Esquires

stonevibe

Fat necked Esquire = Perfection!

koneguitarist

Some have fat necks, some like mine have HUGE necks :-h

jd0272

koneguitarist;148774" said:

JDE said:



koneguitarist said:

My tele was converted quite a while ago, and I love it.










I've been thinking about this since I posted earlier - sorry to derail the thread, but i'm going to Esquire my Tele now. Did you do the mods yourself Kone? Difficult? I am fairly spam-fisted with a soldering iron, but could have a bash if it's not too dificult.










http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7440801/Guitar Wiring/Esquire3-Way3.jpgthis is the easiest set up. just follow diagram.

Taff, the colours of the wires have any significance or am I being tech thick?

koneguitarist

What colours do you have, that's one of the standard colours for a HB, Seymour Duncan uses these colours.

Bucket

TheDarkLord said:

Careful.  Them there Esquires have big fat necks.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

IvisonGuitars

I picked up this little gem yesterday.

Early Custom Shop '59 Relic, well played and the aging is REALLY good on this one, very realistic. Vibrates in the hand like a mofo, Suberb guitar!:

koneguitarist

That looks sooooooooooo cool, lovely !

IvisonGuitars

koneguitarist said:

That looks sooooooooooo cool, lovely !

Cheers Taff! Very Luther Perkins I thought :-)

ICBM

miserneil said:

I picked up this little gem yesterday.

Early Custom Shop '59 Relic, well played and the aging is REALLY good on this one, very realistic. Vibrates in the hand like a mofo, Suberb guitar!:

But it can't possibly, its a top-loader .

That's my favourite of all Tele-types… white blonde ash body, maple neck, single-ply white guard, steel saddles. They ring like nothing else, and an Esquire it can only do it more .

Stunning guitar.

jd0272

koneguitarist;149847" said:

What colours do you have, that's one of the standard colours for a HB, Seymour Duncan uses these colours.

Ah all becomes clear! Ta Taff

jd0272

@miserneil nice one! I think yours is just a wee bit lighter in colour than mine. Stick a Piledriver in there and yer off!!!

IvisonGuitars

jd0272 said:

@miserneil nice one! I think yours is just a wee bit lighter in colour than mine. Stick a Piledriver in there and yer off!!!

Yeah! It's all your fault anyway, After seeing yours I started gassing big time! :-)

chrisj1602

That's crazy, I just got a '59 Relic Esquire on Friday. The one that was in the classifieds here a few weeks back in fact. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachments/fender-custom-shop-tele-forum/217835d1391153890-ngd-59-esquire-relic-image-582398634-jpg

Loobs

miserneil said:

I picked up this little gem yesterday.

Early Custom Shop '59 Relic, well played and the aging is REALLY good on this one, very realistic. Vibrates in the hand like a mofo, Suberb guitar!:

This is awesome. 

IvisonGuitars

chrisj1602 said:

That's crazy, I just got a '59 Relic Esquire on Friday. The one that was in the classifieds here a few weeks back in fact. http://www.tdpri.com/forum/attachments/fender-custom-shop-tele-forum/217835d1391153890-ngd-59-esquire-relic-image-582398634-jpg

Very nice too! I tried that guitar not long ago when Rich Henry had it.

Some crazy fool had put a neck pup and a black Bakelite guard on this so that was the first thing to go this morning. I might get a black guard though, make it a bit more Jeff Beck, we'll see.

chrisj1602

Richard Henry had it back again somehow, I went and tried it out and loved it. Is yours off eBay? I saw one with a pickup and blackguard last week.

jd0272

I'm guilty of putting black Bakelite on mine I have to say.

koneguitarist

miserneil said:

koneguitarist said:

That looks sooooooooooo cool, lovely !

b
Cheers Taff! Very Luther Perkins I thought :-)

Got to learn his deadpan look now, hard to do with a beautiful guitar ! ^:)^

ICBM

miserneil said:

Some crazy fool had put a neck pup and a black Bakelite guard on this so that was the first thing to go this morning.

Maybe a Springsteen fan, since his "Tele" is an Esquire that's been done like that.

thatbliss

I've just wired up my humbucker'd esquire with the three way switch giving series/split/parallel sounds.  Despite being a bit of a simpleton I'm really enjoying the split and parallel sounds, less fat and very useful.