Unboxing a new Squier Custom Esquire 60's vibe Black from Sweetwater

Why do I need to buy another guitar? I really don't know... You can tell me! So I bought this Squier Custom Esquire 60's vibe from Sweetwater (Purchased it online without playing it!). At Sweetwater site, I could choose one from 4 same guitars with photos & guitar's weight! (This guitar was 7lbs 1oz) So cool! Plus it was $50 off that week! I was so lucky! What do you think about this guitar?
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[@gzo313]

Tomo is a virtuoso.. and I love that he waited for a sale on a Squier. Motivates me to practice harder, not save up more money. The carpenter… not the tools.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@Massey_]

Tomo, I work here at Sweetwater as a product support specialist, it’s so cool to see one of my favorite guitarist buy from us! Thank you so much for everything! This unboxing was awesome!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing! Thank you!

[@InGratitudeIam]

That's a great deal! Sweetwater is the best. Great customer service and follow up. If something's not right, they'll fix it. Their "engineers" are really helpful.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes indeed!

[@InGratitudeIam]

@@TomoFujitaMusic I think you have a future in playing and teaching guitar. :)))

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@InGratitudeIam Thanks so much!

[@davidmahoherrezuelo]

I've got the same Esquire...for Pete Anderson...the only mod her carry is a neck pickup UNDER the pickguard...this guitar is perfect for blues, blues fullpower, rockabilly and Country, i love her much!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome!

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

I bought the Blue back in June 2021, it came the same day as a 2005 Classic Series Esquire I bought used. Wonderful instruments. The Squier necks are a little thin. I’d love to put a Fender Vintera neck on one!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing! Yes.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

@@TomoFujitaMusic The big problem with Squiers is that they're so cheap you could end up with a house full in no time! I had to stop buying them and sold them all because I'm OCD with stuff like that. I had the Squier 50's Esquire too in cream but I just sold it this week. I won't sell the LPB model though as it's totally stunning. There was a Green and Tangerine FSR Tele too last year. I'd love the sparkle green, but it's rare and expensive. I just have to get Squiers off my mind as I'd buy more but in all honesty they are not as good as Fender Mexican made instruments, the thin necks irritate me which hints that they're made for beginners which they are because of the budget price point. I love thick necks. But If you put a Fender Vintera neck on one you'd have a very cool guitar.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@KRAZEEIZATION I see! Please be careful! Buy one guitar that very expensive!

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

@@TomoFujitaMusic I’m selling 4 to but a Fender AV2 Strat.

[@RobertKeeleyTV]

Thanks for the free lesson! 😆 What a beautiful Telecaster collection you've started! 😆😆 You need a shell pink one with 9.5s on it! Gitawakuauto! 💪🎸🏋‍♂

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You're welcome!

[@wildwillie7792]

Man I can watch Tomo all day, amazing guitarist, beautiful guitars Tomo and thanks for sharing.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@christopherguzzi1316]

You gotta love how guitar makers find a way to charge more for their guitar with one less pickup. You could buy the two pickup version, a blank pick guard, soldering iron, and solder cheaper than this to give you many more options.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you for sharing! Somehow one pickup guitar sounds so great!

[@larrymannino444]

Love your videos and your kindness - it is very apparent. Also, really watch to marvel at how lightly you fret - working on that - enjoy your new guitar! Also, WOW - love that green tele! Also also (now that I've gotten to the end of the video) when you play I now understand what my daughters call my 'guitar face' ;) - I guess we all probably do that - cheers!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear that. I have worked on my left hand pressure! Thank you!

[@cgdoublezerorc]

Nice unboxing. I shop Sweetwater for myself and for my business. Vern's my man over there!! I got my last guitar from there, Nashville Player Plus Tele, Opal Spark. 00

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@GothicXlightning]

I Think i ll take the Black one although i prefer my Black Beauty🤟

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Good choice!

[@worthmoremusic]

I love the fact that Sweetwater will list the weights if there are a few guitars in stock...but what has changed is that their technicians, inspectors, and luthiers only check guitars and do their 55pt inspection with guitars $400 and up.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Yes! What a great system! I am so happy with this black Esquire. Thank you for sharing!

[@LuckyMrSam]

"Make sure nothing's coming from behind." - is very solid life advice!❤❤🤣🤣

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!!

[@abdulaziz_Saud22243]

Thank you Mr.Fujita sensei 🌹 Greetings from The kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 ✌️

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

You are welcome! From Boston!

[@danlau007]

Love your smile Tomo！ I think you must be a GREAT teacher, Definitely, you're a very kind person. Thank you very much for all of your sharing.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@bhvithai5327]

12:47 Just Funky, great song to test out the new guitar! Sounds great, Fujitasan. I am looking forward to seeing what you have planned for experiments!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you very much!

[@andyhightides]

I bought mine in December. It was the lightest tele in the shop. The most touch sensitive guitar I've owned. I'm using a 1.60 Brain pick, and playing lighter, with the ability to go from loud and distorted to super clean just with pick attack. I also use the volume and tone control a lot more. The mud circuit works as a faux-fuzz with ts9 and bd2 engaged.

[@andyhightides]

And I took off the pickguard.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing! Great way!

[@andyhightides]

@@dorael_ mine is 6 lbs, 13.3 oz.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@dorael_ In the description. I can copied it for you! Why do I need to buy another guitar? I really don't know... You can tell me! So I bought this Squier Custom Esquire 60's vibe from Sweetwater (Purchased it online without playing it!). At Sweetwater site, I could choose one from 4 same guitars with photos & guitar's weight! (This guitar was 7lbs 1oz) So cool! Plus it was $50 off that week! I was so lucky! What do you think about this guitar?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@dorael_ You're welcome! Definitely a regular Telecaster is more versatile. The Esquire tone , you can not get from a Telecaster so that's why I love it so much!

[@theozone9156]

Beautiful instrument my friend. Squire has knocked it out of the park with this series. Beautiful playing as always🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Glad you like it! Thank you so much!

[@rick00770]

That’s awesome Tom. I got a classic vibe telle thin line. Love it. But that one you got is awesome. Always enjoy your videos. I’m 71 still playing. Take care .

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks so much!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Good job!

[@demarantz]

I bought a 60’s Custom Vibe on Black Friday Sale. (Not Sweewater, who are always great) Great price but mine was unplayable out of the box. New compensated brass barrel saddles, a new 3-way switch and some set up helped a lot but the nut is poorly cut and the fret work is bad. Needs leveling and polishing. But for a little over $200 I had to try it. Good for learning slide on.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Really? Same guitar? That's so crazy! This one is so good! You bought a new guitar from good store?

[@demarantz]

@@TomoFujitaMusic new guitar. “Open box” but it was packed like new. But the store clearly didn’t do any real setup on it. A good store? Maybe not as good at service as Sweetwater. They improve the guitars from the way they come from the factory. Or maybe mine was just a dud. It looks great. I’ll fix it up.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@demarantz Thanks for sharing. My guitar was from SweetWater & Chicago Music Exchange, From SweetWater I can even pick exact one with exact weight (Choose from) Both great setup from the box! All I have to do was raise the string height.

[@stevelankford7087]

Funny I just bought a black demo from them last week, mainly because weight was good and neck was dark. I’m loving that Esquire just like I knew I would. Your a great guy and even better teacher Tomo!...By the way let me give a plug to my sales guy Cam Allen for his always being a great help in my purchases!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Thank you so much!

[@victorb6293]

This was a cool unboxing Tomo, and a nice Squier. You must have a very big collection of guitars and lots of storage space! Do you have a preference of D'Addario string gauge or does it depend on which guitar you are using? Thanks for sharing your great insights as usual - it's very informative.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you! I use EXL110 (10-46) on regular size guitars & 11-49 or 12-52 on Fender Duo Sonic & Musicmaster (22.5 inch)

[@MrBradWi]

I think there are a lot of tests you can run to compare these contemporary guitars to some of the older ones in your collection. For instance your Duosonic and 335 are really great sounding guitars and I think a lot of that is due to playability, tuning stability, pickups and amp settings. I would like to see if you can tweak some of these "off the rack" factory guitars to get them to sound close to your treasured vintage ones. Show us what setup, string gauge, and amp settings could be tweaked to in order to get close to those creamy good vintage tones. I'm still kind of partial to having 2 pickups. There seems to be a lot of variation you can get just by switching bridge to neck pickups. So I'm a little skeptical that these single pickup single-coils can give me enough versatility. Maybe you can do a "Squier shootout", too, with the different guitar string gauges and show us how you change the controls to get a different sound with just one pickup and which ones respond better to the controls. Also, when you switch to heavier strings, how long do you wait for the neck to settle in before adjusting the truss rod to straighten out the bow that is likely to occur with higher tension strings? Thanks again. New Guitar Day is always a lot of fun!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing! Guitar is so much fun!

[@Musicology1975]

Great guitars and lots of fun to play with 🎸👍💜

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Guitar is so much fun!

[@LucaLindemann]

I just discovered your channel and I found your videos really cool and relaxing. Good job!! Just a trick I learned when working in a luthier workshop: to check the straight of a neck, do exactly what you did but from the headstock. It's easier to spot if the neck or frets have problems. 😉👍🏼

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@itriedmany]

You are fantastic! I purchased the black one several months ago.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you! Awesome!

[@mt-nv4jd]

I own a CV Tele. I sure would miss the neck pickup.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Please enjoy!

[@aliced.3719]

had exactly the same guitar, unfortunately I had to sell it to pay the bills, i really liked the slim neck, the feeling aswell as the looks. Although the "bridge" position sounded quite harsh, if you you rolled back volume a little bit you could get really nice sounds out of it, while the "neck" position pairs well with heavy distortion settings in my opinion :) Enjoyed your video, I wish you much fun with this guitar!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing. Thank you!

[@InsolentMusicalPeasant]

I should really get a Tele or an Esquire. I've heard so many great things about them. Wouldn't sound nearly as good in my hands though.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome!

[@tekkau2]

Very looking forward to see the 4 Esquire + 4 pack of strings comparison!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@raoulduke8720]

you should do a giveaway there's no way you need all those guitars man

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Maybe!

[@mikem668]

Some Esquire players... Apparently, Springsteen's, which has a neck pup, is an Esquire neck and Tele body. But there's some interesting history. Luther Perkins (I Walk the Line and after with Johnny Cash). B.B. King, before Lucille. Jeff Beck in the Yardbirds. Steve Cropper (Green Onion and Dock of the Bay with Otis Redding). Even Paul on Helter Skelter and IIRC Good Day, Sunshine (but check it). Syd Barrett (early Pink Floyd), Brian May (I forget which song), and Billy Gibbons. I don't know their music that well,, sorry. And Joe Strummer. Probably more. Almost everyone agrees that the simplicity focuses the player, often forcing them to rely on their fingers and attention instead of gear. Lots of guys did A/B tests adding and removing a neck pup on Teles and Esquires without much agreement. Definitely worth trying at this price point. I've bought a lot of guitars from Sweetwater and this had the best setup. I wonder if that has anything to do with no neck pup.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing! I love the Esquire very much! I just played a 1966 Fender Esquire at the Rumble Seat Music in Nashville. It was so good! Playing with a Esquire, I can hear all the details, finger noises, string noises so I can make better tone! (I can improve my guitar playing!)

[@edgargonzalez1779]

My arms are feeling the burn after doing that workout!!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Work out is good!

[@kdavis63]

I have the blue Tele love it!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome!

[@juanesquivelmadrid]

Fender please make a Tomo Fujita Signature Esquire. Thanks.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

[@drf8810]

生音も素敵ですね。乾いた音が気持ちいい！うらやましいー！

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

ありがとうございます。

[@heliosg2842]

Greetings from México, maestro Tomo!!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Hello there from Boston!

[@vojtaz9518]

Cool guitar, Tomo!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks!

[@iaingraham4911]

Thanks 👍😊👍 excellent guitar's

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@chrisjames1924]

Single pickup guitars are great. Might get one of these and maybe upgrade pup. If you can check out the ‘PRS SE One’ as well. I guess it’s their version of a Gibson Junior. Incredible guitar.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

One Single Pickup guitar is so much fun!

[@ehehe123456]

ヘッド側にトラスロッドの調整用の穴がついているのがいいですね。fenderだと70年代の物か最近の物しかないですね

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

便利です！

[@hamishmcfenda4197]

Hi Tomo the nicest one is the green one with the Fender logo on the headstock, is that a custom shop? Thanks

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@scottenglert4083]

Tomo - great form with the box throws - make sure you warm up your shoulders before throwing like that :) You should put another camera in the landing zone !

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for the tip!

[@willrayment9544]

I bought one of these. It arrived really badly set up. Neck looked like I could fire arrows with it. But once set up.. its amazing.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for sharing. Mine was setup pretty good!

[@RT-cq3hu]

I finally knew you're japanese man!! I'm very grad because I'm also japanese! ということでチャンネル登録もしました 頑張ってください！

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! ありがとうございます！

[@spider5001]

Look at all the room for your picking hand. Freedom!!!! Well I guess the controls are in the way still lol. I love juniors. There is nothing to snag up your picking hand

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks so much! Having a solid foundation = FUN!

[@kylealanhobbs]

Nice Tomo! Did you go for the Sweetwater setup as well?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

No. It came with great condition!

[@spadesdiamonds988]

I always wanted a telecaster will you do a video with them plugged in. You blow me away with your guitar skills. Love the baby blue tele. Oh was wondering do you have Merch would love to buy that shirt your wearing

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! You can follow me TOMOJUSTFUNKY on IG

[@gearViewmirror]

Awesome Tomo🎸🤘🎸

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

[@xguile6687]

i love the your style of playing! quick question though, why a 3 way pickup selector with only one pickup in the bridge?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! Its so cool! Demo video this week!

[@thestereoclub6735]

Hah! I have 3 pretty much identical Squier Teles that I use for comparing pickups.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Great!

[@michaeljoyce3286]

So I went to Guitar center by my house and I played one of those and I was totally blown away on them the quality was phenomenal but part of me kept saying that it’s a squire and I struggled with that and I didn’t buy the guitar do you feel the quality of the newer Squires has gotten better now versus then

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome!

[@Eijik_]

Haved u tried Squier bullet telecaster?? I want to hear ur thoughts!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

No. I only know these. Thank you!

[@markcarbonaro7575]

Ho Tomo nice axe.Do you get discounts on your guitars? I enjoy your channel

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

This Black one, I got $50 off

[@markcarbonaro7575]

Cool

[@thehonestguitarist6543]

Tomo , did you get a discount for the missing neck pickups?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Good One!

[@thehonestguitarist6543]

@@TomoFujitaMusic Mr Tomo has good sense of humour. I read many (meaning all) Murakami novels and thought the cats ate the neck pickups....Cheers!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@thehonestguitarist6543 So happy to hear that! Thank you!

[@reggiemurphy1523]

I bought an electric drum set from Sweetwater last November, just finished the candy!! LOL Great customer service; waiting for a resonating guitar to go on sale! Great video, thanks Tomo!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear that. Thanks for sharing.

[@MultiCugel]

No sweetwater in UK where I am but plenty of others. Now how about this? All my guitars have 9's strings! Even acoustic ones. Is this bad idea? Thanks for the video, nice collectio of Tele's.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Everyone can have own choice! Thank you!

[@ohtravo997]

Glad to see you grabbing a few packs of the DiAddario flatwounds! I've tried the 12's and 11's and they're both really nice I'm thinking about trying the super light 10 gauge ones next, do you think that when you try them you could reply back to this comment and let me know what you think? Of course you dont have to that thought, I know you a very busy dude

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So awesome! They are so much fun!

[@valebliz]

Gotta get a Rockstead Tomo!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks!

[@timjoseph887]

Don’t understand. You did not plug it in or review the guitars.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Next video with guitar amp

[@nuthinbutlove]

I just love your Spirit. I got such a kick out of watching you unbox and show your wares. ☺️ Yeh those sound like 9's. I think it'll bring out the best of the instrument with heavier strings. It's interesting, the same guitars but different weights.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

So happy to hear that. Thank you!

[@dabblesonguitar6752]

Hi Tomo, great guitar! Do you think it’s better to stick to a single guitar while still learning? Or practice on a variety? I like the idea of knowing 1 instrument really really well

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

It's all up to you... but learning purpose ... simple is possible! I wish I knew about Esquires!

[@dabblesonguitar6752]

@@TomoFujitaMusic I never heard of them before either. Simple is good indeed!

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@dabblesonguitar6752 Simple, limitation is the best!

[@mikem668]

Funny. I have the same guitar sitting in the box acclimating after I got it yesterday. I ordered it from Sweetwater, right after you made the video with the Blue Esquire, which was an exclusive and out of stock. But I asked them to wait to ship it until the heat wave passed. And my Sweetwater guy is named Dave, too. Mine is 7.2. You might be an Esquire lunatic, Tomo 😀. Is it contagious?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@mikem668]

@@TomoFujitaMusic You're welcome. Thanks for pointing me in a new direction. I love the guitar. Does your forward switch position result in a large volume drop compared to the middle and rear. I was prepared for the treble cut from your other video - and you can replace it with the amp or pedal - but the volume difference surprised me. I only played it for 90 minutes, so maybe there's a sweet spot that reduces the difference so you can adjust the rest with the volume knob. I plan on looking for it anyway. Still a great guitar. Really fun. Simplicity matters. Thanks so much.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@mikem668 So happy to hear that. Yes. No treble at all so its fun to use high gain sound or fuzz pedal with that setting. Very useful once you find your way to play with a volume & Tone & Switch. Thank you!

[@mikem668]

@@TomoFujitaMusic Thanks, Tomo. Greatly appreciate it. It's amazing that this guitars limitations enable you - or at least an intermediate player like me - to hear sounds we haven't heard before. I caught myself sweeping the pick over the strings on a diagonal, listening for the sound difference as I moved away from the bridge. I thought, wonder how it sounds over the neck pickup. Oh, there is no neck pickup. Oops.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@mikem668 Thanks for sharing! I wish I knew about Esquire long time ago! This guitar's tone is much better than two pickups guitar~

[@guitarandotherthings6090]

Do you ever hate yourself for having to peddle sponsored crap shamelessly you know isnt very good, but you have to pretend youre more excited about it then you actually are?

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

I bought these guitars! I don't get any sponsors. Thank you! I love One Pickup Guitars so much!

[@guitarandotherthings6090]

@@TomoFujitaMusic I dont believe that any of these youtube guitar guys who show new guitars every week can afford all of these. They must be sponsored, or they chronically abuse the return policy from where they buy them lol.

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

@@guitarandotherthings6090 I can show you my recipes! I bought this blue Esquire from Chicago Music Exchange & this Black one I bought it from Sweetwater. I don't show new guitar every week. You mixed up with other people! I love these Esquires!

[@joepug11]

Wow apsolutly milking it,half the fix before we get to hear the guitar,tomo please don't become a fraud

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

I just sold one! Good fun guitar!

[@anthonyjohnson4734]

If I had your current skill level I would order the most pathetic guitar and make it trend worthy 😂🎸

[@TomoFujitaMusic]

Even having a good solid foundation, its better to get pretty good guitar.