Antiquity II Tele bridge?

[Powdered Toast Man]

Anyone know what specific year the Antiquity II Tele bridge pickup is modeled after? The SD marketing description is kind of vague on details and Tele pickups varied a fair amount from the early to mid 60's.

 

[Mincer]

From what I'd heard, it was sort of an average from several specific Tele pickups, all of which sounded great.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

From what I'd heard, it was sort of an average from several specific Tele pickups, all of which sounded great.

It's surprising how sparse the info on these pickups is online. Probably because they've been on the market for so long. I've got a couple Teles with the Fender PV64 bridge in them and that's an awesome pickup. But I also played my buddy's 1966 Tele and that thing sounds unreal. I still want another 60's vibe option but don't just want to put the same Fender pickups in everything.

 

[beaubrummels]

I could have swore one of the descriptions said they were modeled after 1967 Tele spec pickups, but the earliest web site copy I can find seems to indicate these were a set Seymour wound for his own mid-60's Tele.

https://web.archive.org/web/2005121...an.com/products/antiquitydescr.shtml#ant2tele

11024-32 & 33 • antiquity II™ for tele, rhythm & lead
Back in the mid ‘60s, Fender was only making Tele®s with rosewood fingerboards. I kept asking Bill Carson to make an all-maple slab board neck for me. These pickups are pretty much the same ones that I wound for that guitar — one of my all-time favorite Tele®s. I keep the tone and look faithful, but I also wax pot them to reduce unwanted feedback when using high powered amps and effects.
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[TR]
[TD]Antiquity II™ for Tele®[/TD]
[TD]Neck[/TD]
[TD]Bridge[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]top pickup length:[/TD]
[TD]2.565"[/TD]
[TD]2.870"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]top pickup width:[/TD]
[TD].585"[/TD]
[TD].770 "[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]bottom pickup length:[/TD]
[TD]3.150"[/TD]
[TD]2.885"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]bottom pickup width:[/TD]
[TD].780"[/TD]
[TD]1.510"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]total pickup height:[/TD]
[TD].670"[/TD]
[TD].678"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]total magnet height:[/TD]
[TD].625"[/TD]
[TD].625"[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]winding direction:[/TD]
[TD]top going[/TD]
[TD]top coming[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]magnet polarity:[/TD]
[TD]north[/TD]
[TD]south[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]calibrated[/TD]
[TD]no[/TD]
[TD]yes[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]pickup cover length:[/TD]
[TD]2.565"[/TD]
[TD]none[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]pickup cover width:[/TD]
[TD].585"[/TD]
[TD]none[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]pickup cover height:[/TD]
[TD].570"[/TD]
[TD]none[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]height adjustment:[/TD]
[TD]screwed into body cavity[/TD]
[TD]6/32 round head, slotted[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]magnet pattern:[/TD]
[TD]flush top, raised bottom[/TD]
[TD]staggered & raised above flatwork[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]DC Ohms:[/TD]
[TD]7.6K[/TD]
[TD]6.4K[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Inductance:[/TD]
[TD]2.13 henries[/TD]
[TD]2.1 henries[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Q :[/TD]
[TD]1.80[/TD]
[TD]2.05[/TD]
[/TR]
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