Esquire Telecaster Wiring Diagram
1 shows the eldred esquire wiring schematic.
Esquire telecaster wiring diagram. Wiring diagram courtesy of seymour duncan. More about this esquire and its complete wiring diagram next month. For many months we ve been investigating mods for the fender esquire. Wiring diagram courtesy of seymour duncan.
I admit that the fender esquire is one. The esquire prewired kit corresponds to the circuit with the three capacitors from 1950. There is a lot of debate on the values of the resistors and the capacitors in this circuit. 50s esquire guitar pdf manual download.
The original fender bassy fixed tone position is modified so that there is only one cap to ground. This circuit was designed by leo fender so that the sound in pos. They have been changed many times over the years. Generally this wiring sounds best with two 250k pots and a traditional esquire telecaster bridge pickup.
Mike actually prefers a hotter bridge pickup model with a more prominent midrange. Our journey began in the may 2012 issue with fender esquire basics from there we started tinkering with the esquire s wiring and electronics and even explored schemes for using humbuckers designed to fit a tele bridge. View and download fender 50s esquire wiring diagram online. Typically that cap is 0047uf but some people prefer 0033uf or some other value.
3 the pickup is switched through directly without a tone control. Figure 11 represents a complete diagram of the fender esquire circuit. 1 resembles an electric bass two 05 mfd capacitors in series pos. Arty s waxed paper.
There is less variation than with a two pickup tele but some really great sound can be had from this is the original esquire wiring diagram. Complete esquire single pickup telecaster wiring diagram. With two k pots and a traditional esquire telecaster bridge pickup.