Duncan Little '59 pickup

[ralvarezguitar]

It's definitely a great pickup for distorted sounds but for clean sounds muddy and lifeless. Takes away all the character of the Tele. I've had it for about 10 years and are in the process of changing it for the SD STL1B

[Maafa1619]

Is this a real Esquire configuration, or do you have a neck pup hidden under the pickguard?

[750tblack]

hats off man,well played & sounds great!thanks for being in tune and not yappin away thru the whole thing 80)=

[sunmoonfire67]

great sound and the guitar is rocking .. great vid.. nice to hear the guitar is in tune etc.. Great job on the vid .. cheers

[mnicholson2003]

Holy Shit Mike! That sounds awesome man!!!! Nice job! Makes me want to make my old 52ri into an Esquire!

[pietkc]

wow, great video thanks for posting this, it convinced me after a lot of reading to buy this pup for my new Esquire, what a great pup.

I'm planning to buy myself two Squier Classic vibe tele's (vintage white and a butterscotch blonde). I really like the neck of these guitars. Planning to upgrade both with new hardware and pups. the vintage white one will be a Esquire with definatly this lil 59 the Butterscotch blond will be more in a "52 hotrod style.

[stan2211stan]

Really curious about what Pots he's got in there. If You could ask him You'd save us guys who play around neon and walk-in freezers some time and money. Thanks!!!

[henrynardone]

This is the perfect Beavis & Butthead intro tone!

[MrJackattack32]

Sweet licks!!!

[heinzdziurowitz]

That is so nice, great playing, great sound, great guitar.....doesn't get any better than that.

[Rojcouz]

i have the same one :)

[reallybored32]

THAT TONE IS PERFECT

[purenectar]

that sounds really really good :)

[Paddymcwhoop]

perfect!

[fleabiscuit]

does the telecaster say telecaster o nthe neck or esquire? also wat happens when you out the switch to the neck pick up? was it wired like norml esquieres were wired? thanks and great playing and sound bravo sir..

[ryan06105]

That sounds awesome. But is it the pickups or the amp that's giving that tone?

[000clint]

sounds a tad bit like keith richards? anyone else think so

[aektzis91]

@000clint yes very very keith richards-esque.

[TheMusicIsMyReason]

Beautiful playing! Great sassy tone.

[JackFuzz73]

VERY, VERY NICE ;-)

[jeTTa002]

Do you know what pots are in there..500k or 250k?

[roknfnrol]

@jeTTa002

I think 250K.

[s1914]

Awesome playing! If your friend had anything about him he would give you that geetar :-)

[PannyRockAndRoll]

This guitar sounds very good!!!

[ChineseR0ck]

that is so billy gibbons!

[Hoopermazing]

You should tune that bad boy to open G and then take off the lowest string. Then, you'd have yourself a stew!

[chuecco]

sound good man

[RobynCrest]

Please, give us more clips of that loud butterscotch lady!

[roknfnrol]

@RobynCrest

It's my friend's guitar. I'll try to borrow it again soon.

[ChickenFaeces]

@roknfnrol

Does this pickup sound good clean?

[zzfanhun]

I want this tone!

[badbulletvideo]

This vid sold me on the little 59 versus a SCN bridge unit.

[assymcgee1]

hey, can you get good AC/DC tones with this pickup?

[itsonlyrcknroll]

@assymcgee1 type "AGL All In One Baby" into your Youtube search and you'll get a demo by AGL in which he nails the ACDC tone with a strat. The video starts with an SG for a coupla minutes just as a reference point for comparison. AGL (Aceys Guitar Lounge) does some amazing demos.

[roknfnrol]

@assymcgee1

God Damn right you can!

[brw0044]

@assymcgee1 haha are you listening???

[assymcgee1]

@brw0044

I bought it, so yes I was :P

[JJJ86370]

iv got the semour alnico 2 pros in my tele ,face bitin tone to the lightning tele bone at home.love these picupsgotta try these guys .  jimmy johnson modern gospil soul artist

[jphilp87]

Wow! That is awesome!

Did you do the install and Wiring yourself? How did you set it up? That is exactly what I'm looking for.

[roknfnrol]

@jphilp87

Hi, I installed the pickup myself. It's not wired for any other options (split, parallel). Seymour Duncan has wiring diagrams on their website. 

[lamf37]

Jesus Christ....That is the tone I've been searching for....I have an Orange AD30R combo, Gibson 2007 Lester Standard and a Tele partsacaster, I have to get a lil 59 in it... I have to have your sound...Love it man.

[roknfnrol]

@lamf37

Thanks man. The Mad Professor Sweet Honey overdrive helps some, but really most of the tone is fat sounding humbuckers! How does that Les Paul sound with that Orange amp?

[lamf37]

@roknfnrol The LesPaul sounds amazing through an Orange, pure Zeppelin, but also very Sex Pistols..I've gone through so much gear in the past 2 years trying to find "The Sound" but nothing has done it for me...The best setup I had was a 1974 Les Paul Custom(Fretless Wonder Frets- played like a dream) and my Marshall jcm900 head and 1960 4x12 cab....the head and cab setup was too bulky and the 74' Custom was way too much of an albatros around my neck, I didn;t feel worthy of such a beast.

[petertorro]

sounds good what kind of amp you use

[kiwiberry411]

Hey great playing. I have a question for you. I have a Jeff Beck Strat which I use to play in my band. We play country, blues and rock. The problem, however, is that the bridge single coil pickup sounds to thin, and not punchy enough, for heavier rock sounds. I love the sound of a humbuckers for powerchords with distortion but I don't want to change guitars in the middle of a show. I have been looking at replacing the bridge with a Lil 59. What would you recommend for my particular situation?

[roknfnrol]

@kiwiberry411

Yes, that would work. Duncan and DiMarzio have many options for beefy sounding bridge pickups.

[ThePigonSkates]

@kiwiberry411 Install a little '59 and coil split it with a push/pull pot, worked great for me.

[HammeredAndHorny]

That original or a song? If it's a song, could I possibly have the name?

Awesome tone. Just got a MIM Tele and am thinkin of a lil '59, but I still want that twangy clean sound.

[roknfnrol]

@HammeredAndHorny

I was just making up stuff :)

[giantrobot9000]

That sounds amazing. I just got an Esquire, and I think the Lil'59 is what I'll go with,too. Love the "big" '59 in my PRS, so I'm not surprised.

I have a question about wiring. I don't like the bypass position on the Esquire. When I swap in the '59, I think I'd like (1)-full humbucker w/ tone control (2)-split-coil humbucker w/ tone control (3)-not sure!!!! Any ideas what would be a useful position w/ just the single pickup? Could I make it like a killswitch just on that last position?

[roknfnrol]

@giantrobot9000

I went with option #1 in this guitar. Nice and simple.

[giantrobot9000]

@roknfnrol

So, the 3-way doesn't do anything?

[roknfnrol]

@giantrobot9000

Nope. I wired it for simplicity. If I wanted a true single coil tele tone I would play my Nash tele. This tele is for rocking only :) The tone control does function in position #1 in case you need to roll off treble with a bright amp.

[giantrobot9000]

@roknfnrol

Ahh, yeah, that's true. This is meant to be a simple guitar in the first place, and the tone knob is all that I would really be fiddling with. I might try making the middle position a "mute" and then all the way up a split coil, and see how that sounds for the hell of it. Thanks!

[skurtix]

@giantrobot9000 A cool way to wire the 3-pos switch would be:

#1 Series humbucking

#2 Split coil (sounding like a singlecoil)

#3 Parallel Humbucking

[apessk8s88]

I need your set up!!!!!!

[mnicholson2003]

absolutely KILLER tone!!

[mistermullens]

Outstanding!

[Hoodrio]

Awesome! How about a demo of the clean tones plugged straight in?

[eskopp]

Nice playing!

[JKryanX]

sweet tone man. im thinking about doing this same set up with one of my tele's ive always wanted a one pickup guitar.

[Noitpure]

Sweet tone and playing! NICE! Take care, T