Antiquity In Strat Not Much Different Than Stock?

[Big Flannel]

Re: Antiquity In Strat Not Much Different Than Stock?

You could always try Texas Specials.

 

[hermetico]

Re: Antiquity In Strat Not Much Different Than Stock?

I just a set of Antiquity surfers put in my strat. They don't really sound much different than my stock american standard pups sounded. I can detect a slight difference but it's not much of a difference. Is this normal? I don't really see how they could have been installed wrong although I wasn't there when the guy installed them. What sort of tonal differences should I be listening for?

From all my respect, if you doesn't hear a difference between Antiquity II Surfers and stock fender's you can have following issues:
- Not an educated hearing
- Bad rig, where any change in your guitar really doesn't matters
- Bad height / balance in your new pickups

Antiquity II Surf are one of the best strato pickups in the world. Only David Allen's Echoes raised the bar a bit more for MY needs.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Antiquity In Strat Not Much Different Than Stock?

What year is that AmStd Strat?

Did you get the surfer set with the heavier bridge pickup? ("custom bridge")

 

[LReese]

Re: Antiquity In Strat Not Much Different Than Stock?

Its just one flavor of a 'Strat' sound. Kind of like the chocolate cake recipe thing.

IMO for best result in general (read your mileage might vary), use 3 neck pickups and set them fairly low.

 

[lmill999]

Re: Antiquity In Strat Not Much Different Than Stock?

I'm using the neck, rw/rp, and custom bridge. I have an American Nitro Satin Burst strat. It's not an American Standard but had "American Standard" pups. Not the Fat 50's. The cake analogy is good. Still sounds similar just a different flavor. I don't dislike them. Just thought it would more of a drastic difference. It definitely sounds better now than before though. The more I play them the more I can tell a difference.

 

[lmill999]

Re: Antiquity In Strat Not Much Different Than Stock?

I'm also going to play around with the pickup height tonight and see what that does.