What does the switch do in an Esquire?

[Fatty]

There's only one pickup.. what exactly does the 3 way switch do in an Esquire-style guitar? (only one tele bridge pickup, no neck pickup)

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: What does the switch do in an Esquire?

the front or what would be the neck position is the pickup with a tone cap which makes a big fat sound...the tone control does not work in this position, the middle position is the bridge pickup with out the tone cap and the tone control does work, the last position or what would be the bridge position it the bridge pickup with only the volume control...the tone control does not work here either. If you turn the tone control about half way down you get 3 very different tones by using the switch.