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02-24-2010, 12:23 PM
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Esquire question
Question: I notice that all the photos I see of Fender Esquires show them with a pickup selector switch, the same as is on a Tele.
Since an Esquire has only one pickup, what does the switch on an Esquire do? Is it functional in any way?
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02-24-2010, 01:56 PM
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Yes, the tone changes with capacitors and resistors. I made my CV 50s Tele into an Esquire and my switch gives me:
1) Pickup straight to the output jack, no tone control
2) Pickup with tone control
3) Pickup with a capacitor which makes it simulate the "cocked wah" tone.
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02-24-2010, 02:41 PM
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jbmano knows his stuff
from Fender website:
Our ’50s Esquire features an ash body, a C-shaped maple neck, a vintage-style three-saddle string-through-body Telecaster bridge, and a vintage-style single-coil Telecaster pickup with custom-wired three-way switching.
Basically, three-way switching on a single-pickup guitar gives you three preset tones. In the bridge position, the pickup is connected only to the volume control (the tone control is disconnected); this minimal circuitry produces more top-end sparkle than is possible with a Telecaster. In the middle position, the standard tone control circuit is activated. In the neck position, the tone control is again disengaged, but a tone-shaping capacitor rolls off much of the top end and some bottom, producing a darker tone and slight volume loss.
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02-24-2010, 04:02 PM
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I wonder where you could find a wiring diagram that would show you how to rewire a Tele to convert it into an Esquire? I've always liked Esquires. Might have to do that.
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02-24-2010, 10:00 PM
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02-24-2010, 10:36 PM
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Search "Esquire wiring" over on TDPRI. You'll find more than enough info.
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02-24-2010, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by peskypesky
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I fixed your post.
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02-26-2010, 06:06 PM
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OK, so now I am in the market for affordable (read: CHEAP) parts to build an Esquire. 
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02-26-2010, 09:26 PM
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I got a wiring harness already soldered together for my Esquire off eBay for $65.00 delivered. Cost me 20 bucks for a bakelite pickguard. Half an hour of putting the harness on my control plate, and soldering the ground wires and I had an ESquier. The pots and caps are even cheaper if you aren't afraid to solder it yourself. I have no experience soldering switches and the like so I was happy to pay $65 for it to be put together.
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02-27-2010, 01:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jbmando
I got a wiring harness already soldered together for my Esquire off eBay for $65.00 delivered. Cost me 20 bucks for a bakelite pickguard. Half an hour of putting the harness on my control plate, and soldering the ground wires and I had an ESquier. The pots and caps are even cheaper if you aren't afraid to solder it yourself. I have no experience soldering switches and the like so I was happy to pay $65 for it to be put together.
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Hehe... that's exactly what I thought the name should be, an Esquier. 
Yeah, I'd happily pay for a premade wiring harness. Well, it won't be this month; I just ordered a Presonus Firebox audio interface so I can start recording again. 
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