Silly Fender Esquire questions

MetalDog · 08-05-2011 04:39PM #1

Ok any Esquire owners out there want to answer a couple of silly questions I have?

I was playing one in a shop recently, and I gotta say I like the simplicity of the Esquire, just one Pup and a nice maple neck.

Anyhoo,
Question the first - Is there a routing under the pickguard for a neck pup and if so, how easy would it be to rout out and install, say, a p90?
Question 2: Does the selector switch have any real function on an Esquire, I tried it and I didn't really like the tone when it was in the neck position.

Sorry for being longwinded and thanks in advance:o

Ravelleman · 08-05-2011 05:18PM

The Esquire's switch is a tone selector. In position 1 it deactivates the tone control and engages a capacitor, which gives a darker tone. In position 2, volume and tone work as normal. In position 3 it bypasses the tone control altogether and leaves you with just the volume control.

My Gretsch Annie has a similar tone switch, as well as a pickup selector. To be honest I find it far more usable than the traditional tone control.

As far as I know, there will be space for a neck pickup on the 50s RI Esquire. As for a p90, you'd have to route it out, which can obviously be done well or extremely badly, depending on how you do it.

MetalDog · 11-05-2011 05:49PM

Thanks for clearing that up, makes more sense now. Really must try one out again.

Silly Fender Esquire questions

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