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Mikäli kitaran historia/tiedot kiinnostaa, niin tässä Greasylake-foorumeilta infoa:
 
WHAT IS 'THE GUITAR' ?
 
It's not actually a Fender Telecaster. It's a heavily modified Fender 'Esquire'.
 
The Fender 'Esquire' was essentially a budget-priced, 'poor mans' version of the Fender 'Telecaster'. The Esquire had only one pick-up the Telecaster model, on the other hand, had two pickups. Springsteen's guitar has had a second pick-up custom-installed. The decal on the headstock, of course, says 'Esquire'.
 
Depending on the source one is reading the year of manufacture for Springsteen's famous 'Esquire' is usually noted as being either 1952 or 1953 or 1954 (with 53 and 54 being the most popular). Which year is right? Well, actually they may all be right. wink.gif We definitely have a hybrid situation in play here.
 
There's more than one way to determine the date of manufacture for early Fenders - and they don't always point to the same year. For example, on the same guitar one might see a 1952 body, a 1953 neck and a 1954 assembly date. So its possible that all three years have basis in fact. Even Phil Petillo and Springsteens guitar technicians have stated contradictory years for that famous 'Esquire' guitar. This is telling. It may even be difficult for a vintage expert from Fender to date it definitively because of all the modifications that have been made.
 
On Fenders guitars from the early 1950s the serial numbers are virtually meaningless. The minor differences in the knobs and other hardware can allow one to make an educated guess, but that can be misleading at times too. Since there's so little original left of Springsteen's famous 'Esquire', its difficult to nail one date down.
 
On Springsteens famous Fender 'Esquire' guitar the serial number includes an asterisk (*) what this asterisk means is that the guitar was originally a factory reject. That may seem bizarre (i.e., the irony of a factory reject becoming so famous), but it's not really that unusual. Springsteens famous guitar wouldn't have left the Fender factory with any more than a minor flaw. The real rejects ended up in the dumpster.
 
WHAT WAS THE OWNERSHIP HISTORY OF 'THE GUITAR' ?.
 
In the late 1960's Bruce's famous 'Esquire' guitar then-belonged to a recording studio in New York. At that point the guitar had already been modified to be a stereo guitar with 4 pick-ups. In very high resolution pictures one can see the second output jack or the plugged hole where it once was. This NY studio then sold the 'Esquire' to a guitar maker in NJ named Phil Petillo. Mr Petillo brought the guitar back up to snuff, working his own magic on it in the process. Petillo put the Esquire up for sale at his shop. Springsteen bought the 'Esquire' from Petillo's shop for $185.
 
The above-noted purchase event is beyond question however the date of Bruces purchase is still under good-natured dispute/confusion wink.gif it was sometime between mid-1969 and mid-1972, that's for certain. Bear in mind that this was a helluva long time ago and its easy for the key players in the story to forget that precise timeframe. Petillo had once recalled from memory (not a sales receipt) that Bruces purchase was in 1969 or 1970......but photographic evidence and evidence from others who were hangin out with Springsteen during this period point to a later (mid 1971 to mid 1972) purchase.
 
All known Springsteen performance photos from spring 1969 thru mid 1971 that have ever surfaced show Springsteen playing a yellow 1968 Gibson Les Paul. This was Springsteen's primary (possibly exclusive) concert guitar during his CHILD-STEEL MILL period. Springsteen was living and sometimes working at Tinker Wests Challenger Surfboard factory during this period and Springsteen actually refinished the Les Paul with surfboard resin a couple of times that's the reason the 'Les Paul' guitar looks slightly different shades of yellow in various photos.same guitar though.
 
In August 1971 the Gibson 'Les Paul' seemed to mysteriously disappear from view. Its not seen in any known photos from September 1971 onwards. From September 1971 to April 1972 Bruce is seen playing a variety of different guitars but neither a Gibson Les Paul or that famous Fender Esquire. Was this some kind of transition period? From the available evidence it sure appears to have been. However by mid 1972 (the Greetings LP Sessions at 914 Sound Studios) the Fender Esquire suddenly appears on the scene. And it was definitely the electric guitar used from the start of the Greetings Tour (Oct 1972) onwards. There are performance photos of Bruce in Jan and Feb 1973 and Bruce is definitely using the famous 'Esquire'.
 
From the start of the GREETINGS Tour up though the end of the BITUSA Tour the famous Esquire was used 99.9% of the time but, yes, there are photos from this era of Bruce using alternative models onstage those photos are few and far between though. All that usage took a heavy toll on the Esquire. The guitar was in beautiful-looking shape when Springsteen first started using it. The major chip in the finish on the face of the guitar first appeared during the Darkness tour. Since then its cosmetic appearance has continually deteriorated, to the point that it now looks like salvage from a fire. There's virtually nothing left of the original guitar except the wood. There's virtually no finish left on the backside, and Bruce's sweat has stained the wood an unnatural color. The face of the guitar doesn't look much better either. And that makes the guitar beautiful. It testifies laugh.gif .
 
Springsteen still has any major work on the guitar done by Phil Petillo, the same guy he bought the guitar from all those years ago. One might say that it has become more of a Petillo guitar than a Fender guitar. These days it sports Petillo custom pick-ups, Petillo custom frets, Petillo custom string tree, etc, etc. How much does Bruce love that damn guitar? Well, he has Petillo reshape the necks on all his guitars to match the dimensions of that famous Esquire's neck". wink.gif
 
Sitten pari videota jotka olen jaksanut väsätä, jos haluaa nähdä minkälaisia työkaluja käytettiin vuosina 1969-1972 (saattaa olla toki muiltakin vuosilta, mutta suurinosa pitäisi olla noilta vuosilta):
 
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4 … mill-the-wind-and-the-rain-li_music
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gxXZ48rm8gI