Best SD humbucker for blues?

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slidincharlie

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Hello, I am (almost) new here.
I'm looking for advice about the choice of a humbucking set for my Epiphone semi-hollow body guitar.
I am looking for two pickups that are sweet and mellow, absolutely not aggressive, with smooth highs (bridge p.u.).
I use mostly the central position (B+N), and am looking for that snappy mid-rich tone associated with a good ES335 Gibson.
I don't mind about the crunchy tone of these pickups: I use amps that breakup rather soon, and once the clean tone is okay I am sure that the crunchy tone will be beautiful!
My choice seems limited to Alnico II, Seth Lover or Antiquity.
Your opinion?

TIA,
Carlo
 
Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

slidincharlie said:
Hello, I am (almost) new here.
I'm looking for advice about the choice of a humbucking set for my Epiphone semi-hollow body guitar.
I am looking for two pickups that are sweet and mellow, absolutely not aggressive, with smooth highs (bridge p.u.).
I use mostly the central position (B+N), and am looking for that snappy mid-rich tone associated with a good ES335 Gibson.
I don't mind about the crunchy tone of these pickups: I use amps that breakup rather soon, and once the clean tone is okay I am sure that the crunchy tone will be beautiful!
My choice seems limited to Alnico II, Seth Lover or Antiquity.
Your opinion?

TIA,
Carlo
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seths
 
Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

i wouldnt say you are limited to those pups but a set of seths or antiquitys would be beautiful in that type of guitar
 
Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

I have a semi hollowbody Hamer Monoco Super Pro. I'll concur with the suggestion for Seth Lovers or Antiquitys. If you want a bridge pickup with more output than vintage I'd suggest the Custom Custom. I use a Seth Lover neck and Custom Custom bridge in my Monoco and that guitar is the best sounding humbucking pickup guitar I've ever owned...I like its tone even better than my Les Paul Historic with the zillion dollar Tom Holmes HB's. Lew
 
Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

One more vote for Seth Lovers here. These are great pup to my ears.

MCG
 
Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

slidincharlie said:
My choice seems limited to Alnico II, Seth Lover or Antiquity.
Your opinion?

TIA,
Carlo
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They're all equally great pickups. The Antiquitys probably have the most vibe though and have a beautiful hollow pluck to them and would probably be the most complex. Anytime any of my customers have been having a hard time deciding on a vintage style pickup and I've steered them into the Antiquitys that customer's search for the ultimate vintage tone has ended right there with the Antiquitys. If you're looking for vintage tone, you just cannot go wrong with the Antiquitys unless you're actually looking for a pickup that's much hotter than vintage.
 
Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

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Terrace 335 Blues -
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Start Track
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MM Blues
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Aeolian Deluxe Blues
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Marin
 
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Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

I play blues and I love my Seth! That midrange quality would be great for slide. I would venture that I would like the Antiquities even more if I tried those.
 
Re: Best SD humbucker for blues?

Thank you guys!
It seems that Seth Lovers would be the preferred choice.
Yet I have a feeling that Antiquities would have received more support if only they would cost less... (thank you Lewguitar for your description of the Antiquity quality).
Carlo
 
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