The Ultimate Rock Guitar? Fender Esquire

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  • Опубліковано 8 кві 2024
  • In today's video, Paul Drew and James Ivey take a quick gander at a Fender ESQUIRE to see if it could be the ultimate rock guitar.
    Thisguitar has a couple of tricks up its sleeve, but it only has one pickup.
    The Studio Rats are core band members Paul Drew on guitar/production/mixing, drummer James Ivey and Dan Hawkins on bass. They collaborate with singers and musicians to produce radio-ready songs.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 44

  • @VolklgirlKat
    @VolklgirlKat 18 днів тому +1

    Finally someone rocking out on the Esquire, Thank You!

  • @davidmcquillan4754
    @davidmcquillan4754 Місяць тому +5

    Nice touch with the Ultimate (Rock Slippers)🎸🎸🎶

  • @hanovergreen4091
    @hanovergreen4091 Місяць тому +7

    In 1991, I sold my 1984 MIJ Esquire re-issue. I'm an idiot. I've regretted that ever since. Great video BTW! Best Regards and Best Wishes!

    • @winstonsmith8240
      @winstonsmith8240 Місяць тому +2

      I sold a 1969 Gibson Les Paul black beauty decades ago. Still gives me sleepless nights.

  • @rockturtleneck
    @rockturtleneck 14 днів тому

    I bought a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Esquire a couple years ago and I love it. Super twangy sound. Maybe not as versatile as a Tele but the tone has more bite. And I love the chunky maple neck. Best of all it was only $400.

  • @VinnyTheAxe
    @VinnyTheAxe Місяць тому +1

    Sounds killer! Great demo as always guys. Hope all is well. Talk soon. Cheers!

  • @nickgjenkins
    @nickgjenkins Місяць тому

    Holy cow that sounds GREAT!

  • @k9er233
    @k9er233 Місяць тому

    The knarly guitar playin', box stompin' footwear says ROCK STAR all the way man! 🤘🎸😁 Always a good time in a Paul Drew video.

  • @craigryallful
    @craigryallful Місяць тому

    Love that neck tone ,honesty 😮

  • @Funkybassuk
    @Funkybassuk Місяць тому

    I love Les Paul Juniors - might have to get an Esquire one day!

  • @sentry1204
    @sentry1204 Місяць тому

    sounds great

  • @clarkwestfield7818
    @clarkwestfield7818 Місяць тому +2

    Babe Ruth was a pitcher and outfielder, most known for being a hard partying home-run slugger.

  • @limpeacock573
    @limpeacock573 Місяць тому

    Great video guys! Paul, I’m assuming you are going to use the conversion kit you showed for the upgrade. Do you think the new wiring harness is going to impact the tone of the bridge pickup when you do the comparisson? Have a great one fellas!

  • @mendelrocks
    @mendelrocks Місяць тому

    Lovely sparkle to the ears and eyes! For the comparison, will you only mount but not wire in the neck pup and keep the squire electronics? (Less soldering too this way.)

  • @davidmock9093
    @davidmock9093 Місяць тому

    Babe Ruth was a pitcher... but he was also the MLB Home Run leader until Hank Aaron broke his record on April 8, 1974. :)

  • @ronmoes42
    @ronmoes42 Місяць тому

    Well....I used to have a Squire, which was the 69 white stratocaster Jimi played on woodstock. I made it into an relic and bought the custom shop 69' pre-wired pickguard and the guitar was at another level, maybe better that alot of Fender stats I have played in at the local store, I sprayed a clear coat nitro cellulose lacre on the neck and on the body, which gave it a hard but silky smooth feel. Also , I used a bass guitar pickup cap and screwed it on the bridge covering the bidge, I had never seen anyone do that, but the result was stunning. changed the knobs with telecaster chorme knobs and screwed an extra string leader thingy on the headstock. The guitar was sold in a few days. The guy was aesthetic when he played it... absolutley stunning

    • @TheStudioRats
      @TheStudioRats  Місяць тому +1

      Cheers Ron cool story! Btw this is an ESQUIRE not a Squire.

  • @Adventuresingearland
    @Adventuresingearland Місяць тому +1

    Phil X would be a great guest to discuss single and duel pickup instruments.
    Get the showbiz phone book out lads! 😂

  • @johnfalzon
    @johnfalzon Місяць тому

    Very interested in hearing the sound comparisons. That claim has been made for years but I don't think anyone has tested it. I have a Les Paul Jnr and there certainly is something special about it.

  • @JackR617
    @JackR617 Місяць тому

    Nice Paul. I like it a lot. I like that color. I only like maple fretboards when they’re relic’d. Typically like rosewood. I love when you buy a new guitar. Enjoy it.

  • @leftyandreas
    @leftyandreas Місяць тому

    Hi, very nice video! Which guitar did you sell for it, the Nik Huber? Cheers, Andreas

  • @diggerd6489
    @diggerd6489 Місяць тому

    Lovely guitar, have you ever tried a Richie Kotzen tele, huge neck, massive sounding guitar and the tone control is a series/parallel switch, I think you would love them

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters 11 днів тому

    Some people actually played bassy chords on that front switch position, and then flip back to the back position. And The Babe DID start out as a pitcher for BOSTON. The Yankees stole him away from the Red Sox and that's why there is so much animosity between the two clubs, even unto this day. How 'bout that, Limies? SO. WHERE did you find this Esquire? Fender does not show anything like this on their site.

  • @shaharbar
    @shaharbar Місяць тому +2

    Paul, where do you buy your guitars, Reverb? Direct from Fender?

  • @GearSafari
    @GearSafari Місяць тому +1

    Looks and sounds great…now I gather the tone is in the slippers right? 😉

  • @TheOlesarge
    @TheOlesarge Місяць тому

    And...Babe Ruth actually WAS a pitcher! He was a pitcher before playing strictly outfield so he could hit every day. LOL... But great American Sports Reference!

  • @efx245precor3
    @efx245precor3 18 днів тому

    Nice shores

  • @apx_bespoke
    @apx_bespoke 25 днів тому

    What pickup is in there?

  • @SUPER8_GUITAR
    @SUPER8_GUITAR Місяць тому

    What pickup does the esquire have? Ash body?

  • @johndo9648
    @johndo9648 Місяць тому

    Sounded a bit fuzzy, I wonder why 🐇

  • @GuitarJawn
    @GuitarJawn Місяць тому

    You mean the Ultimate Guitar. I can live on the bridge pickup of a telecaster

  • @winstonsmith8240
    @winstonsmith8240 Місяць тому

    You sent me a text once asking me to 'telegram you.' Never trust that stuff so I didn't respond. Might have missed a nice little treat there. Don't care that much though as I always learn something. Everyone has to have a Tele right? 😉
    Oh, Babe Ruth WAS a famous batsman. Too many pub quizzes?

    • @TheStudioRats
      @TheStudioRats  Місяць тому

      Never trust those scam messages. Cheers Winston.

  • @enfieldhbs2204
    @enfieldhbs2204 Місяць тому

    ADD A PICK UP UNDER THE SCRATCH PLATE ,
    SIMILAR TO BRAD PAISLEY,SIGNATURE ESQUIRE

  • @user-pk4kb8bx9g
    @user-pk4kb8bx9g Місяць тому

    Sounds great as always, but Drew can make a sponge sound good, but you really must train on your intros..
    Thanx for the vIdeo you RATS!😆

  • @toddsteele72
    @toddsteele72 Місяць тому

    8:42 Careful Bryan’s publishing will block. 😂

  • @DavidSmith1307
    @DavidSmith1307 Місяць тому +1

    Esquires are Esquires and shouldn't be converted! The Tele neck pickup isn't worth ruining the OG.

  • @miguela.migallon8405
    @miguela.migallon8405 Місяць тому

    Gear of the year: your shoes!!! 😂😂😂😂

    • @TheStudioRats
      @TheStudioRats  Місяць тому +1

      Yeah called the wife in with fluffy slippers

  • @adamalexanderray
    @adamalexanderray Місяць тому

    Humbuckers are a prerequisite for a ultimate rock guitar (in my opinion).
    Also, those are some nice slippers.