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!

Finally someone rocking out on the Esquire, Thank You!

"I bought this for this video." I'll remember that. 😂 Brilliant video, blokes. Thank you and all the best.

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

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

Holy cow that sounds GREAT!

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

Love that neck tone ,honesty 😮

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

sounds great

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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.)

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.

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

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

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

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!

Nice shores

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

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

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?

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

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!😆

What pickup is in there?

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

Sounded a bit fuzzy, I wonder why 🐇

What pickup does the esquire have? Ash body?

Gear of the year: your shoes!!! 😂😂😂😂

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

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

come on guys! i've played cricket my whole and still know he (babe ruth) actually started his career as a left-handed pitcher before he became the best batsman in the world. bruh!