Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: marauder on March 21, 2012, 07:13:35 PM
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A very familiar one. I picked up Dave's Esquire on Saturday.
The switching on this is perfect, usable tones in every position, unlike other esquires.
I did adjust the neck as I like a little bit of relief, and was surprised that under the pickguard its routed for a neck pickup, and the adjustment screw is accessable without removing the neck. Spot on for me now.
(http://www.maccentral.demon.co.uk/esquire/DSCF3888.jpg)
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
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Lovely.
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
+1 8)
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Looking good matey!
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yummy 8)
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
+1 8)
Ahem, humbuckers are acceptable when fitted in the correct position:
(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/Guitars/Badger3.jpg)
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
+1 8)
Ahem, humbuckers are acceptable when fitted in the correct position:
(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/Guitars/Badger3.jpg)
Indeed!
(http://freaky-geeky.com/guitars/tele5.JPG)
Glad the esquire went to a good home. :)
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Very nice guitar. Hope you enjoy it.
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Oooh, I was wondering who'd bought it. Nice. 8)
And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
Oh, I don't think I can agree with that....
Ahem, humbuckers are acceptable when fitted in the correct position
I've got nothing against a humbucker in the bridge position either.
In fact I was planning an HSS Tele project. Never to be built, of couse..... and now definitely never to be built, as some $%&#er has bought the body I had my eye on today. :(
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Lucky man, great buy!
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Great buy indeed. It's a lovely lovely guitar :wink:
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I've got nothing against a humbucker in the bridge position either.
In fact I was planning an HSS Tele project. Never to be built, of couse..... and now definitely never to be built, as some $%&#er has bought the body I had my eye on today. :(
A HSS-tele could be the ultimate versatile guitar for a coverband. Saint Blues made a HSS-tele I quite like.
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Good guitar that one. Good to see it go to a good home.
Everyone knows real telecasters only need one pickup
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Congrats! I have always had the hots for that guitar.
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Ah! I'd been wondering who'd got it....
Nice one :D
And a growing collection of tasteful pictures for Roo (with no warning in the thread title) - good to see :lol:
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
But its still legal to put piledriver in 'em, right? :D
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
The older I get, the more I tend to agree with that. I guess you could call it "growing up"..
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
The older I get, the more I tend to agree with that. I guess you could call it "growing up"..
Yeah, I tend agree as well... but I was keeping quiet :lol:
(I'm more averse to humbuckers in strats, personally)
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
The older I get, the more I tend to agree with that. I guess you could call it "growing up"..
Yeah, I tend agree as well... but I was keeping quiet :lol:
(I'm more averse to humbuckers in strats, personally)
Oh well, I'm guilty of humbuckers in Strats and Teles. And I don't care. Call me immature. :P
(Actually, I'd say ridiculously overwound single-coils are less "grown up" than moderate-output humbuckers. I've never seen the appeal of super-hot pickups.)
And this seems a little unfair. If it's OK to have single-coils (P-90s) in Gibsons, why not humbuckers in Fenders?
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This thread makes me want to buy a headless Telecaster with 3 EMG 81s in it.
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
It is effectively a humbucker in the Esquire though - albeit a stacked one!
I've never seen the appeal of super-hot pickups.
Would you class the BG-1400 as super hot Philly? IIRC the oputput of that when Dave measured it was something like 26k!
My memory isn't the best though so I may have got the numbers confused.
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I've never seen the appeal of super-hot pickups.
Would you class the BG-1400 as super hot Philly? IIRC the oputput of that when Dave measured it was something like 26k!
That's probably one of those misleading DC resistance figures, though - it's a stack, so the coils probably aren't wired in series, and it may be super-thin wire as well.
DiMarzio minibuckers used to have huge DC resistance figures but they're very low output.
(Actually I tried to order a BG-1400 from Feline once, but it never showed up.)
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Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
+1 8)
+2
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Ian's right, the pickup resistance was crazy at around 30k - must very,very thin wire...
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This thread makes me want to buy a headless Telecaster with 3 EMG 81s in it.
BURN THE HERETIC!
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I'm shocked here, people have started agreeing with me. This is something of a first.
Just to clarify, my real objection isn't to humbuckers in teles. What bothers me is when people buy a Tele with a really sweet sounding bridge pickup and the classic bridge then rout a big hole in it, gut it and stick a super high output pickup in there. It just doesn't suit the look and feel of a tele to turn it into a drop-tuned baritone distortocaster, that's as bad as sticking a Kahler on a Les Paul.
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very nice :)
Every man should own a Telecaster. Or an Esquire. And it should be illegal to put humbuckers in them.
unless you put a floyd on it too
(http://www.metalshopmusic.com/714/ms_san_dimas_style2.jpg)
:lol:
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I'm entering an official request for more pics of the Esquire. Just to counteract that Charvel nonsense.
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;)
(http://www.doppelganger-rock.com/Twinfan/Top_Bound_Esquire.jpg)
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That flooring looks familiar :wink:
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I've never seen the appeal of super-hot pickups.
Would you class the BG-1400 as super hot Philly? IIRC the oputput of that when Dave measured it was something like 26k!
That's probably one of those misleading DC resistance figures, though - it's a stack, so the coils probably aren't wired in series, and it may be super-thin wire as well.
DiMarzio minibuckers used to have huge DC resistance figures but they're very low output.
(Actually I tried to order a BG-1400 from Feline once, but it never showed up.)
We had two of them on order with Duncan for over a year and they just never turned up no matter how often I nagged them - was frustrating as we both liked it after hearing it at the BKP jam that Gwem set up
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We had two of them on order with Duncan for over a year and they just never turned up no matter how often I nagged them - was frustrating as we both liked it after hearing it at the BKP jam that Gwem set up
I assumed that was what happened. Wasn't blaming you, Jonathan! :)
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Just to clarify, my real objection isn't to humbuckers in teles. What bothers me is when people buy a Tele with a really sweet sounding bridge pickup and the classic bridge then rout a big hole in it, gut it and stick a super high output pickup in there. It just doesn't suit the look and feel of a tele to turn it into a drop-tuned baritone distortocaster, that's as bad as sticking a Kahler on a Les Paul.
What if you just build it that way, so it never had the classic bridge or sweet sounding bridge pickup in the first place?
(I suspect I know the answer! :wink: But horses for courses, I wouldn't be fitting a super high output pickup anyway, probably more like a VHII...)
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Just to clarify, my real objection isn't to humbuckers in teles. What bothers me is when people buy a Tele with a really sweet sounding bridge pickup and the classic bridge then rout a big hole in it, gut it and stick a super high output pickup in there. It just doesn't suit the look and feel of a tele to turn it into a drop-tuned baritone distortocaster, that's as bad as sticking a Kahler on a Les Paul.
What if you just build it that way, so it never had the classic bridge or sweet sounding bridge pickup in the first place?
(I suspect I know the answer! :wink: But horses for courses, I wouldn't be fitting a super high output pickup anyway, probably more like a VHII...)
Y'all acting like you forgot about 'Dre
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/unsubtle57/21042008.jpg)
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(Actually, I'd say ridiculously overwound single-coils are less "grown up" than moderate-output humbuckers. I've never seen the appeal of super-hot pickups.)
you would like 'The Sinner' Philly.
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A very familiar one. I picked up Dave's Esquire on Saturday.
The switching on this is perfect, usable tones in every position, unlike other esquires.
I did adjust the neck as I like a little bit of relief, and was surprised that under the pickguard its routed for a neck pickup, and the adjustment screw is accessable without removing the neck. Spot on for me now.
(http://www.maccentral.demon.co.uk/esquire/DSCF3888.jpg)
Lovely guitar goes great with amp and cab too
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Y'all acting like you forgot about 'Dre
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v148/unsubtle57/21042008.jpg)
I can't see the pic, but is it your white Tele with the Gotoh bridge and.... Holydiver?
That's exactly the kind of thing I'm thinking of.
(Where the hell have you been, anyway? :P )
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(Actually, I'd say ridiculously overwound single-coils are less "grown up" than moderate-output humbuckers. I've never seen the appeal of super-hot pickups.)
you would like 'The Sinner' Philly.
D'you think? I've never really considered it, to be honest.
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Just to clarify, my real objection isn't to humbuckers in teles. What bothers me is when people buy a Tele with a really sweet sounding bridge pickup and the classic bridge then rout a big hole in it, gut it and stick a super high output pickup in there. It just doesn't suit the look and feel of a tele to turn it into a drop-tuned baritone distortocaster, that's as bad as sticking a Kahler on a Les Paul.
Whatever suits a person's application is right.
That said, the acoustic nature of Teles does suit lend itself to that brash obnoxiousness that those traditional bridge pickups do, but if someone makes it do the noise they want with non-traditional hardware then good for them.
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Just to clarify, my real objection isn't to humbuckers in teles. What bothers me is when people buy a Tele with a really sweet sounding bridge pickup and the classic bridge then rout a big hole in it, gut it and stick a super high output pickup in there. It just doesn't suit the look and feel of a tele to turn it into a drop-tuned baritone distortocaster, that's as bad as sticking a Kahler on a Les Paul.
Whatever suits a person's application is right.
That said, the acoustic nature of Teles does suit lend itself to that brash obnoxiousness that those traditional bridge pickups do, but if someone makes it do the noise they want with non-traditional hardware then good for them.
Just as long as it has sharkfin inlays. Amen.
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wonderful looking guitar...forgive my extreme ignorance but with a single pickup what does the selector switch do? :?
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1 = volume control only (bit of extra output and brightness)
2 = volume and tone controls
3 = volume and pre-set tone cap, like a c--ked wah tone
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Aha...thank you
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Jealous!! I just love this Esquire!!! If I had the money.........