When a joke gets analyzed to this level, it kinda kills it.
Never heard it was the Esquire first. No mention of that in this article:
https://www.fender.com/articles/instruments/inside-the-historic-70th-anniversary-fender-broadcaster
I didn’t know either Mark! Had to look it up & found this:
Also this:
Was going to buy it till I saw that it was Used & obviously “Relicked”… too bad…
Tod
Ah, but it’s not a Telecaster with a different name. Same shape, but only one pickup.