A Questionable Seth Lover?

[Jakash]

Ok so this is probably a dumb question but I wanted to ask before I go on the warpath. I've been in the process of upgrading the pickups of a number of my guitars and I got purchased a used "Seth Lover" neck pickup from someone on Reverb. I just took it out to install and on the back it has a G&L logo! Is there a way this could be a Seth?

Here are 2 photos of the back:

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

No. Next time, don’t buy without seeing a picture of the base plate.

Can you post a link to the ad?

[Blille]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

Ugh. Sorry man.

[Boogie Bill]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

The original G&L ASAT Bluesboy featured a Seth Lover in the neck. A few years ago, they dropped the Seth for a "clone" designed by their pickup guru Paul Gagnon.

If this is one of those, it should be VERY close to the Duncan original, and a pretty decent pickup.

Bill

[beaubrummels]

A Questionable Seth Lover?

Ok just read boogie bills answer. Deleting my comment.

[Mincer]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

The original G&L ASAT Bluesboy featured a Seth Lover in the neck. A few years ago, they dropped the Seth for a "clone" designed by their pickup guru Paul Gagnon.

If this is one of those, it should be VERY close to the Duncan original, and a pretty decent pickup.

Bill

Even if so, these aren't Seths, and what you were sold wasn't what you got. Are these pics from the original ad?

[Jakash]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

No. Next time, don’t buy without seeing a picture of the base plate.

Can you post a link to the ad?

https://reverb.com/item/27494391-seymour-duncan-sh-55n-seth-lover-model-humbucker-nickel-cover

[Jakash]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

Even if so, these aren't Seths, and what you were sold wasn't what you got. Are these pics from the original ad?

No. I took these.

[Discharged]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

You need to get your Money back.

/Peter

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

Regardless of what came in a G&L, that’s clearly not what was advertised.

[beaubrummels]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

https://reverb.com/item/27494391-sey...r-nickel-cover

If that’s the ad, I shouldn’t have deleted my comment. That’s total misappropriation of a brand and false advertising. If you choose to keep it, you should at least lodge a strong complaint.

[Mincer]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

Yeah, I think maybe even you got the wrong package? Maybe the Seth ended up with someone else who won the G&L pickup. I wonder if he had 2 pickups for sale and the packages got mixed up.

[Masta' C]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

False advertising for sure. I'm inclined to believe that the seller intentionally didn't include a pic of the baseplate.

That said, here's one of his listings from a couple years ago...talks about the G&L neck pickup he swapped out:

https://reverb.com/item/4858177-seymour-duncan-seth-lover-55n-neck-humbucker-2017-nickel

Guessing that's when the switch happened and *maybe* he forgot about it. Although, that baseplate seems impossible to miss/mistake as a Duncan, so I'm still suspicious.

[Mincer]

Re: A Questionable Seth Lover?

False advertising for sure. I'm inclined to believe that the seller intentionally didn't include a pic of the baseplate.

That said, here's one of his listings from a couple years ago...talks about the G&L neck pickup he swapped out:

https://reverb.com/item/4858177-seymour-duncan-seth-lover-55n-neck-humbucker-2017-nickel

Guessing that's when the switch happened and *maybe* he forgot about it. Although, that baseplate seems impossible to miss/mistake as a Duncan, so I'm still suspicious.

Yeah, perhaps. But the first step is contact the seller with this link, a link to this forum topic, and offer some sort of solution. Threaten to take it higher if he doesn't go for it.