Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

[greengriff]

I asked customer services, but they didn't reply :-( I bought a surf set new from a retailer and I'm beginning to suspect that 2 of the pups may have been substitued for non duncans. The magnets on the bridge pup are almost black and heavily chamfered, whereas on the middle and neck pups they are grey with hardly anly chamfer. Also the flatwork and cover for the bridge pup is a slightly different colour. The bridge pup has a sticker signed by Seymour on the bottom in blue ink. So do the other 2 pups but the stickers look more like photocopies. Here's a photo of the bridge and middle pups:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff282/greengriffmark/BridgeMiddle.jpg

What do people think?

 

[uOpt]

Re: Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

We need to see the underbelly.

 

[greengriff]

Re: Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

Here's the underside of the bridge and middle. You can see the different color flatwork and the different soldering. Also I can get a reading with multimeter on the solder 'blobs' underneath the bridge pup, but not underneath the middle and neck ones (lacquered over maybe?):

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff282/greengriffmark/bridgeandmiddle.jpg

Here's the bridge pup:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff282/greengriffmark/bridge.jpg

The middle:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff282/greengriffmark/middle.jpg

And the neck:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff282/greengriffmark/middle.jpg

Thanks for your help!

 

[jimijames]

Re: Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

Those look exactly like the surfers I ordered (and sold) a while back FWIW. Wire them up and see how they sound, that's the most important part.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

Yeah, these are real.

BTW, please inline the pictures when asking for help.

 

[greengriff]

Re: Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

Thanks for your help - it was much appreciated. The middle & neck pups sound good, but the bridge sounds AMAZING, which is why I thought that someone might have taken the 'real' middle & neck pups out of the boxes before I bought them. Does anyone know whether the bridge pup uses different magnets or something? I didn't think you could wind a strat pup that hot with the original wire.

Sorry to sound ignorant, but what does 'inline the pictures' mean?

 

[ratherdashing]

Re: Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

They mean put the image into the post instead of a link to the image. You can do this by clicking the little icon that looks like a mountain with a yellow background.

Btw, you posted the middle pic twice and did not post the neck pic.

And yes, I think they're real too.

 

[greengriff]

Re: Have I bought 'fake' antiquity 2 surfers?

Thanks, noted!