00:00Hey guys, Joe Bonamassa here and we're broadcasting from my apartment. Still
00:15recovering from a little neck surgery so don't mind me. I look a little puffy
00:18around the face. It is what it is. You know ibuprofen is my new best friend.
00:22We're talking about telecasting or Esquiring today. Well this is a single
00:28pickup Fender Esquire 1952 and you know when I'm at home I kind of like playing
00:34them with the ashtray on. There's something about it. It just creates a
00:37different angle and you know it just gives you a few more tonal options. By
00:43the way if you want to do an Albert Collins, a dead-on Albert Collins
00:47impersonation, you got to leave the ashtray on. I did this a few years ago
00:53and I figured it out. It's because he left the ashtray on. There's a little bit of
00:57reverb and a little bit of a ping that happened. So there's a lot of cool
01:01things about an Esquire and a tally. I mean you can rule the world with one
01:06pickup. I mean if you have a good song. So you know here's the thing there's so
01:10many different sounds on this instrument. We're gonna go through them and we'll see
01:15what you guys think. So check it out.
01:26Here's some cool sounds on the Esquire.
01:53Here's some cool sounds on the Esquire. This switch, I don't know why there's one
01:58pickup but there's three positions. It does something. This one here has a filter
02:02cap on it or a little cap on it that makes it go dead tone but you get some
02:06cool things happening. Check it out.
02:17The middle position allows you to use the tone knob and the vibe knob at the same
02:22you know at the same time. Very traditional.
02:26Go all the way back. The tone knob is disconnected and you just have the volume straight to the
02:31the jack. So...
02:50the tone knob is disconnected and you just have the volume straight to the jack so...
02:57fun for the whole family with one pickup. You know you reach for a Telecaster, an Esquire,
03:04any time you want to be heard because they cut through the mix and they do something like that.
03:09You know you reach for a Telecaster, an Esquire, any time you want to be heard because they cut through the mix and they do something like that.
03:13You know you reach for a Telecaster, an Esquire, any time you want to be heard because they cut through the mix and they do something very special. I mean you know to think about the design, the innovation, this guitar is 70 years old or maybe 71 years old.
03:32this year it was built in May of 52 and you're sitting there going wow nothing's really changed about the design in 71 years. Leo got it right the first time. And you use it, there's so many specific you know things you can do. You can rock with the guitar, you can play country music, play blues,
03:52I mean there's those great pictures of BB with an Esquire, Clarence Gatemouth Brown had an Esquire. So you know I mean it's one of those things where you just go they're so versatile and you can play any style of music that you want and do it and service the song the right way.
04:09So that's why I always reach for a Tele or an Esquire. It's always fun to mess around with these things.
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