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  • #16
    Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post

    The bridge Ant is the thinnest hb in their line. Up to the guitarist if that is desirable or not.
    Sorry, but I don't hear that at all.
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    • #17
      Is what you hear you conflating your regard for the pickup and the actual eq and output of it? :P

      I'm not trying to criticize it. It's literally built that way tho. Vintage wind, old rattly cover, demagnetized A2. Literally every parameter minimizes the strength. Touting the whole set as rich or being a vintage pup enthusiast doesn't mean the bridge pup itself isn't one of the thinnest or the absolute thinnest in the line.

      Last edited by Clint 55; 01-24-2023, 11:16 PM.
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      • #18
        I think we hear it differently.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post

          The bridge Ant is the thinnest hb in their line. Up to the guitarist if that is desirable or not.
          The bridge antiquity humbucker is much fuller sounding than the bridge Seth! It's not even close. The Seth can get downright piercing and shriek-y if you don't use the tone knob appropriately.
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          • #20
            So the Seth is the clankiest then the Ant? :P
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            • #21
              Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post
              So the Seth is the clankiest then the Ant? :P
              I'm still not entirely sure what you mean by 'clankiest'. All humbuckers sound kind of full to me . . . compared to a bridge single coil.
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              Originally posted by Douglas Adams
              This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

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              • #22
                All bridge position guitar now sounds like a clank to me since Hammond is my main instrument and it's the bassist instrument there is.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post
                  All bridge position guitar now sounds like a clank to me since Hammond is my main instrument and it's the bassist instrument there is.
                  You gotta take up mandolin. Everything will sound like it sustains for days and is bassy.
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                  Originally posted by Douglas Adams
                  This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

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                  • #24
                    Sounds cool.

                    This is a clank at 1:30.



                    Ant at 4:20. That's also recorded with a sm58 which makes everything twice as bassy.

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                    • #25
                      if THAT'S clank, bring it on!!

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                      • #26
                        The Antiquity set is one of the best sets I have ever tried. it's got a sweet top end, a slightly scooped but 'chewy' feel to the mid and the low end isn't as saggy as alnico II might suggest.

                        Clint, I'm sorry, but I think the majority here disagrees with you.

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by zozoe View Post
                          if THAT'S clank, bring it on!!
                          Yep.

                          Both of those videos sound like the pickups they're demoing. The Seth bridge is very sparkly, the Antiquity is beefier than the Seth but still clear.
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                          This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

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                          • #28
                            Originally posted by orpheo View Post
                            The Antiquity set is one of the best sets I have ever tried. it's got a sweet top end, a slightly scooped but 'chewy' feel to the mid and the low end isn't as saggy as alnico II might suggest.

                            Clint, I'm sorry, but I think the majority here disagrees with you.
                            Disagrees with the straw man against me?
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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by zozoe View Post
                              if THAT'S clank, bring it on!!
                              See, OP is all for the clank!

                              Yeah no, clank is obviously subjective. I don't think it's off base to call only the bridge sound thin.

                              I like the Seth/Ant sets a lot. They're extremely elegant and vintage accurate. The bridges stock are too thin for me. If I was going to run them as something close to stock, I would remove the cover from the bridges and load em with 3 double thick A2s. Would keep the necks stock.
                              Last edited by Clint 55; 01-27-2023, 06:48 PM.
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                              • #30
                                My Ants are in a semi hollow Gibson. My Seths are in a chambered Warmoth.
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