I recommend subscribing not only to the TH-cam channel but also to Tomo Fujita's Guitar Wisdom. You will not regret either. It has enriched my guitar playing and Mr. Fujita's positive attitude is contagious and always makes my day better.
My guitar luthier today told me that my Neck pickup in My old 90’s tele with Texas Special pickups just failed and was heart broken. But just watched this video and wow!! Such a great idea. Gonna save some money and just take the neck pickup out and do same thing for switch/tone control. BRILLIANT!! Thank you! You gained a subscriber 👏🏻👏🏻☄️🤗🎸
I knew nothing about the Esquire. But thanks to you, now I do! Only have 5 guitars left now and struggle to finds the time to give each some playing time. So I like you showcasing all those guitars I'll never possess for me. Great stuff as always.
@@TomoFujitaMusic I bet. I struggle keeping up with all your posts too 😊. But do keep posting. I love listening to your playing. You got yourself a fan here.
I bought a Squier CV 50s Esquire (butterscotch blonde) a couple years ago on a whim when I tried one out at a store. I fell in love with the twangy tone when the pickup selector is in the bridge setting. It is such a great tone. And I love the "tone off" setting for practicing at night, it gives a warm sound without waking up everyone in the house. It plays and feels like a much more expensive guitar than it is and if you see one around, I highly recommend trying one out or even buying it.. The one pickup provides plenty of tonal options. I was thinking about getting one of those ashtray pickup covers to take the vibe even further but I haven't decided yet. Great video, I will be subscribing!
I got a Squier CV 50s Esquire back in 2019 and put a Bare Knuckle Flat 50 pickup in it and it took what was a pretty good guitar and made it into a beast. The strength of the guitar is its simplicity, but it's deceiving, because it's very versatile. You can make wiring changes too to add different tonal qualities. A great, relatively inexpensive guitar.
Thank you so much for this video on the single p/u electric. I just purchased the Squier Esquire and learning to get the most out of it. And by the the way still learning all I can find on triad usage like you suggested. You are a fun teacher to learn from Tomo!
It’s very confusing to me why anybody would not subscribe to your channel after watching an episode…. Very confusing to me because you are the best guitar teacher in the world hands down…. There are other great teachers out there, but you are by far the best Sensei Tomo. Cool esquire by the way, I didn’t even know Squier made one.
It's very simple! Even I make a pretty good video... TH-cam is not sending many people! I must work harder! Very interesting clever system! Davie 504 will have 3.33K subs everyday! socialblade.com/youtube/user/davie504
I was born in 1952! 70 years ago last March. I have played guitar most of my life, and I have had many many guitars! Many of them I wish I had now! 50's Tele's, Strats, Gibson's. I have a Fender lap steel from the early 50's, I loaned it to a friend 30 years ago and haven't seen it since. 8( The ~30 guitars I still have are nothing special. About 6 years ago I bought 2 pine 1 piece Tele bodies. They are 'aging' now. I have period correct Warmoth necks for them along with Fender Custom shop pickups, also aged Tele hardware and controls. I will build them sometime soon. 8) Thanks for your wisdom Tomo! Always appreciated!! Have a good day. 8) --gary
Very nice playing and guitar , Tomo. One cannot go wrong with a Classic Vibe. Yamaha also has a similar budget guitar. Three settings, but one pickup. Pacifica 510V. Strat body, whammy bar. But as you say- simplicity (of Esquire) is beautiful.
I have the 50s version of this esquire and I love the simplicity. Wish Epiphone would make a double cut Jr so I could have the shorter scale length. I've been craving a firebird 1 also lol. Single pickup guitars are my favorite these days
Am I the only one who thought it was some strange pickup under the pick guard?😂 really cool! My first guitar was an Epiphone junior. I learned to roll the tone back a little above half way and pick right up next to the fretboard for a nice neck sound. There is literally nothing in the way of my picking hand though and it’s so nice
Technically, the rear switch position bypasses the tone control entirely. The tone control is removed from the circuit and you go pickup>volume>output. That’s why it is brighter than the middle setting.
I also like the hardtail Stratocasters as you said... I have several of them and just built an esquire that has a mini humbucker with split/series/parallel switch. Your videos have been very encouraging, and I think the esquire format is very simple but also very powerful at the same time... Thanks for your offering in this space! Stay blessed!
I grabbed this stunning Esquire when it came out. It’s a cool guitar. The blue is so cool. It’s a pity the the neck isn’t thicker. Great video and jazz licks!
I believe Fenders from the 50s had flatwound "Squier" strings. Definitly wound G (3rd). There was a set that were semi-,flatwound too that became the "Super-bullets". Worth checking out.
Ive bought this guitar one year ago and put a Lollar Vintage T Bridge PU inside. (even the stock PU wasnt so bad - but if I have only one PU Id like to have the best one ;-) ) I must say that Ive recorded my best recordings with that guitar, because it's limited to the bridge PU. That is very good in the whole mix, if you have more than one guitar andor keyboards. I can take a focus on playing, no need to have too many sound options - but of cause you have some options with this guitar. I would call it a real working horse. And it looks beautiful and the overall quality is very good as nearly all classic vibe guitars of Squier.
I always more fancy the sound of telecaster better than stratocaster, both clean and overdriven. The only aspect that I don't really like on telecaster is the position of the pickup switch and volume knob, they are getting in my way when I strum strings hard, and most likely to change tones without intention. Maybe it is my personal habit, but I do think if Fender make a slight change on the positioning of the controls will make the ergonomics a huge difference, since telecaster is already an epic instrument. As one studies engineering I always tell my fellow colleagues who don't play guitar that Leo Fender is a legend of both engineering and art. This idea of switch tone controls could really make a huge difference in live stage performing at that era where pedals haven't be a thing yet. Tremolo system, truss rods, bolt-on necks and so on... If Les Paul and 335 were artcrafts following perfection asthetics of traditional instrument designing, then Leo Fender, he was the magician that put pieces of industrially manufacted electro/mechanical parts together into wonderful engineering and musical system, following an austere but elegant asthetics of engineering.
I have a well used 2011 naturally crackled, black & yellowed & worn maple neck, 60th anniversary Mexican Tele, I bought for cheap, in Australia, that I want to turn into a Esquire. I better try to find a pickup & wiring diagram. I have 2 other MX teles. A 2017 std & a 2019 blackguard player. All have maple fretboards. Would love a rosewood board neck!
What a great video. I have Les Paul juniors with one pick-up. So I feel it’s all in the tone and volume to learn how to shape your sound more. It’s taught me so much just having one pick-up. New subscriber here from UK
Marty Stuart has Luther Perkins’s guitars that he put the old strings back in the case and they are flatwounds which were all the rage. The core of the wound G had to be really thin to allow for the windings which is why 60’s pickups have the raised pole piece to help that string be as loud as the others. The D’Addario Chromes are great but much more full frequency than the old style flatwounds. I have one Tele with their 10-48’s but I replace the wound G so it fits the nut slot (it breaks easily anyway). Thank James Burton for putting skinny banjo strings on his Tele. I like both kinds of strings for different tones, especially in the mids. I also play a Musicmaster amp that used to belong to the late, great Mary Kaye.
You just gained one more subscriber. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, positive attitude and humility with the world….not to mention great guitar chops. Thank you again May God bless you.
Hi Tomo. I just subscribed. I have watched a few of your videos before. I am thinking about purchasing a Squier Esquire and I found your video. As always, great content and amazing playing. Thank you for this video. All the best!
Hey buddy , you can actually find interviews where BB king says he used light gauge strings , maybe not originally but definitely later on , I love esquire I do have one 👍
Excellent content/upload; You’ve gained a new subscriber. While I am aware of their existence and have heard them played live before, I learned a lot about the technical aspects of the Esquire. I think I want to get one - made by Squire - in the near future! Cheers 🥂 and Merry Christmas 🎄
I wish Fender would have gone with just a lower pickguard like a Les Paul when they designed the Esquire and with no upper routing so most of the upper guitar is not covered over by the pickguard, I think this would look so much better and would have distinguished the Esquire from the Telecaster. Also I would modd this to have a switched treble bleed and a 2 switched caps maybe an orange drop and a bumblebee, those other 2 positions on the switch are wasted IMO as you can achieve the same setting at the middle position and using the tone Pot.
@@TomoFujitaMusic Just one pickup so that it maintains the Esquire look but with more of the body showing that is normally covered by the enormous pickguard, without the neck pickup there is no need for that area of the pickguard
Yes! You need to remember that even vintage guitars... there are two types: A great one & Okay one. Yes, I have played a few great examples from 1970's Stratocaster. A few 1973-1974... I really love!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Oh yes...😎👍 Hopefully, when my Yamaha Revstar 2 RSS02T lands, that transformer installed in the circuit will give me something similar 😉😎👍 😎👍❤🖖
@@TomoFujitaMusic Haha, I just checked and you have the pedal steel bends down, you surely have been playing some! Even if only between funk rhythm figures or bebop chord solos, which seem to be your strength as far as I can tell.
As far as I know, yes, original Fenders did come with 12-52 flatwounds with a wound G, but the gauges of the strings between the Es on modern sets like that D'Addario are slightly different (in the .001" range, probably unnoticeable), the set was 12-16-26w-34w-44w-52w. But that's not a '50s spec Esquire anyway so it's more than fine for the purposes. What do you think of the new Esquire Deluxe?
@@TomoFujitaMusic If you know the '70s Telecaster Deluxe with the wide-range humbuckers, it's like that, but it's an Esquire. Instead of the organ tone third position it has a coil split, but it also does have a vol/tone bypass.
How does the neck hold up to those heavy gauge strings? I get neck warp problems when I’ve tried large diameter strings. Really enjoyed the video and your playing!
Smarter people than me have explained that the Esquire has a much purer tone because the strings aren't being influenced by the magnets in the neck pickup.
Super nice looking guitar sir! I have a question tho, did you upgrade the pickup or is it stock pick up? Is it same with bridge pickup from Squier classic vibe 50's tele?
Tomo Hi Have you tried any of the Hagstrom guitars? They use to boast about having the fastest neck on the planet. I have one of their older cheaper ones and love it. If you decide to get one you should get two and give me one...I'd love a new one :)
Thanks for the video Mr. Fujita. That's a beatiful guitar. It might be weird, but I always found telecasters more aesthically pleasing than strats. Subscribed already. If it's no trouble to ask, and please excuse my ignorance as I'm still learning - but is buying a strat and just sticking to one pickup not the same as buying a guitar with just one pickup?
You're welcome! Thank you! Thanks for subscribing. One pickup guitar is so simple and you (we) can learn so much... not same as Stratocaster or Telecaster.... Totally different experience!
Pretty sure that having one pickup changes the sound a little because when you have multiple pickups, all of them pick up vibration regardless if you put a setup with only one of them active.
@@paulaguirre8312 Thanks! I didn't know it still picks up regardless, but I guess they're fairly close to each other that it still would. Appreciate the knowledge drop.
Thank you for your precious tips and tricks, Mr. Fujita-San! I would like to subscribe to your Guitar Wisdom, but I don't have a credit card, only PayPal :( I will watch your TH-cam Videos then, haha :) Greetings from Germany!
Come on man... you sound incredible on all settings, but please, is Chicago Music Exchange paying you or did they give you this guitar? Please don't be insulted... I own a black one I purchased from Sweet Water the first month they came out... but now I'm considering this CME blue version.
I tried this guitar in a store on a Fender Mustang 25 LT. The sound was not good on this amp, what a horror. You need a quality combo, I have a DV Mark Little Jazz.
I still don't understand why should we want to have a switch, if you want the tone all the way up you just set it with the wheel, and if you want the opposite do the same. I think only a guitar genius like you would understand it 😅
Don't need to understand it! Just three types tone setting. You can watch this video so you can hear them. I love this so much! th-cam.com/video/weHT_UzaqJU/w-d-xo.html
Position 1 is a tone bypass, not the same as full tone unless you have a no load pot. Position 2 is standard tele bridge with tone control. Position 3 is a treble roll off for "bass" parts. 3 different voicings in one guitar.
Why not just get a tele which is very close to the esquire but you get one more pickup? Telecasters are the work horse guitar that are great for almost everything and are still reasonably priced. Still very basic. I do kind of like flipping a switch to go from complete tone cutoff to variable tone to full treble but I'd rather have one extra pickup if I had to pick just one guitar. Or buy both and end the debate...
@@TomoFujitaMusic Definitely like having fewer options so you can focus on the notes and phrasing, something that I think gets lost among amateur player like myself
A Les Paul Junior and an Esquire taught me to be a much better player. TH-cam videos by Bonamassa (LP 'knobs'), Phil X (vintage americana 59 LP Junior), and Bill Kirchen (hot rod lincoln) showed how to get many sounds out of a any guitar. Kirchen's Hot Rod Lincoln live videos are a master class of playing (he covers dozens of guitar brands and must be a hundred famous players with just a regular Tele).
I recommend subscribing not only to the TH-cam channel but also to Tomo Fujita's Guitar Wisdom. You will not regret either. It has enriched my guitar playing and Mr. Fujita's positive attitude is contagious and always makes my day better.
Wow! Thank you so much! SO happy to hear that. Guitar playing can make anyone so rich inside!
No matter what happens... I am positive all the way!
Pickup selector as a "shortcut" for the tone control is actually such a cool idea. Very convenient playing live, especially
Very much indeed!
The Jazz/Rockabilly switch 😂
@@Barry101er What a great way to put it!
The Esquire is the last guitar I think of for smooth jazz tones, but you make it happen!!!!
Thank you! Versatile guitar!
My guitar luthier today told me that my Neck pickup in My old 90’s tele with Texas Special pickups just failed and was heart broken. But just watched this video and wow!! Such a great idea. Gonna save some money and just take the neck pickup out and do same thing for switch/tone control. BRILLIANT!! Thank you! You gained a subscriber 👏🏻👏🏻☄️🤗🎸
So sorry to hear that! This one is so good! Please enjoy it! Thank you!
Amazing versatility from one pickup.
Yes!
I knew nothing about the Esquire. But thanks to you, now I do! Only have 5 guitars left now and struggle to finds the time to give each some playing time. So I like you showcasing all those guitars I'll never possess for me. Great stuff as always.
So happy to hear that! Cool guitar! I am very busy playing all my guitars!
@@TomoFujitaMusic
I bet. I struggle keeping up with all your posts too 😊. But do keep posting. I love listening to your playing. You got yourself a fan here.
@@Kept_Crude You don't have to do everything! That's too much! I just want to share my guitar joy to everyone! Thank you so much!
I bought a Squier CV 50s Esquire (butterscotch blonde) a couple years ago on a whim when I tried one out at a store. I fell in love with the twangy tone when the pickup selector is in the bridge setting. It is such a great tone. And I love the "tone off" setting for practicing at night, it gives a warm sound without waking up everyone in the house. It plays and feels like a much more expensive guitar than it is and if you see one around, I highly recommend trying one out or even buying it.. The one pickup provides plenty of tonal options. I was thinking about getting one of those ashtray pickup covers to take the vibe even further but I haven't decided yet. Great video, I will be subscribing!
Thank you for sharing! I love simplicity!
I got a Squier CV 50s Esquire back in 2019 and put a Bare Knuckle Flat 50 pickup in it and it took what was a pretty good guitar and made it into a beast. The strength of the guitar is its simplicity, but it's deceiving, because it's very versatile. You can make wiring changes too to add different tonal qualities. A great, relatively inexpensive guitar.
Thank you for sharing! Awesome!
Esquires rule! Leo Fender got it right in the 50s. Thank you for sharing, and for your great playing and perspective.
Thanks so much! Leo Fender is so amazing!
Thank you so much for this video on the single p/u electric. I just purchased the Squier Esquire and learning to get the most out of it. And by the the way still learning all I can find on triad usage like you suggested. You are a fun teacher to learn from Tomo!
Glad it was helpful! Good job! Thanks so much!
It’s very confusing to me why anybody would not subscribe to your channel after watching an episode…. Very confusing to me because you are the best guitar teacher in the world hands down…. There are other great teachers out there, but you are by far the best Sensei Tomo. Cool esquire by the way, I didn’t even know Squier made one.
It's very simple! Even I make a pretty good video... TH-cam is not sending many people! I must work harder! Very interesting clever system! Davie 504 will have 3.33K subs everyday!
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! I will make more efforts!
Rick Beato gets 1000 subs a day!
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I just ordered another one from Sweetwater the other day!
I was born in 1952! 70 years ago last March. I have played guitar most of my life, and I have had many many guitars! Many of them I wish I had now! 50's Tele's, Strats, Gibson's. I have a Fender lap steel from the early 50's, I loaned it to a friend 30 years ago and haven't seen it since. 8( The ~30 guitars I still have are nothing special. About 6 years ago I bought 2 pine 1 piece Tele bodies. They are 'aging' now. I have period correct Warmoth necks for them along with Fender Custom shop pickups, also aged Tele hardware and controls. I will build them sometime soon. 8) Thanks for your wisdom Tomo! Always appreciated!! Have a good day. 8) --gary
Thanks for sharing! I love Fender Lap Steel! Please enjoy! You're very welcome! I love make people happy with guitar! That's my job!
Brilliant presentation. As a beginning guitarist this is what I needed to hear. It’s the guitarist,not the guitar. Love the tee as well.
Thank you for sharing! So happy to hear that!
dont worry tomo, i am subscribed. thank you
Thanks for subbing! I really appreciate it!
Nice. I think I've found my next guitar.
So awesome!
Very nice playing and guitar , Tomo. One cannot go wrong with a Classic Vibe. Yamaha also has a similar budget guitar. Three settings, but one pickup. Pacifica 510V. Strat body, whammy bar. But as you say- simplicity (of Esquire) is beautiful.
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Subscribed. Love the channel and your playing is superb.
Thanks for the sub! I really appreciate it!
@@TomoFujitaMusic 🙂
I have the 50s version of this esquire and I love the simplicity. Wish Epiphone would make a double cut Jr so I could have the shorter scale length. I've been craving a firebird 1 also lol. Single pickup guitars are my favorite these days
Yes! So good!
I was born in 1950. I know by 1960 we were using flatwound strings on electric guitars. I had a Sears guitar with a Silvertone Amp with twin twelves.
Thanks for sharing! So awesome!
I'm so proud of you Tomo!!! You are such a wonderfully creative talent and teacher!
Thank you so much! You're very kind!
Am I the only one who thought it was some strange pickup under the pick guard?😂 really cool! My first guitar was an Epiphone junior. I learned to roll the tone back a little above half way and pick right up next to the fretboard for a nice neck sound. There is literally nothing in the way of my picking hand though and it’s so nice
Just one pickup on the bridge! Awesome!
Technically, the rear switch position bypasses the tone control entirely. The tone control is removed from the circuit and you go pickup>volume>output. That’s why it is brighter than the middle setting.
Thank you for sharing!
down to earth presentation well above the earth fretboard navigation
Thank you so much!
I just got my Squire Esquire last week ( 3 tone sunburst) ... I always appreciate your reviews. AND ... I am a long time subscriber
Awesome! I love this guitar!
This is great. I have the same guitar for the same reason. You are awesome
Awesome! Thank you!
I bought Squier Esquire H. Only one humbucker. And it sounds very very good, even better then my Ibanez HSH RG.
Awesome! Please enjoy it!
I also like the hardtail Stratocasters as you said... I have several of them and just built an esquire that has a mini humbucker with split/series/parallel switch. Your videos have been very encouraging, and I think the esquire format is very simple but also very powerful at the same time... Thanks for your offering in this space! Stay blessed!
Thanks for sharing! I love hardtail & Esquire! Awesome! So happy to hear that! Thank you so much!
That is the same color as my Tele...Love it, sounds amazing.
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video, thanks for sharing!!! Those big flat-wound strings really keep the "no tone control" setting from being overly harsh! Great idea!!!
You're very welcome! Thank you for sharing!
I grabbed this stunning Esquire when it came out. It’s a cool guitar. The blue is so cool. It’s a pity the the neck isn’t thicker.
Great video and jazz licks!
Thanks so much!! Great price for this!
I believe Fenders from the 50s had flatwound "Squier" strings. Definitly wound G (3rd). There was a set that were semi-,flatwound too that became the "Super-bullets". Worth checking out.
I think so. Thank you for sharing!
Great video. I've been looking at the new Squier Sonic Esquire H. Thinking about buying one and adding switching for similar possibilities.
Thank you! Fun guitar!
Ive bought this guitar one year ago and put a Lollar Vintage T Bridge PU inside. (even the stock PU wasnt so bad - but if I have only one PU Id like to have the best one ;-) ) I must say that Ive recorded my best recordings with that guitar, because it's limited to the bridge PU. That is very good in the whole mix, if you have more than one guitar andor keyboards. I can take a focus on playing, no need to have too many sound options - but of cause you have some options with this guitar. I would call it a real working horse. And it looks beautiful and the overall quality is very good as nearly all classic vibe guitars of Squier.
Thank you for sharing! Awesome!
Guitar sounds great, and so do you! Nice overview of what this inexpensive guitar can do.
Thank you!
I always more fancy the sound of telecaster better than stratocaster, both clean and overdriven. The only aspect that I don't really like on telecaster is the position of the pickup switch and volume knob, they are getting in my way when I strum strings hard, and most likely to change tones without intention. Maybe it is my personal habit, but I do think if Fender make a slight change on the positioning of the controls will make the ergonomics a huge difference, since telecaster is already an epic instrument.
As one studies engineering I always tell my fellow colleagues who don't play guitar that Leo Fender is a legend of both engineering and art. This idea of switch tone controls could really make a huge difference in live stage performing at that era where pedals haven't be a thing yet. Tremolo system, truss rods, bolt-on necks and so on... If Les Paul and 335 were artcrafts following perfection asthetics of traditional instrument designing, then Leo Fender, he was the magician that put pieces of industrially manufacted electro/mechanical parts together into wonderful engineering and musical system, following an austere but elegant asthetics of engineering.
Thanks for sharing! I love Telecaster! Stratocaster Shape is so perfectly balanced (Coming from acoustic guitar shape!)
What a great video, I was going to stop by CME to pick this model up and wanted to hear it first-sold!
Thank you so much! Good job!
I have a well used 2011 naturally crackled, black & yellowed & worn maple neck, 60th anniversary Mexican Tele, I bought for cheap, in Australia, that I want to turn into a Esquire. I better try to find a pickup & wiring diagram. I have 2 other MX teles. A 2017 std & a 2019 blackguard player. All have maple fretboards. Would love a rosewood board neck!
Awesome! Thank you for sharing!
What a great video. I have Les Paul juniors with one pick-up. So I feel it’s all in the tone and volume to learn how to shape your sound more. It’s taught me so much just having one pick-up. New subscriber here from UK
Thank you so much!
The bridge setting on my Fender 70th Anniversary Esquire could slay a dragon. The Squier version sounds more forgiving on the bridge. Nice guitar.
Love this guitar! I played the 70's Anniversary Esquire.. that guitar 's neck is just too big! Thank you!
Delighted to be subscribed and enjoy your cheerful and friendly presentations every bit as much as your world class playing and teaching. Cheers!
Welcome aboard! So happy to hear that!
Marty Stuart has Luther Perkins’s guitars that he put the old strings back in the case and they are flatwounds which were all the rage. The core of the wound G had to be really thin to allow for the windings which is why 60’s pickups have the raised pole piece to help that string be as loud as the others. The D’Addario Chromes are great but much more full frequency than the old style flatwounds. I have one Tele with their 10-48’s but I replace the wound G so it fits the nut slot (it breaks easily anyway). Thank James Burton for putting skinny banjo strings on his Tele. I like both kinds of strings for different tones, especially in the mids. I also play a Musicmaster amp that used to belong to the late, great Mary Kaye.
Thanks for sharing! I love both ways very much!
Musicmaster Bass Amp! I love that amp. I use it everyday!
Got one! Great guitar, great demonstration!
Thank you!
エスクワイア！？音色がそんなに多彩なんですね！誰しもが弾きこなせるものではない様な！かっこいいです！
ありがとうございます！多彩です！
The selector to the neck (roll off) Jazz like Kenny Burrell
Yes!
Just subscribed. Thank you so much for a great demo with clean tones. And happy to hear your "honest" amp 👍
Cheers!
Thank you so much! You're very welcome!
You just gained one more subscriber. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, positive attitude and humility with the world….not to mention great guitar chops. Thank you again May God bless you.
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much!
You’re very welcome!
Hi Tomo. I just subscribed. I have watched a few of your videos before. I am thinking about purchasing a Squier Esquire and I found your video. As always, great content and amazing playing. Thank you for this video. All the best!
Subscribed! Thanks for such great videos. While I'm a seasoned player I love all the content brother. Esquires rule them all!
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that!
Hey buddy , you can actually find interviews where BB king says he used light gauge strings , maybe not originally but definitely later on , I love esquire I do have one 👍
Thank you for sharing! I love this guitar! Simplicity
When you said about subscribing i said, "you know what? I like this guy already" subscribed
Thanks so much!
Now I want one Esquire!!
So good!
Excellent content/upload; You’ve gained a new subscriber. While I am aware of their existence and have heard them played live before, I learned a lot about the technical aspects of the Esquire. I think I want to get one - made by Squire - in the near future! Cheers 🥂 and Merry Christmas 🎄
Thanks so much! Good job! Happy Holiday! & Merry Christmas!
I watch because it pops up on my feed.
So nice to hear that. Thank you!
Love the guitar but the Jazz you are playing sounds like you are in the Holiday Inn lounge. Let's Rock!
Thank you!
I wish Fender would have gone with just a lower pickguard like a Les Paul when they designed the Esquire and with no upper routing so most of the upper guitar is not covered over by the pickguard, I think this would look so much better and would have distinguished the Esquire from the Telecaster.
Also I would modd this to have a switched treble bleed and a 2 switched caps maybe an orange drop and a bumblebee, those other 2 positions on the switch are wasted IMO as you can achieve the same setting at the middle position and using the tone Pot.
Thank you for sharing! Just one pickup or two pickups!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Just one pickup so that it maintains the Esquire look but with more of the body showing that is normally covered by the enormous pickguard, without the neck pickup there is no need for that area of the pickguard
I love that look so much! I love the Esquire! Thank you for sharing! @@AndrewAHayes
If I had a choice to have one musician's knowledge and skills in music it would be yours
Thank you so much! Guitar is so much fun! Guitar make you rich inside!
Reverb IS a beautifier ....... even on bass !!!
Thanks!
light as a feather, same color, same store Chicago music exchange.
Awesome!
Nice vid! Killer walking bass lines!
Thank you so much!
I love Tomo!! He is the best!!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for making this video! Very attractive guitar. I’d love to see a tele offered in the same color with a maple neck.
You're welcome! Thank you!
…nice funk strokin’ too!
Thank you!
Try D'addario EXL115BT, I think you'll like them for the Esquire.
Thanks so much!
Hi Tomo, have you ever played a vintage 70's cbs stratocaster? What do you think about them? best!
Yes! You need to remember that even vintage guitars... there are two types: A great one & Okay one. Yes, I have played a few great examples from 1970's Stratocaster. A few 1973-1974... I really love!
Folks would use the tone roll off position for playing bass parts if your band didn't have an electric bass back then😉
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Thanks for sharing! I love the tone roll off position for using FUZZ pedal!
@@TomoFujitaMusic
Oh yes...😎👍
Hopefully, when my Yamaha Revstar 2 RSS02T lands, that transformer installed in the circuit will give me something similar 😉😎👍
😎👍❤🖖
@@richardlynch5632 Awesome! Enjoy!
@@TomoFujitaMusic
Same to you😎👍
That Squier CV Esquire is a beautiful and tuneful tool indeed 😎👍
Thank you for sharing it with us😎👍
😎👍❤🖖
Mate the esquire came out before the electric bass was invented.
Awesome guitar!
Thank you!
It would be amazing if you demonstrated some great country guitar licks on that guitar!👍
Yes! More videos are coming!
WOW! I can't believe you are going to play awesome country on that twangolicious Esquire!
@@thumbpickfingers I need to practice country licks so I can pretend as if I have been playing!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Haha, I just checked and you have the pedal steel bends down, you surely have been playing some! Even if only between funk rhythm figures or bebop chord solos, which seem to be your strength as far as I can tell.
@@thumbpickfingers Good catch! I will work on new video for you!
Thank you for this excellent video!
Thank you!
As far as I know, yes, original Fenders did come with 12-52 flatwounds with a wound G, but the gauges of the strings between the Es on modern sets like that D'Addario are slightly different (in the .001" range, probably unnoticeable), the set was 12-16-26w-34w-44w-52w. But that's not a '50s spec Esquire anyway so it's more than fine for the purposes. What do you think of the new Esquire Deluxe?
Thank you for sharing! So great! I don't know that guitar.
@@TomoFujitaMusic If you know the '70s Telecaster Deluxe with the wide-range humbuckers, it's like that, but it's an Esquire. Instead of the organ tone third position it has a coil split, but it also does have a vol/tone bypass.
Nice reverb 😊
Thanks! I love it! One Control is the best reverb pedal!
How does the neck hold up to those heavy gauge strings? I get neck warp problems when I’ve tried large diameter strings. Really enjoyed the video and your playing!
No problem at all. Thank you so much!
A good two-pickup guitar will never be less versatile than a good one-pickup guitar. Nice guitar and nice playing, however.
Thank you for sharing!
Good for Jazz !
Any styles!
@@TomoFujitaMusic For a beautiful Jazz sound, you must install brass saddles and 11 gauge strings.
Jazz first got the right chords.
Simple is best!
You got that right!
Syd Barret played an Esquire.
Thanks for sharing!
Smarter people than me have explained that the Esquire has a much purer tone because the strings aren't being influenced by the magnets in the neck pickup.
I wish I knew this guitar in years ago! I love Esquire! Pure tone!
Super nice looking guitar sir! I have a question tho, did you upgrade the pickup or is it stock pick up? Is it same with bridge pickup from Squier classic vibe 50's tele?
Thanks so much! All stock. Only new strings.
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
Thank you
You're welcome
藤田先生いつも動画見てます🙇♂️
質問がありまして
今ギターでコードを勉強してます。🎸
♭5と♯11
augと♭13って同じ音ですよね。
コード表記する時どう使い分けたらいいんですか?
いつもありがとうございます。度数は、機能によって使い分けます。これは、少し理論を知らないと全くわからないので、このコードのタイプが出てくる曲を学ぶと良いです。b５は、ドミナント系のコードで＃１１は、メジャー７系のコードが多いです。でもドミナントC7(9,#11,13)もあります。CMaj7(#11) = D/C
CMaj7 A7(b13) D-9 G7(b13) で、R＆BやブルースでV７は、Augを使います。
ジャズの曲、R＆Bの曲を数曲ずつでも学ばれますとこの機能についても理解しやすいですね。ボクは、曲と理論で学びました。
hello! Can you make a video showing the electrical circuit of your Telecaster?
It is to see how it is connected to achieve that configuration.
Thank you for sharing! My Telecaster wiring is more modern way.
@@TomoFujitaMusic Can you show it?
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You know im a subscriber 😄
Thank you so much! Great to hear that!
Amazing!
Thank you!
Tomo Hi Have you tried any of the Hagstrom guitars? They use to boast about having the fastest neck on the planet. I have one of their older cheaper ones and love it. If you decide to get one you should get two and give me one...I'd love a new one :)
I love those! Do you own which model? Ha ha! Great idea!
@@TomoFujitaMusic metropolis-c China made Hagstrom but I still like it
Where can I get beginner guitar lessons? I want to play acoustic guitar at my church
I have "beginner series" at my Guitar Wisdom.
Please watch this video!
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Thanks for the video Mr. Fujita. That's a beatiful guitar. It might be weird, but I always found telecasters more aesthically pleasing than strats. Subscribed already. If it's no trouble to ask, and please excuse my ignorance as I'm still learning - but is buying a strat and just sticking to one pickup not the same as buying a guitar with just one pickup?
You're welcome! Thank you! Thanks for subscribing. One pickup guitar is so simple and you (we) can learn so much... not same as Stratocaster or Telecaster.... Totally different experience!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thank you very much, sir! Hope you and the family are well. Best regards.
Pretty sure that having one pickup changes the sound a little because when you have multiple pickups, all of them pick up vibration regardless if you put a setup with only one of them active.
@@paulaguirre8312 Thanks! I didn't know it still picks up regardless, but I guess they're fairly close to each other that it still would. Appreciate the knowledge drop.
@@paulaguirre8312 Thank you!!
It looks good and it sounds good. But I think any guitar will sound good in your hands haha
Thank you so much! If I knew about Esquire, I could improve my guitar skills much faster!
Thank you for your precious tips and tricks, Mr. Fujita-San!
I would like to subscribe to your Guitar Wisdom, but I don't have a credit card, only PayPal :(
I will watch your TH-cam Videos then, haha :)
Greetings from Germany!
You're welcome! So happy to hear that. Thank you for the sub! Everyone get a pre-paid credit card.
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Thanks for visiting!
Come on man... you sound incredible on all settings, but please, is Chicago Music Exchange paying you or did they give you this guitar? Please don't be insulted... I own a black one I purchased from Sweet Water the first month they came out... but now I'm considering this CME blue version.
Thank you so much! I paid this guitar at Chicago Music Exchange! Same as my Black Esquire.. I bought it at Sweetwater.
Did I catch a Schenker riff at 12:56?
Good catch!
What microphone you a using?
Canon XA40
Sennheiser MKE 600 (two)
@@TomoFujitaMusic Thank you.
@@tiborbogi7457 you're welcome!
I tried this guitar in a store on a Fender Mustang 25 LT. The sound was not good on this amp, what a horror. You need a quality combo, I have a DV Mark Little Jazz.
Thank you for sharing!
Similar to Broadcaster 50's
Awesome!
I still don't understand why should we want to have a switch, if you want the tone all the way up you just set it with the wheel, and if you want the opposite do the same. I think only a guitar genius like you would understand it 😅
Don't need to understand it! Just three types tone setting. You can watch this video so you can hear them. I love this so much!
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Position 1 is a tone bypass, not the same as full tone unless you have a no load pot. Position 2 is standard tele bridge with tone control. Position 3 is a treble roll off for "bass" parts. 3 different voicings in one guitar.
Thanks for sharing!
Why they didn't call it "Esquier"?
Why not?
Why not just get a tele which is very close to the esquire but you get one more pickup? Telecasters are the work horse guitar that are great for almost everything and are still reasonably priced. Still very basic. I do kind of like flipping a switch to go from complete tone cutoff to variable tone to full treble but I'd rather have one extra pickup if I had to pick just one guitar. Or buy both and end the debate...
Once I thought it... but a Esquire makes me play really well and I love that simplicity & limitation of Esquire. Good point though!
@@TomoFujitaMusic Definitely like having fewer options so you can focus on the notes and phrasing, something that I think gets lost among amateur player like myself
A Les Paul Junior and an Esquire taught me to be a much better player. TH-cam videos by Bonamassa (LP 'knobs'), Phil X (vintage americana 59 LP Junior), and Bill Kirchen (hot rod lincoln) showed how to get many sounds out of a any guitar. Kirchen's Hot Rod Lincoln live videos are a master class of playing (he covers dozens of guitar brands and must be a hundred famous players with just a regular Tele).
Thank you for sharing! I always wish I knew about "Fender Esquire" & "Gibson Les Paul Jr" early on... best way to improve your guitar skills!
If it doesn’t say fender on the headstock it’s not a telecaster by name. Only fender has legal rights to that name when it comes to guitars.
Thank you for sharing!