Seymour Duncan Antiquities with high gain

[SFW]

I'm always seeing videos of guys with Antiquities playing blues or clean stuff. Figured I should throw some rock tones in the youtube mix. I am highly impressed with how well these pickups hand gain. They definitely bring that classic rock vibe, but crank the gain and they bark nicely.

 

[SpiderWars]

Sounds great and nice playing!
With all the PAF types out there it seems these are still a benchmark for that. But I've always been concerned with squealing at volume. Any issues with that?

 

[riffermadness]

I like The "JB" Antiquity..Nice Summer Song by Satch there,sounds great.

 

[SFW]

Sounds great and nice playing!
With all the PAF types out there it seems these are still a benchmark for that. But I've always been concerned with squealing at volume. Any issues with that?

I haven't had these up too loud yet. I can tell you that I have had my BKP Mules, which are also unpotted, up screaming loud and have never had any squealing issues. And of the PAF type of pickups I have used, they have been some of the best. I love the Mules, but the Ants have more of that P90ish growl to them that I love.

 

[lespaul6]

they are great pickups... I just got a bridge with no cover for my 59RI

 

[TX6Strings]

Sounds great! I’m glad you got the QR back up and running to! lol

 

[the rossness]

I had an Antiquities Texas hot SC in the neck of a charvel. It sounded great doing vintage stuff, but didn't do high gain well at all.

 

[PatF]

I read a post somewhere a dude fixed his squeal issues with a piece of electrical tape on the underside of the cover. Haven't needed to try it yet though.

Sounds good SFW

 

[SFW]

The only time I've ever had an issue with squeal from an unpotted pickup is when I run an OD pedal for solos. Which is what you hear in the video above. Other than that, a quality unpotted pickup should not squeal.