Difference Antiquity HB v.s Seth Lovers?
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Re: Difference Antiquity HB v.s Seth Lovers?
Haven't played them but Antiquities are supposed to sound like a real 50's PAF sounds today and Seths are supposed to sound like a real 50's PAF did in the 50's when it was brand new. I'll let someone else comment more specifically on tonal differences.
Haven't played them but Antiquities are supposed to sound like a real 50's PAF sounds today and Seths are supposed to sound like a real 50's PAF did in the 50's when it was brand new. I'll let someone else comment more specifically on tonal differences.
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Re: Difference Antiquity HB v.s Seth Lovers?
I have to agree. The Ants have a warmer tone with a little less output.
From what I understand (I've never verified this) the Ants have slight mismatched coils in terms of the number of turns of copper wire are each. That should give the Ant a little more open tone to the mids and some players have said they hear it that way compared to the Seth.
And the magnet is deguassed slightly in the Antiquity compared to the full strength magnet of the Seth. The might lower the perceived volume or output of the Antiquity a bit.
Basically the Ant is supposed to sound like a '57 or '58 paf that is now 50 years old and a Seth is supposed to sound like the same pickup when it was brand new.
But a diff between the Ant and Seth compared to 50's pafs is that Duncan underwinds the neck version of the Ant and Seth for a clearer tone that balances with the stock bridge pickup better. In the 50's and 60's Gibson guitars would have had two identical humbuckers for the neck and bridge and they would have been most similar in DC resistance and output to the bridge Antiquity or Seth...or 59B
Lew
Simon_F said:
I have to agree. The Ants have a warmer tone with a little less output.
From what I understand (I've never verified this) the Ants have slight mismatched coils in terms of the number of turns of copper wire are each. That should give the Ant a little more open tone to the mids and some players have said they hear it that way compared to the Seth.
And the magnet is deguassed slightly in the Antiquity compared to the full strength magnet of the Seth. The might lower the perceived volume or output of the Antiquity a bit.
Basically the Ant is supposed to sound like a '57 or '58 paf that is now 50 years old and a Seth is supposed to sound like the same pickup when it was brand new.
But a diff between the Ant and Seth compared to 50's pafs is that Duncan underwinds the neck version of the Ant and Seth for a clearer tone that balances with the stock bridge pickup better. In the 50's and 60's Gibson guitars would have had two identical humbuckers for the neck and bridge and they would have been most similar in DC resistance and output to the bridge Antiquity or Seth...or 59B
Lew
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