Recent content by jones

Hello all. I'm gassing for a tele with a humbucker in the neck and a tele bridge. Anyone have a suggestion? I usually go for vintage tones, but I kinda want the guitar to be a bit of a rocker too. I have been eying the telecaster special, because the Texas Special tele bridge gives a bit of the...

Anyone tried it? Curious.

I've noticed lots of players remove the pick guard from their Les Pauls, and lots of models don't even come with them. I think I might know why, I get static when I touch the pick guard on my Gibson ES339. Is there a known fix? I think I'm just going to remove it. It seems like its just static...

In my ongoing search for pickup options in my Gibson ES339, I am now curious if anyone has an opinion on the Pearly Gates set in a semi hollow? Thanks!

I am in shock. My third Antiquity pickup died on me. I bought all three around the same time I believe. Was there a bad batch? I have been buying replacements, thinking I must have done something, but three in the space of a few years? They are all the same, I pick up the guitar one day, and one...

I picked one of these up on a whim about a year ago. It really held my attention. After about three months of tweaking, I thought maybe I'd change the pickups. I went back to my strat, it has Antiquities. The difference in not just sound, but quality of sound is apparent right off the bat. The...

I have an issue I'm rather surprised by. I am trying to setup my ES339. The pole piece screws in the neck are hitting the bottom of the route and I can't lower the pickup any more. I looked into it and it seems that 3/4's of an inch is the standard length of the poles, so it seems the problem is...

I have a bunch of 'em, they are all now microphonic. Tone is still good, and they still have good gain. Bit of a tease really. I can use them in V2 and V3 of my JTM45 RI head, but every last one is too microphonic for V1. So now I have all Tung Sol RI in there. I get the feeling unless you got a...

So, I post here only slightly more often than Haley's comet comes around, but I would appreciate any input. I just picked up an ES339, really cool guitar, but... I can't shake the feeling the 57 pups can be improved upon. I'm stuck between the Seth's, 59's, Ant's... I've had nothing but luck...

Hey guys, got an interesting question for you. I recently had the pleasure to try out a veeeeeeeery early PRS. Now, I have always been interested in PRS guitars, but the tone on all the new ones I have played seemed to be not quite amazing to me. Sterile comes to mind, I don't mean to offend...

I had my mind all made up to go for the Antiquities Surfers after some great input I got on the forum here. Then I spent some time with the 2 strats i own. One has Tex Mex pups, the other APS-1's. i noticed the APS can handle more OD without losing string definition, and one of the Moderators...

Well, I've got the GAS really bad now, as you can tell from the title. I've been reading way too much about these pickups. Anyway thought I'd ask and see what people think. I like to play basic blues based stuff a lot, you know, minor pentatonic... I am also into a lot more modern...

How would they compare with each other?

Hello all, I've got a Strat w/ Tex Mex pups in it. I was actually surprised by them, they have some charms. But I still feel I could do better. I am thinking of the Antiquity Texas Hot pups. They only thing I am worried about is losing too much of the attitude the guitar has with the Tex...