Fender Scorpion Esquire

Tele295 · August 1st, 2006, 08:51 PM

Yeah, I know - very death metal. How is the quality on these? I think one would sound great with a TV Jones HB-sized Filtertron. It has a real ZZ Top vibe, but I can't afford one of those ltd. edition Z Esquires

SteveY · August 1st, 2006, 09:06 PM

I had one briefly (I really need two pickups though).

Really great ebony fingerboard! Great build quality. The Koreans have matched the Japanese lately, I think.

RockinCarl · August 1st, 2006, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tele295

Yeah, I know - very death metal. How is the quality on these? I think one would sound great with a TV Jones HB-sized Filtertron. It has a real ZZ Top vibe, but I can't afford one of those ltd. edition Z Esquires

Thats a cool idea!

Tele295 · August 2nd, 2006, 06:57 PM

or maybe Barden Two-tone?

Tele295 · September 22nd, 2006, 08:35 PM

I gots to find me one!!!!!!

Tele295 · October 3rd, 2006, 01:15 PM

score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tiktok · October 3rd, 2006, 01:27 PM

Links? Pictures?

Tele295 · October 3rd, 2006, 04:34 PM

Soon as the big brown truck delivers it!

mojocasterman · October 3rd, 2006, 05:24 PM

can't wait now :)

jwells393 · October 3rd, 2006, 06:11 PM

The Scorpion Esquire may be a rare bird. It appears production began and ended in 2003.

Hmmmmmmm.....................

SteveY · October 3rd, 2006, 07:14 PM

They sustain for days!

mojocasterman · October 3rd, 2006, 09:08 PM

they pop up on ebay regularly... maybe I should investigate. Somehow I do enjoy the Celtic Esquire, too...

Sarge · October 4th, 2006, 07:40 AM

I don't belive I've ever seen one. I'll stay tuned for the pic's.

NEPATelecaster · October 4th, 2006, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojocasterman

Somehow I do enjoy the Celtic Esquire, too...

I gots me one of those...

Don't pick it up much. A little too light for me.

I think Fender never should have put the Esquire moniker on it. Maybe they should have done the "Tele-Sonic" type of name. Kind of resembles it in shape, but in no other way.

When I have that "Tele" feeling, I don't reach for that. That is something I'll hold on to b/c I like it for the guitar it is, not b/c it's a Tele or Esquire in anyway.

As far as the Scorpion, I don't know how different it is aside from the color.

mojocasterman · October 4th, 2006, 02:18 PM

Wild Rice Chris · October 4th, 2006, 05:14 PM

Here I am! Duh-duh! Duh-duh-duh! Rock you like a hurricane! Duh-duh! Duh-duh-duh! Duh-duh!

It had to be done. 8)

mojocasterman · October 4th, 2006, 05:27 PM

Hey! I love that song

Man, when I was growing up in Europe, that band was H-U-G-E!

Tele295 · October 4th, 2006, 10:54 PM

Pretty much the as the Celtic, except for binding & trim

MandyMarie · October 11th, 2006, 01:12 PM

I would have delivered that thang! Or, like you said, at least held it for ransom until you came to get it...the show my band is doing with Rockin'Carl's band would have been a good time!

Hope you love it, Miles! Looking forward to a review

Tele295 · October 11th, 2006, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MandyMarie

I would have delivered that thang! Or, like you said, at least held it for ransom until you came to get it...the show my band is doing with Rockin'Carl's band would have been a good time!

Hope you love it, Miles! Looking forward to a review

But I need it for the weekend BEFORE y'all's show!

I played something similar last night at rehearsal to get used to the humbuckers. Me likey. The Scorp will be here Monday

Tele295 · October 25th, 2006, 03:00 PM

Played the Scorpion in a band setting for the first time last night. OMG - the sustain!!!! I don't even miss the tone knob. My drummer (a multi-instrumentalist in his own right) fell in love with it, and made me promise to leave it to him in my will.

I'm convinced. May even leave the stock pickup in there.

Jelly · October 25th, 2006, 07:08 PM

Uh, I remember a promise of some pics? :)

Just what sort of pickup is in it? String through bridge? Never heard of one of these things...

Tele295 · October 25th, 2006, 08:14 PM

Jelly - picture is at post #18. That is my actual guitar, not just one like it. Yes, string thru bridge, like a hardtail Strat. I heard it is a Fender Atomic humbucker, but I haven't been able to verify it yet. It is very fat amd warm, although I can get a satisfactory twang out of it wen I flip the bright switch on my Vibrolux.

Wild Rice Chris · October 25th, 2006, 09:02 PM

The Atomic Humbucker sounds good split, so if you do want a little bit more variety you can do that. I had one in a plywood Hondo/Peavey bastard guitar with a Kahler and the Atomic Humbucker was out of a Fender Cyclone.

August 1st, 2006, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	Fender Scorpion Esquire Yeah, I know - very death metal. How is the quality on these? I think one would sound great with a TV Jones HB-sized Filtertron. It has a real ZZ Top vibe, but I can't afford one of those ltd. edition Z Esquires __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

August 2nd, 2006, 06:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	or maybe Barden Two-tone? __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

September 22nd, 2006, 08:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	I gots to find me one!!!!!! __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

October 3rd, 2006, 01:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

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August 1st, 2006, 09:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
SteveY Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Age: 58 Posts: 1,422	I had one briefly (I really need two pickups though). Really great ebony fingerboard! Great build quality. The Koreans have matched the Japanese lately, I think.

October 3rd, 2006, 04:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	Soon as the big brown truck delivers it! __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

October 3rd, 2006, 05:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
mojocasterman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,274	can't wait now :) __________________ Lentz HSL - McNaught SC Jr - Tom Anderson Cobra w/ 3 P90s - Crook Custom Tele w/ Lollar & TV Jones - Trussart Deluxe Steelcaster - Vinetto Legato - Grosh Bent Top S - SRV Strat - Ovation Elite T - Dr. Z. Carmen Ghia & Mini Z - Fender Tweed Blues Junior.

October 3rd, 2006, 06:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 12,211 101 Photos	The Scorpion Esquire may be a rare bird. It appears production began and ended in 2003. Hmmmmmmm..................... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

October 3rd, 2006, 07:14 PM	#11 (permalink)
SteveY Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Age: 58 Posts: 1,422	They sustain for days!

October 3rd, 2006, 09:08 PM	#12 (permalink)
mojocasterman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,274	they pop up on ebay regularly... maybe I should investigate. Somehow I do enjoy the Celtic Esquire, too... __________________ Lentz HSL - McNaught SC Jr - Tom Anderson Cobra w/ 3 P90s - Crook Custom Tele w/ Lollar & TV Jones - Trussart Deluxe Steelcaster - Vinetto Legato - Grosh Bent Top S - SRV Strat - Ovation Elite T - Dr. Z. Carmen Ghia & Mini Z - Fender Tweed Blues Junior.

October 4th, 2006, 07:40 AM	#13 (permalink)
Sarge Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pgh,Pa Age: 53 Posts: 3,549	I don't belive I've ever seen one. I'll stay tuned for the pic's.

October 4th, 2006, 02:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
mojocasterman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,274	__________________ Lentz HSL - McNaught SC Jr - Tom Anderson Cobra w/ 3 P90s - Crook Custom Tele w/ Lollar & TV Jones - Trussart Deluxe Steelcaster - Vinetto Legato - Grosh Bent Top S - SRV Strat - Ovation Elite T - Dr. Z. Carmen Ghia & Mini Z - Fender Tweed Blues Junior.

October 4th, 2006, 05:14 PM	#16 (permalink)
Wild Rice Chris Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rice Custom Dungeon Posts: 2,862 27 Photos	Here I am! Duh-duh! Duh-duh-duh! Rock you like a hurricane! Duh-duh! Duh-duh-duh! Duh-duh! It had to be done. 8) __________________ "The children need to learn how to build their own environment and make their own music that is inspired by their roots."--Eugene Hütz "All music turns out to be ethnic music."--Steve Reich Enjoy, and please visit my homepage.

October 4th, 2006, 05:27 PM	#17 (permalink)
mojocasterman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 4,274	Hey! I love that song Man, when I was growing up in Europe, that band was H-U-G-E! __________________ Lentz HSL - McNaught SC Jr - Tom Anderson Cobra w/ 3 P90s - Crook Custom Tele w/ Lollar & TV Jones - Trussart Deluxe Steelcaster - Vinetto Legato - Grosh Bent Top S - SRV Strat - Ovation Elite T - Dr. Z. Carmen Ghia & Mini Z - Fender Tweed Blues Junior.

October 4th, 2006, 10:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	Pretty much the as the Celtic, except for binding & trim __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

October 11th, 2006, 01:12 PM	#19 (permalink)
MandyMarie Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN Age: 28 Posts: 2,516 65 Photos	I would have delivered that thang! Or, like you said, at least held it for ransom until you came to get it...the show my band is doing with Rockin'Carl's band would have been a good time! Hope you love it, Miles! Looking forward to a review __________________ our wacky little hillbilly band

October 25th, 2006, 03:00 PM	#21 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	Played the Scorpion in a band setting for the first time last night. OMG - the sustain!!!! I don't even miss the tone knob. My drummer (a multi-instrumentalist in his own right) fell in love with it, and made me promise to leave it to him in my will. I'm convinced. May even leave the stock pickup in there. __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

October 25th, 2006, 07:08 PM	#22 (permalink)
Jelly Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 1,423 10 Photos	Uh, I remember a promise of some pics? :) Just what sort of pickup is in it? String through bridge? Never heard of one of these things... __________________ "I got on a bus and I went to Fresno because I thought Merle Haggard lived there."

October 25th, 2006, 08:14 PM	#23 (permalink)
Tele295 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Haunted Amp, CA Posts: 3,380 14 Photos	Jelly - picture is at post #18. That is my actual guitar, not just one like it. Yes, string thru bridge, like a hardtail Strat. I heard it is a Fender Atomic humbucker, but I haven't been able to verify it yet. It is very fat amd warm, although I can get a satisfactory twang out of it wen I flip the bright switch on my Vibrolux. __________________ "Turn it up and it doesn't need any reverb." - Danny Gatton www.dannygatton.info Tiger Town Aces - Music That Bites Back In Redd we trust! Free Bill Kirchen! If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

October 25th, 2006, 09:02 PM	#24 (permalink)
Wild Rice Chris Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rice Custom Dungeon Posts: 2,862 27 Photos	The Atomic Humbucker sounds good split, so if you do want a little bit more variety you can do that. I had one in a plywood Hondo/Peavey bastard guitar with a Kahler and the Atomic Humbucker was out of a Fender Cyclone. __________________ "The children need to learn how to build their own environment and make their own music that is inspired by their roots."--Eugene Hütz "All music turns out to be ethnic music."--Steve Reich Enjoy, and please visit my homepage. Last edited by Wild Rice Chris; October 26th, 2006 at 11:02 AM. Reason: typo