquires were made out of pine. The wood is very warm and rich sounding. It adds tone and life to the great Telecaster twang. When Leo made the first two-pickup Esquire, the body was a regular full size Tele but it was 1 9/16″ thick. After that, he made them all 1 3/4″ thick. I personally like the 1 9/16″ body the best. It has a little less weight and gets the same great sound. The average weight is 3.1 lbs. Click here for more information. Credit: Glendale Guitars.
