1957 Fender Esquire 00922

[gabrielflores1991]

Hey do you remember what amp was phil using? I see a couple of little marshalls, (both are plugged, maybe running them stereo?). And also what pedal was he using?

PS:I Read all the comments to see if no one had ask before, didn't want to ask the same question for the hundredth time.

[rosecigar]

@hipsterDog98 bridge point is bridge pickup. front point is COCK

[HipsterDog98]

Why is there a pickup switch?

[rosecigar]

@sk8te81 message in a bottle by police

[leatspawn]

estas loco brother yeah

[TranceSensation1]

kickass !!!



[asianibanez]

the thing i don't undestand-it's a one pickup guitar so why does it have a selector??

[keithgatti]

@asianibanez it changes the sound of the pickup when you switch selections...

and if you want most of these were routed for a neck pickup and in that case you could rewire the selector to change that too

[PantheonLincoln]

@asianibanez

It's kinda like a tone preset thing.

In the "bridge" position, the Tone knob is bypassed, and that gives a sound that's a little hotter, more bite.

In the "middle" position, the tone knob works, working as it would on a normal tele. Some people like to tame the highs on a Tele bridge pickup anyway.

The "neck" position works almost like the tone knob is rolled back to zero, although not a lot of people use that.

[thehoodatron]

sometimes simpler means better

[MichaelD8393]

Led Zepplin AND The Police in the same vid?! Phil X knows his tunes.

[trumusichead]

what song @ :54??

[nvmelden]

@trumusichead The song is "Message In A Bottle" by The Police. Sick riff right?

[topdouge]

Phil why isn't you and the drills on spotify?

[MrFenderbender97]

there's something about a one pickup guitar that is just awesome

[TheBreadwinnersMusic]

@MrFenderbender97 one pickup= no fucking around.

[MrCherryJuice]

Clapton, Beck, and Page all played these unassuming monsters (Esquires and Teles). The reality is, these guitars are absolute killers, especially the maple necks, which increase the already existent bite of those pick-ups. True, the Strat may be more versatile, but a good player with an Esquire or a Tele can slay all comers. The sad irony, of course, is that many players go for 'fully loaded' guitars, pedals, & amps, as if to save themselves. One of these with a 30-watt amp could be the answer.

[JonasHater96]

@MrCherryJuice clapton plays stratocasters 0_0

[WoWintosh]

@JonasHater96

Eric clapton hasn't just played strats his whole career. I have seen pictures of him wielding an ES-335, a Telecaster, and lets not forget his 1960 'Burst, which was later stolen

[Lakaisk8er2197]

Hey frettedamericana I love your guys videos have you ever though about making an iPod app? Because that would be awesome!

[caseyjones67]

isnt tht a telecaster

[badyearXY]

@caseyjones67 sorry i accidentilly pressed the dislike. its really an esquire which predated the tele. the tele has two pups while the esquire has 1.

[hyunhyun21]

@caseyjones67 Esquire, the single coil original version of what is now the Telecaster. made way back at the beginning of the Fender company

[Scwirul]

@caseyjones67 Telecaster Body..

[SuperDsffdsf]

i had a really bad day and this video make me feal better

[daxio14]

they would have covered their ears - my dad still does (83 what`s all that bloody boom,boom,boom) watch back to the future - "guess you aren`t ready for that yet"

:)

[ledzepplinbeatles]

Communication Breakdown!

[whoastupid]

i love u phil x

[bassmaster361]

What is the song at 0:54?

[esbramakopf]

@bassmaster361 message in a bottle :)

[cookpainter972]

@bassmaster361 Message in the Bottle: The Police

[bassmaster361]

what is the song that you played at: 0.54

[RKRClassic]

I've never seen PhilX wear black nail polish before, when did he get into the glam scene?

[PBANDSNOW]

@RKRClassic He played one of Marc Bolan's guitars in another video

[EpictheEpicest]

all that sound from 1 pickup wow

[DRGK9]

ya communication breakdown!!

[Jonzey97]

does phil like the smiths?????

[archynelson]

phil you allways make my day

[theguitarguymike]

thats something keith richards would use!

[IxScoreI]

That guitar is older than my dad. It looks better though.

[goodkat197]

can you tell me what overdrive and what amp you use in this video?

[jaxpower1]

@goodkat197 no pedal, just amp. probably a Vox ac-30.

[MAIJORproductions]

Phil X is one goofy mofo :P But that's why we love him.

[00ASSASSINATION]

omg this guy can make any guitar sound awsome :D btw what amp are you using cs i love the sound of it

[00ASSASSINATION]

fuck me this guy can make any guitar sound awsome :D

btw what amp are you using?? it sounds great

[geoff1121]

man u must love message in a bottle. its like the 7th time iv heard u play it in an hour as im going through all your vids

[leonardoboy2]

Hey man your a good guitarist!

[frandijabaz]

Message in the Bottle by Police

[sk8te81]

what's the song at  0:55 ?

[nickpoker]

@sk8te81 Message in a bottle- police

[PauloVento]

What's with the pickup selector? There's only one pickup :P

[gingercat777]

@PauloVento It changes the "Tone" of the pickup by either havin the capacitor on or off...very cool

[AntonMovies]

What's the name of the tune Phil plays from 1:06? I love it!! :D

[mtkoala]

why dont they make guitars like this anymore?

[BadBoysBrutal]

i buy a esquire...wonderfull guitar 

[xxguitarhero48xx]

zepelliny

[suckerfish989898]

La Strange

[tele1]

Yo Phil, what I love most about your vids is that you really demonstrate the wide spectrum of each guitar you play. I'm so sick of tele demos that only highlight the twang, or strat demos that only highlight the quack. A tele (as you've prooven) can be really diverse. Keep rocking man, and ignore all the childish preschool remarks from the internet nerds. Thanks for posting.

[MrKanawyer]

Cool guitar... gay fingernail polish

[777jordan]

I thought the volume was bypassed on the bridge setting.

[paulcrisan9210]

what's the name of the song at 0:56?

[nickpoker]

@paulcrisan9210 Message in a Bottle- by tha Police

[SavvageCabbage]

@paulcrisan9210 police - message in a bottle (:

[patchmack2]

that's the pickup that was on it in '57? shit, you don't hear any buddy holly records with that kind of output!

[Snowblind333]

@patchmack2 looks like hes got an MXR Micro Amp pedal though.

[wisesatyr72]

that sounds like a humbucker..Balls to the wall!!

[6feetover]

He just made me want to buy it. Certainly not a boring demo.

[TheSchoolsux345]

fuck being famous id rather be him

[scharczynski]

Nailpolish?

[HoMyGoth]

nice nails!

[colosalblack]

why does it have a pickup switch for just one single coil?

[emuhunter1]

@colosalblack As I remember it's a tone cut/bypass feature.

[PantheonLincoln]

@colosalblack

The switch on an Esquire affects the tone of the single bridge pickup. In what would usually be the "bridge" position on the switch, the tone knob is bypassed. This gives a slightly hotter sound from the pickup. In the "middle" position, the tone control is engaged, and works as it would on a Telecaster. In the "neck" position, there is a capacitor added to the circuit that makes it sound like the tone is rolled off.

[TickleTheMonster]

Hi, I'm new to guitar, and I'd like to ask the difference in between a Telecaster and this?

[youathoz]

@TickleTheMonster well, the telecaster has a neck pickup while this one doesnt, so the pickup selector switch wouldnt have any sense here, since the esquire only has one pickup, but what it really does (the selector) is to change the controls of the bridge pickup, hope that helped :D

[davisoutait]

umhuhmhuhmuuhmhumhumhmh

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[jrwagh333333333]

What song is it  @0.55

[tipetto]

police...

[eddieh74]

@jrwagh333333333 "message in a bottle" by the police

[Chakirisan]

Tone tone tone.... who needs more than one pickup.....sheyatt!!

[MarioMoreno]

epic tone, i bet that feedback helps, sounds very led zepelin I

[NextOneLast]

can we get the ten minute treatment for this guitar? you did it for a Ritchie Sambora V so i think this guitar deserves it.

[gtnick314]

Fretted! for feedback and likie i said on another video for your fenders and p-90 guitars you should get the isp g-string decimator pedal totally decimates all noise

[dimajocar]

Eso tambien lo hago yo, tener una guitarra para eso...

[omnipotent1995]

wasnt the esquire the first electric guitar? And this guitar looks like jim root

[jak3sguitar]

@omnipotent1995 one of the first solid body guitars i think... don't quote me though

[jamesbaashford]

you must love you job

[shoekstra1419]

thats epic tone

what's the selector switch do?

[sotjian]

@shoekstra1419 The switch positions are as follows: the "bridge" selection is a tone control bypass, the "middle" position is the standard tone circuit, and the "neck" position combines a tone cap and a resistor to cut some lows and highs, typically referred to as the "dark" setting.

[bunit1001]

@shoekstra1419 If you tone know what the selector switch does, you shouldnt be playing guitar!

[jayrobb9]

@bunit1001 Ease up, not everyone is an expert on Esquire switching. I never knew what the switch did either until a couple of months ago.

[MrIkilledmycat]

hey i have a 1996 fender telecaster it sounds and plays great but i have one problem the neck has begun to get a bit worn on the sides anyone have any advice on how to preserve a maple neck???message me thanks

[wehurtthosewelove]

whats that song he plays at 0:57

[charlieenders]

Message in a Bottle by The Police

[Danny980223]

@charlieenders its funny he only said just a cast away great song its kinda bad he couldnt play a bigger part like he usually does hope u do someday phil its a easy song CM A B F# BUT u add pinky some frets below to the end of each but the police plays it to fast though

[tycer18]

@Danny980223 He knew the guitar parts, he said those were all the words he knew.

[GSarovich]

what I would do to get my hands on that thing

[SmokeymehhPott]

Love Communication breakdown, Whole lotta love and Message in a bottle, brought a smile to my face:')

[Carthsting]

if that kind of heavy sound could be used in 50s - why no one ever did?

[guitaristshobi]

@Carthsting interesting point u`ve got my friend :)

[Keijz74]

@Carthsting !? Indeed.

[TedEdFred21]

@Carthsting they weren't philx

[SamuelllSabotage]

@Carthsting

7 letters.

S-A-B-B-A-T-H.

[STORYTASTIC]

@Carthsting cause it wasnt in the 50s consciousness yet...but ten years later...

[antecresearch]

@Carthsting tube amps had the saturation also in 1957, but builders tried to reduce it as they could because it was considered a "bad and weird" thing

[beastiemetalhead1]

@Carthsting cause nobody really used distortion back then... (i know there were forms of distortion but lets just agree it was the kinks and that who made it popular)

[sekacbarc]

@Carthsting i dont think it was really needed at the time for the style of music they played.

[JAP633]

@Carthsting very simple actually, when heavy music did not excist no one thought of it before music had elvolved to get more and more heavy!

[tucker441]

@Carthsting their amps were built to not distort. to get that kind of tone in the 50s you would have to mod the tubes in an amp in order to get a distortion that was considered a flaw instead of a viable tone option. asking why they didn't get that tone out of those things in the 50s is like asking kurt cobain "if you could feed-back like that in the 60s why didn't they?

[mikexlong]

@Carthsting check out link wray dude.

[luit13]

@Carthsting 'Cause all heavy guys had yet to be born, lol

[LEEUMSK8]

@Carthsting no one knew what kind sounds you could get out of amps and gits

[RockCityNoviSad]

@Carthsting The same thing as bikini. Nobody played that way back then.

[ledzepplinbeatles]

@Carthsting Led Zeppelin started using this sound in the late 60's

[EPICFAILSAM]

@Carthsting Amps also played a major roll in the sound. Also the electric bass wasn't very popular yet and that got some heavy tone going in the 60's. But still haha

[meandmydevilblues]

communication breakdown !!!!!!

[BigHairyDog69]

SOS by sting

[notsqueegi]

@BigHairyDog69 Message in a Bottle by the Police, dude.

[narutoguy56]

its by Police smart kid

[ewguitars]

message in a bottle, tard, by the police.

[Giyar2000]

that is 1 TONEMACHINE

[wehurtthosewelove]

wut song is that he plays b4 he says thats all the words i know

[doobon]

message in a bottle - the police

[kuatli666]

he should play raining blood in that fender...

[Keijz74]

@kuatli666 He should!

[fruhotchiliman]

what does the usual pickup selecter do in with this guitar? it has just one pickup

[Crumpleshadow]

@fruhotchiliman This switch modified the tone of the pickup by making it bassier in the forward position, while enabling use of the tone control knob in the middle position. With the switch in the rear position, these tone controls were bypassed entirely for a "hotter" lead tone.

[TripleWolfje]

@fruhotchiliman in rythem position the guitar sounds a little darker and in bridge position it sounds more trebly ;)

[bluzkat13]

Only difference is that a Tele has the neck pickup, and the Esquire has just a bridge pickup and a different wiring scheme.

[Ilovetypography]

Whats the difference between this one and Tele? It looks almost the same.

Thx.

[nihilnoise]

it only has a bridge pick up

also the controls are different

like, i think the switch can mute and stuff, im not sure

[Jmikey0423]

The switching on an Esquire works like this:

Position 1: Tone control bypassed

Position 2: Standard tone control circuit

Position 3: Fixed dark (bassy) tone (hard wired capacitor)

[tomohiko315]

NICE!!!!!

[Ilovemyfender2]

I would kill for that sound.

[djdjany]

Just get yourself a Tele with an amp !! : )

[Keijz74]

@WahWahWakka Nice end of a day indeed. And which kind of guitar are you working on?

[12gabrielpaculdino12]

The Police - Message In A Bottle

[GoodnightGalaxy]

Whats the riif played at :55??

[taylorissuperflyman]

message in a bottle by the police

[magprob]

Damn! That's the sweetest sounding Esquire I ever heard.

[Obsession225]

nice

[v7JaMz7v]

what a guitar should be!

[PatLTele]

Maybe it's been answered, but what amp are you using in this demo? The tone is freakin unreal

[thork86]

yeah, what amp is it being played through?

[najtrows]

in the end the last strum. it sounds like the who! :| Crazy! :D

[hurricaneofrock]

whats the difference between the esquire and a tele? they look the same..

[minotaur949]

Single pickup I think and I don't think there's a tone knob

[aznjt]

the esquire has 1 bridge pickup..

[mwadevilg]

Tele's have two p-ups. Esquires 1.

[blueskidd96]

What does the toggle switch do on a Esquire?

[wisesatyr72]

thats one awesome guiar..just one pickup have so many colorful tone

[En3usiast]

He wears nail varnish...how cool is that?

[noahwayne]

Is he selling the guitar or himself?...mmmmm The later me thinks..

[sunilthegreat]

I think he is just revelling in the fact that he is AT WORK, getting paid to play all these amazing old axes. As I sit here in my little office youtube-ing on my lunch break, I would give most anything to be at home playing guitar... Keep going Phil. Testify!

[philx1111]

hahahah. i'm not selling anything. i'm demonstrating the characteristics of some of the most amazing instruments on the planet... and having a kick ass time doing it.

[guitarmaniac43]

can i have ur job?????

[chonches]

Is that Billy Ray Cyrus????

[foutupourfoutu]

@chonches hahahaha

[CCRockit]

@chonches

NO!

Sombody WAY cooler, its Phil X from The Drills

[benjorino7]

this vintage white is the best color! I love it!

[lorenzosementilli]

yes man!!supersound and style!!

[united4life7]

0:55 to 1:03 is the best part.

[philbillrecords]

I totally agree

[cocoolcoolco]

do you know what's the song he played at this part ?

[PantheonLincoln]

"Message in a Bottle" by The Police

[darijus]

If this was a thread on, lets say harmony central forum...it would´ve been called "drool all you can thread"...shit...bite of a starving bulldog this guitar have...

[huntermccartyney]

Wish I had that.

[mistermullens]

I'm sorry, but that video wasn't long enough. I demand a 2nd and longer more indepth video if you still have that beautiful Esquire! ;)

[ruffles272]

its a guitar shop. hes just demoing it for buying purpose

[Vanguard448]

@mistermullens I will go a few steps higher and demand an hour-and-a-half of just this Esquire being played, shown on a cinema screen, with the sound turned up to eleven.

[San5a]

I can't understand why there's the selector...a 3 way selector with only one pickup...

[Keijz74]

I also like that "turns sweet" sound.

[mantishandz]

What does the pickup selector switch do on this?

[infernalhammer]

The pickup selector on an Esquire engages a treble cut called the "dark setting".

[kads95]

this guitar is worth about 25 grand and can u get the same sound from the newer esquire for 2000

[Keijz74]

What's the song from 0:33 ?

[birdmankustomz666]

Thanks a lot, not I'm gassin for an Esquire TOO!

[Keijz74]

Funny how a guitar with one pickup sounds this good.

[ubustang]

Why not? For a bridge position sound, it would sound better because of the more straightforward signal path. Plus the body would be more resonant without all the wood routed out for the second pickup. Not a big difference, but it would defiantly be better, not worse for a particular sound.

[Keijz74]

She's a beauty and I love her voice. Thanks for posting.