Antiquity Humbucker 2-piece Pickup Set - Aged Nickel Covers Review

Best Humbuckers I ever played

Sweet! Beautiful sounding, vowel toned pickups that have a slight grawl to them. These are not modern sounding pickups. These are slightly funky in a really cool way. I've had a set in my Les Paul since 2008. I wouldn't change them out for any other current set out there. These are vintage sounding pickups at their best!

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Seymour Duncan Antiquities

Sunk a Seymour Duncan Antiquity in the bridgevof a 58 reissue. A little hotter than the stock pickup.Smoother highs, thicker sounding, less pick noise. Very happy with this purchase.

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Just as needed

They sound great. Wish they offered different trim ring color, Black and Cream would work..

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New pups

First off Bob Furlong is one of the best all around helpful Sales engineer I have had the pleasure to work with. Very knowledgeable in all areas of the music industry. As for the new Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbuckers. I could not be happier. They bring the nice warm classic tones out of my Les Paul Standard that I have been looking for. 5 STARS PAUL

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A revelation.

Not sure why the non-aged covers set is more expensive. OK, here's what I'm NOT a fan of:1) The fake relicing, down to making the pickup screws rusty, and giving you slotted-screw adjusters. The only reason I went with these was duh, they were $... cheaper.2) The (authentic, but still) braided wiring cover that serves double-duty as the grounding. Sometimes older isn't necessarily… read more better. Soldering those puppies onto the pot covers was not fun. Took a lot of patience.What I AM a fan of: 1) Fantastic, electronically simple replacement for any humbucker set. I popped these in to a 1979 Ibanez Artist and and the difference is night and day over the non-stock five-wire Heritage humbuckers that someone else put in there. These have so much clarity, power and drive that they turned the Ibanez into something where you'd have a really hard time telling difference between it and a vintage Les Paul. Which is what I was shooting for. Mission accomplished.2) The bridge pickup is brighter and more aggressive, but still has the body I want to keep the sound substantial and muscular. And notes are so clear no matter what drives I throw at it! And what can I say about the neck pickup? I pretty much live there. This guitar is now a tone monster.I was looking between these and the Pearly Gates set and I'm glad I went with these. I can't wait to play these live. CANNOT go wrong.

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