HAS ANYONE WAX POTTED SEYMOUR DUNCAN ANTIQUITIES?

[Jeffblue]

I have Seymour Duncan Antiquity P90s, Tele, Strat and Humbucker pickups. Does anyone here have experience wax potting these pickups? I have never wax potted before and I am purchasing a Stew Mac hide glue pot, Pyrex beaker to use as a double boiler and a digital thermometer. What is the best paraffin melting point type? Do I really need bee's wax? Is it better to use a more pure paraffin? Of course my inexperience is showing.

I love these pickups, but playing them with high gain they are wildly microphonic. I am learning something new and hoping to benefit from your knowledge. Thank you.

Jeff

 

[AlexR]

Re: HAS ANYONE WAX POTTED SEYMOUR DUNCAN ANTIQUITIES?

The strat tele and p90's should be potted......or at least if he's going for vintage accurate they should be potted. The humbuckers won't be potted, but if you're playing high gain I'd be choosing different pickups.......most of the $$$ you spend for the Ants will be gone once you pot them, and none of the extra will be audible once you squash the life out of it with saturation.

 

[Boogie Bill]

Re: HAS ANYONE WAX POTTED SEYMOUR DUNCAN ANTIQUITIES?

Because of the bobbins used in the Antiquity pickups, this is not a pickup I would try to pot on my first attempt. It is really easy to screw this up. I would contact the Custom Shop; they would be your best bet to get the job done right the first time, and not wind up with a ruined pickup.

Bill

 

[jeremy]

Re: HAS ANYONE WAX POTTED SEYMOUR DUNCAN ANTIQUITIES?

you want a mix of bee and parafin and dont want your temp over 150F even at that temp you need to be careful with the humbuckers