Esquire or Telecaster?

[seanydon]

So which do you prefer people? The famous Telecaster or its single-pickup predecessor? As for me, I think i'd go with the Esquire.

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

so who has tried or own esquire round here?

i go for tele coz less is more, but more is still more

 

[seanydon]

I 've tried a Telecaster it, but only heard a demo for the Esquire. Why I preferred it was because I don't think I will use the neck pup much. Also, the switch on the Esquire somehow allows more tonal variation for the Esquire. I'd really love to try one myself though...

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

theres a reissue mim esquire from last year if iam not wrong, but the stock perhaps never came into singapore

the esquire tone variarion, can be sort pseudo simulate on a normal tele too and with even more variation if using push pull pots, 4 way switch/5 ways mega switch etc.

 

[edder]

No neck pickup = no weeedidididididlitititiyliyitliyltilyitliyiwheeeee solo.

No go. Definitely a Tele.

 

[seanydon]

Ah cool, but how does it simulate the tele?

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

the tone variation for the esquire is playing around with the cap value and leaving the tone pot out of the circuit etc if i remember correctly. Some of those guitar diy forum have lotsa info on it. I remember coming across those while trying to look for info on wiring up my tele

 

[jony]

I'll take a Tele.. I can always "Esquire" it. Just remove the neck pup and put in a pickguard of choice. *though it'll be missing the complex electronics*

And I like the bridge and neck sound on the tele. So tele for me.

 

[gsonique]

Broadcaster ....

 

[seanydon]

Ah... who could forget the Broadcaster... Hey, ain't that the "snakehead" esquire?

 

[jony]

That wasnt the broadcaster. That was the prototype to it.

The telecaster we know of today was called the broadcaster till Gretch weren't happy.

 

[gsonique]

:smt041

 

[seanydon]

Yeah... That one is called the "snakehead" Esquire. Fender changed broad to tele because gretsch had this line of drums called Broadkaster...

 

[subversion]

there should be a metalecaster... *sigh*

 

[gsonique]

just for you sub ...

 

[subversion]

reminds me of the flooring of public busses...

 

[jony]

Dang cool. A little overdone.

Anyone wanna help me relic it?

 

[popeye]

this will sure twaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

 

[edder]

the twang will be a bit metallic though...

XmetalliccountrycoreX?

 

[fgl]

Esquire was the name given to the 1 pup teles in te 50s rite?

Bruce Springsteen added a neck pup to his old beat up Esquire - sounded great on all his recordings