Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

[DavidP]

Just got a current version Mustang Offset in faded mocha, and find the pickups on the weak side. I'm looking at the Antiquity IIs as a replacement but there's nothing on the spec pages about the neck or bridge being RWRP relative to each other. As I plan to run these in series as well as parallel, RWRP is a must-have. Can I order a stock pair or must this be a 'special order'. Also, the neck is listed as 6.6K while the bridge is 6.5K - kind of opposite of what I would expect for decent balance...

Anyone got these installed and have info on this? Thanks!

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

What is the control layout? If the guitar has phase switches you can still run parallel/series even if they aren't RWRP. .1% tolerance is not audible and you will have a hard time measuring anything better than +/- 10% tolerance which can vary with room temperature.

 

[DavidP]

Re: Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

This is the new offset model with a 3-way toggle switch, not the 'vintage' slider switches... I'll use a push-pull pot to get them in series.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

Just got a current version Mustang Offset in faded mocha, and find the pickups on the weak side. I'm looking at the Antiquity IIs as a replacement but there's nothing on the spec pages about the neck or bridge being RWRP relative to each other. As I plan to run these in series as well as parallel, RWRP is a must-have. Can I order a stock pair or must this be a 'special order'. Also, the neck is listed as 6.6K while the bridge is 6.5K - kind of opposite of what I would expect for decent balance...

Anyone got these installed and have info on this? Thanks!

From day one of the Fender Mustang, one pickup has been RW/RP from the other. Same with Duo-Sonics.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

FWIW, Mustangs aren't super hot sounding, IMHO. I don't know if its the small body and short scale that makes it so, but every Duo and 'stang I've played sounded less punchy than I thought it would. I went with pretty hot pickups in mine (Texas Special n3ck/SSL-5) and it isn't any louder than my strats or teles with vintage style pickups. More midrange and warmth? Absolutely. Louder? Not really.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

I don't know if its the small body and short scale...

Not the small body, but definitely the short scale. Scale length has a huge effect on tone and feel. You can easily feel and hear the big difference between a full-length Fender and a Gibson, and they are only about 3/4" apart in scale length. The difference in scale from a Strat/Tele/Jazzmaster to a Duo-Sonic/Musicmaster/Mustang/Jaguar is twice the difference between a Gibson and a full-length Fender.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

Not the small body, but definitely the short scale. Scale length has a huge effect on tone and feel. You can easily feel and hear the big difference between a full-length Fender and a Gibson, and they are only about 3/4" apart in scale length. The difference in scale from a Strat/Tele/Jazzmaster to a Duo-Sonic/Musicmaster/Mustang/Jaguar is twice the difference between a Gibson and a full-length Fender.

Mine's the Squier Bullet version, which is listed as a 24.75" scale, BUT it does have a thinner body than my '65 Musicmaster. Whatever it is, it just doesn't seem to drive an amp as hard as a Tele with a 9k bridge pickup and seems to drive it as hard as a strat with a 6k bridge pickup despite having a Custom Staggered in the bridge.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Antiquity II Mustang pickups RWRP?

I went with SSL-5's in my Duo-sonic.