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Post subject: Re: Telecaster vs. Esquire
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:08 pm
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Because I liked the way David Gilmour's Esquire sounded when he played the Cavern Club with Paul McCartney. His was a 1955 (modded by Seymour Duncan with a strat neck pickup). I know I can't get my guitar to sound exactly like his, but there was a certain quality to it that I liked. I'm not always big on the Telecaster or Esquire sound, but I really liked that one.


Then I guess I don't get the point of your original post.


Because I've seen '55 Telecaster pickup reproductions (yes I know that each individual pickup was different, just looking for an approximation) and I didn't know if a Telecaster pickup from '55 had different specs than a '55 Esquire pickup.


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster vs. Esquire
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:30 pm
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Because I liked the way David Gilmour's Esquire sounded when he played the Cavern Club with Paul McCartney. His was a 1955 (modded by Seymour Duncan with a strat neck pickup). I know I can't get my guitar to sound exactly like his, but there was a certain quality to it that I liked. I'm not always big on the Telecaster or Esquire sound, but I really liked that one.


It is not only the pickups you need. It is his amp + effects , his guitar ( same aged wood etc ) , strings and what you need most it is his "fingers" .


Exactly. Which is why I don't get the point of the original post. The OP asked about differences in '55 Tele & Esquire pickups, then talks about a modded Esquire that he likes the sound of. Sorry. Just does not compute.

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Post subject: Re: Telecaster vs. Esquire
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 6:37 pm
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Exactly. Which is why I don't get the point of the original post. The OP asked about differences in '55 Tele & Esquire pickups, then talks about a modded Esquire that he likes the sound of. Sorry. Just does not compute.



Does not compute :?: :?: ...Bill you been watching old episodes of Lost in Space while waiting to go back to work??? Hope there is no "Danger Will Robinson" :lol: :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster vs. Esquire
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:04 pm
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Exactly. Which is why I don't get the point of the original post. The OP asked about differences in '55 Tele & Esquire pickups, then talks about a modded Esquire that he likes the sound of. Sorry. Just does not compute.



Does not compute :?: :?: ...Bill you been watching old episodes of Lost in Space while waiting to go back to work??? Hope there is no "Danger Will Robinson" :lol: :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Telecaster vs. Esquire
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:01 pm
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bluesky636 wrote:
If you are talking about the "Blackguard" period of about 1950 to 1954, there were a lot of variations in Esquire/Broadcaster/Nocaster/Telecaster pickups, circuits, necks, and bodies. "The Blackguard" book by Nacho Banos goes into phenominal detail on these guitars with photos of disassembled guitars and details on all of their components. The book is the best book available, in my opinion, on the early guitars and is a bargain for the amount of detail it contains.

http://www.theblackguardbook.com/

The Esquire was never considered a "budget" or "beginner" guitar in the sense that Squier and Epiphone are today (even Epiphone was a high end guitar until Gibson bought them).


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