However, some say that an Antiquity is scatterwound where a Seth Lover is not. #4 vance, Nov 27, 2013. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!I have been wanting to do a video like this one for a long time. Seymour Duncan SH55 Seth Lover Humbucker The SH-55 was designed jointly by Seymour and humbucker inventor Seth Lover. The Les Paul guitars went through many changes in the 50s, and Gibson finally settled on a sunburst top, stopbar tailpiece with a Tune-o-Matic bridge, and Seth Lover humbuckers in the late 50s. The Antiquity Pickup is painstakingly artificially aged. Found the Bridge not too bad but a tad thin/weak for my tastes. Antiquity vs Seth Lover vs Burstbucker 1 & 2. equalsql Frets: 4222 . Curious about the Antiquity Humbucker set & how they compare. I hope you enjoy this video and it is useful for you.Cheers!EQUIPMENT:Ceriatone 69’ JMP 1986 Bass 50 Marshall 2061cxCelestion Heritage Greenback \u0026 70th Anniversary G12-H30(close mic)EQ CablesRS Guitarworks vintage upgrade kitand of course... TONETHRONE!RECORDED WITH:Audient ID14 interfaceSennheiser 609 (close)AKG Perception 420 (room)Logic w/ Reverb It's "paf-ier": more open, sweeter, creamier, etc (you know... All those words used to describe pafs). Just a very quick clip of the Seymour Duncan SH-55 Seth Lover pickup set. The bridge pickup has a lot of similarities to the original ’59 that Duncan offers, but it’s more harmonically rich and fatter. Just like the original 1955 P.A.F.s, the SH-55 utilizes a nickel silver bottom plate, butyrate plastic bobbins; plain enamel wire, an Alnico bar magnet, a wooden spacer, and black paper tape. Cheers Sean Any guitar today that uses two coils in the same housing wired to get rid of the hum associated with single coil pickups owes a bit of thanks to the original pioneer of pickup design, Seth Lover. What is the deal? Let us know what you end up doing. He passed away in 1997, and since, Seymour Duncan has lovingly crafted the Seth Lover pickup to honor his life and work. Two of the most popular Duncan PAF sets back to back with a few similar licks.Everything on the amp, recording equipment and software stays exactly the same. For me, and the comparesions I have made to good sounding PAF's, they sound the same. Collapse. Which would you prefer in your LP? $330.00 $ 330. The Antiquity humbuckers are the pickups to beat and to my ears are the cream of the crop in this group. duncan seth lover/antiquity vs 5708/5909 vs burstbuckers. Looking for sparkle and a hollow/open tone. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!I have been wanting to do a video like this one for a long time. Get it … If you have them in another guitar, this is a perfect chance to branch out…Good luck. If you know you love the Seth Lover's go with them. True love, low prices. The Seth Lover vintage output humbucker pickups are the perfect choice for players wanting to transform a solid body or semi hollow into a singing classic rock machine. Amongst all the paf clones available out there, i had found the duncan seth lovers to sound the best (my review is limited to semihollow es-335 style guitars)... until i tried the antiquity hb. Any 335 players out there using these pickups? Seymour W. Duncan and Seth Lover. This is the second set I have bought. There are at least three hours of very skilled labor that go into the aging process. The Seth Lover is a true and true vintage humbucker. I’ve tried a lot of pickups (57 classics, burstbucker pro, dirty fingers, dimarzios, Lace sensors and a lot of P.A.F. My brain is going around in circles trying to decide which of these would be best to replace the Japanese pick-ups in my Orville 335. Ended up with a Custom Custom paired with the Seth neck & it's a wonderful combo. Clones and they are the best I have ever had. Seymour Duncan SH-55 Seth Lover (Editor’s Choice) Seth Lover was the humbucking pickup father, and he defined years of pickup manufacturing, securing his legacy as a massive contributor to musical engineering. The Seth Lovers are P.A.F. Woman tone is unparalleled. I have been using full strength vintage rough cast long Alnico V magnets in the bridge Antiquities for over a year now. I have the Seth Lovers & absolutely love the Neck PU in my Les Paul Standard. The Seth Lover neck model gives you a smooth but articulate tone by striking the perfect balance of warm, full low-end and a nice sweet treble. I tried to eliminate all variables other than the pickups themselves. http://guitargas.com/Tried doing a bit of a shoot out between the Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers and the Antiquities. 1-16 of 163 results for "pearly gates seymour duncan" Skip to main search results Eligible for Free Shipping. Invalid value '0' for parameter userid in method vB_Api_User::fetchProfileInfo . I have to be honest I think I need to redo this video with more switching between the two guitars for each demo, so hang tight should get a new video up soon.Both Guitars are Les Paul style, both made in Japan around the same time period, both have a similar weight and feel.The Gold Top is a 1980ish made in Japan Fernandes Super Grade with the Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers.The Vintage burst is an Aria Pro Leopard LS600 with Seymour Duncan Antiquities.The video was shot using an iPhone 4 and the Fostex AR-4i Audio Interface for iPhone. There are of course a number of modifications that are performed. We created Antiquities in the mid 90s just as two things were happening: the vintage guitar market was booming, and guitarists were beginning to relic their own The SH-55 Seth Lover model is Seymour Duncan’s tribute to the father of the humbucking pickup. Nothing but blue sky. I kept the height and pole pieces of the pickups even to the best of my ability. jjthomchickmusic.comInstagram: jjthomchickmusicBack from my YouTube hiatus with new Seymour Duncan Seth Lover humbuckers installed in my Ibanez Artcore. The Antiquity bridge humbucker delivers that open, airy tone of the great “P.A.F.” humbuckers that Seth Lover designed in 1955. Seymour Duncan Antiquity's: Seymour Duncan Antiquity Pickups are basically the exact same pickup as the Seth Lover. 00. It is my understanding that Antiquties are nothing more than Seth Lovers with a weakened magnet. 5.0 out of 5 stars 2. Seth Lover vs Antiquity. Thanks. High notes cut through without being overly bright, and low notes growl with spongy vintage warmth. They come in both neck and bridge models, so you can get a nicely calibrated set if you’d like. http://guitargas.com/Tried doing a bit of a shoot out between the Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers and the Antiquities. My experiments gave me the exact results that RICH got. The SH-55 Seth Lover pickups were created between Seymour Duncan and humbucker inventor Seth Lover to be as true as possible to the original 1955 P.A.F. February 2014 in Guitar. This pickup works awesome with clean tones and mid gain tones. ... Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Antiquity Pearly Gates Set, Aged Nickel. Seymour Duncan Seth Lover (Neck and Bridge: 7.2, 8.1K DC resistance, $135 SRP each) Seymour Duncan describes the Seth Lover as a PAF pickup that has NOT gone through the aging process like the Antiquity.