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torchindy wrote:There's something freeing about only having one pickup. It's sort of like running straight into the amp with no pedals... You stop worrying about what settings to use for everything and you just play.

This. I took the neck pickup out of my SG and have never looked back.

I only use the bridge pickup in my tele and it sounds great for everything I do. No reason why you couldn't make an Esquire work for you. I do have a hotter, fatter pickup in mine though - a Dimarzio Pre B1.