Anybody Tried Seymour Duncan Antiquity Pickups?

[Mr Grumpy]

Mail order guitars are like a mail order bride they may look good on the outside but what's on the inside that counts.
I wanted a ES335 I played over 100 of them before I found the one.
My friend Scott got a DT SG and My friend Mark did also I got one to I got the tone turd out of the bunch I put real PAF pickups in it
It sucks to this day. I wish I was tone deaf sometimes.

You are right, but...

I went out to buy an SG standard, but came home with a junior because it played and sounded so good. Perfect, no modifications required.

The Special (see picture left) is a limited edition sexy beast which I couldn't play beforehand, and is very nearly a great guitar. Can I mod it into a great guitar? My experience suggests not, but my changes so far have made big improvements - I just want a bit more bite and snarl and sensitivity to attack from the pickups.

Luckily, I am tone deaf and a crap player, so I'm easily pleased!

 

[eSGEe]

Luckily, I am tone deaf and a crap player, so I'm easily pleased!

We musta had the same instructor

 

[eclecticsynergy]

I have a set of the Ants. Very vintagey character - open and fairly chimey, with sweet voicelike mids, not too "dry" sounding but not syrupy either. Extremely dynamic and touch-responsive. Also very sensitive to small height adjustments. They're in a PRS Custom22 right now, but I want my 59/09 in that one. I think I might drop them into one of my Les Pauls instead.

Also have an Antiquity Surfer bridge pickup for Strat. It has a hair more output than a stock vintage one (I always felt bridge position was the Strat's weak point unless you're using mid boosted drive of some sort, either amp or pedal) but despite a bit of extra muscle it's pure Strat tone. And it balances better with vintage-output middle & neck. pickups I like it a lot.

 

[RVA]

I am not a huge fan of SDs generally, but I love the set of Antiquity HBs I have. I would not hesitate to put them in any guitar. @eclecticsynergy provided a great description, so I will just say that I agree with him.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

^ & ^^

Yes, very good description.

The dynamic and touch-sensitive elements are ones I'm really looking forward to, as are the sweet voicelike mids (hopefully not like my voice...).

 

[Session 5]

But these are not made in Canada! …

Also, Señor Grumpy was referring to his SG Special's P90s.

I have a memory lapse at times Sysco

 

[Cadorman]

I'm definitely in the lower output is better camp. My favorite so far is the Seth Lover set. Alnico 2 magnets with 7.4 and 8.2 specs I believe.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

I have a memory lapse at times Sysco

Funnily enough, being a Britisher, I always look at Bare Knuckle pickups first, but... well... I haven't tried many, but haven't been blown away either. I'm sure there are many great ones that I haven't tried though. I thought about getting a set of Mules a few times, but wasn't overly impressed with the sounds I wanted. I think/reckon/guess that the SD Antiquites should be exactly the sound I like, and thus could become my goto for P90s/humbuckers in SGs (I do like Gibson humbuckers too...).