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I'm no expert, but I certainly believe that my Esquire sounds better than the same guitar did as a standard Tele.
Regarding mountings- aren't Specials usually soapbar rather than Jr's Dog-ears? No idea whether this has an impact, but Dog ears LOOK cooler to me!
Special neck tenon routed through - on double-cuts, the difference on singles is only the very end of the tenon.
Magnetic pull of the neck pickup on the Special
Dogear vs soapbar pickup mounting
I owned two vintage ones at the same time, both '57s - the Junior was far more aggressive, sustaining and powerful-sounding - the Special was thinner, brighter and spikier. Unsurprisingly and annoyingly, I prefered the Special's versatility and its neck and middle sounds, but the Junior's bridge pickup sound. Which of the differences was most responsible I'm not sure... if it's the pickup mounting you could fix a Special (though probably not on a 50s one!) by changing the mount to a dogear.
Of course it might have just been the difference between two different guitars of the same model anyway.
For what it's worth, and totally contrary to popular wisdom, both guitars sounded better with an original Leo Quan Badass bridge than they did with the stopbar. (Although I only had one Badass, so I couldn't do a direct A/B comparison.)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Note the lack of neck pick up mounted to the pickguard.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
TV Yellow every time - brilliant colour.
Cherry is the best finish, although of course historically 'incorrect' on single-cut ones.
It's not as strong on humbuckers, the magnetic field is more diffuse.
I agree about not knowing whether you're hearing the individual guitar or an inherent difference though.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
(formerly customkits)
My vote is (proper vintage with yellow ) sunburst on a junior and TV on a special.
I expected some discussion of these
Genuine unrelated question. If lacquer cracking/crazing is considered to be caused by temperature variations, why doesn't this seem to extend to body cavities?