Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

[mountain2012]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

What happens if I remove the cover on my unpotted pickups? Does the cover aid in preventing squeal at all?

[LtKojak]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

Does the cover aid in preventing squeal at all?

Well, as a cover is an integral part of the tone produced by the PAF's design, I wouldn't use it without a cover. As a matter of fact, all my four guitars loaded with PAFs from different winders, ALL have the covers ON.

*I* wouldn't have it any other way. Anyway, I have installed quite a few coverless unpotted p'ups in my customer's guitars, with no complaints 'bout squealing. Of course, most are semi- to pro level touring guys and know what they do.

YMMV.

[uOpt]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

What happens if I remove the cover on my unpotted pickups? Does the cover aid in preventing squeal at all?

Can go either way, can make it better, can make it worse, depending on how not proper it is put on.

[tonaholic]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

Unpotted pickups feedback for the exact same reason that a 335 produced feed back. Some people don't have problems with 335 feedback, some do. That extra "microphonic" quality is there and can cause feedback.

I went to a boutique winder's house who's quite famous on the net. He can't play very well and thought his theory of construction quality being the remedy for unpotted feedback was...air tight. Anyway, his pickups produced a lot of feedback with my modded JCM800 style boutique amp at moderate volume of the gain was up. Seriously, if you use a lot of gain and don't want feedback use potted pickups and solid body guitars. Don't believe all the cork sniffer hype. There's a lot of BS out there.

[Jeffrec]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

By "Squeal" are you referring to the movie "Deliverance"?

[0v3nm4n]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

speaking of antiquities and seth lovers:

given that the custom is a hotter version of the 59, (or so I've heard)

If I have an antiquity or SL pup in the neck, what would be the higher gain/output bridge version of said humbuckers to match the neck PU?

[uOpt]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

The 59 has nothing in common with the DC.

[0v3nm4n]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

so then why do they get paired up all the time

[uOpt]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

so then why do they get paired up all the time

Why wouldn't they? You can generally put heavy-hitters in the neck.

[LtKojak]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

so then why do they get paired up all the time

The '59n usually gets paired up with the Custom 5.

Ants and Seths usually gets paired up with tue Custom Custom.

HTH,

[0v3nm4n]

Re: Antiquity and Seth Lover humbucker question...?

The '59n usually gets paired up with the Custom 5.

Ants and Seths usually gets paired up with tue Custom Custom.

HTH,

Ah, that's what I needed to hear. so the custom-custom is the A2 answer to the neck P/Us in question