-
Originally Posted by oldane
Yes, it works better with a neck pick-up but if there is a bridge pick-up on many jazz guitars, it must have a sense.
-
12-31-2015 02:35 PM
-
Originally Posted by Lionelsax
I prefer to use my old adage about guitars...they are tools. And you can pound in a nail with a socket wrench if you try hard enough, but a hammer's a better tool for that job.
-
Originally Posted by Lionelsax
-
It would be criminal to add a neck pickup to a vintage Esquire at this point. Keep a vintage 50s Fender stock. Sell it, if you like, and get yourself a closet full of good jazz guitars.
-
Originally Posted by oldane
-
well the esquire ....is a 1 pickup guitar with a 3 way switch so..... it offers 3 sounds the position 1 is just the bridge pickup without the tone a bypass...so country heaven ........... the middle position is the pickup with tone control which can roll off to get some nice jazzy tone...then the 3rd position is the pickup with a preset cap on it and in fact is a very cool vintage jazz tone if you into old school style fat round tone ..
here's a video the 1st half shows the switching and some tones which is very usable for jazz.....but as always the guy demoing isn't playing straight ahead jazz but you sure can hear the potential
so what i'm saying is it's a lot more versatile than many think ..... and i think one can mess with /mod that tone cap in 3rd position to give you more tops or less ...to taste ....caps are cheap ...
-
again more noise rock that jazz BUT in this video at about 1.12 min he plays the middle position using some jazzy chords/feel ...sounds cool and in a dark amp it may work really well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hxmuO6XcNE
btw love tele's for jazz so i guess i'm biased in my opinion ...but i like the esquire
PSA: German Vintage Guitar closing shop
Today, 10:44 AM in For Sale