Seymour Duncan 11014-01-Gc Antiquity Humbucker Neck Pickup, Gold: Vintage Tone Reimagined

The original boutique vintage humbucker pickups to make your Les Paul look vintage and sound priceless. The Antiquity neck humbucker delivers an articulate, yet mellow tone that results from a perfectly balanced frequency response that combines a soft, sweet treble attack with a warm, full sounding low-end. The custom aged alnico 2 bar magnet creates an airy openness to the top-end that gives chords clarity and articulation, while the vintage output coils really bring out the rich harmonic content. Single notes have a beautiful singing quality with just the right amount of treble emphasis.

The Antiquity bridge humbucker delivers that open, airy tone of the great “P.A.F.” humbuckers that Seth Lover designed in 1955. High notes cut through without being overly bright, and low notes growl with spongy vintage warmth. We wind the bridge model a little hotter for better balance and added warmth, and, as with the neck model, we use the same custom hand-aging process to create an authentic vintage look and sound.

Each Antiquity humbucker is built in our Custom Shop and aged both cosmetically and magnetically to simulate the wear and tear that a pickup goes through after decades of playing. The mold we use for our butyrate bobbins was created by the same factory that built the original P.A.F. mold for Gibson. Other key features include our specially manufactured 42AWG plain enamel mag-wire, nickel silver cover, 2.5-inch alnico 2 bar magnet, custom machined metal spacer & maple spacer, single conductor push-back braided lead wire, and nickel silver bottom plate with long mounting legs. Staying true to the original Gibson P.A.F., these humbuckers are not wax potted, which takes you right to the edge of harmonic breakup. For that unmistakable vintage mojo, we wind every Antiquity humbucker on Seymour’s original Leesona winding machine from the early Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, MI.

Features

The Seymour Duncan 11014-01-Gc Antiquity Humbucker Neck Pickup offers a range of features that capture the essence of vintage tone:

• Vintage-inspired design: The pickup is meticulously crafted to replicate the look and feel of classic humbucker pickups from the past.
• Hand-fabricated coils: Each pickup is hand-wound and aged to perfection, ensuring an authentic vintage sound and feel.
• Alnico II magnets: The Alnico II magnets used in this pickup contribute to its warm and balanced tone, providing rich harmonic content.
• Wax potting: The pickup is wax potted to minimize unwanted microphonics, ensuring consistent performance even at high volume levels.
• Gold cover: The gold cover adds a touch of elegance and vintage aesthetics to your guitar, making it visually appealing.

Specifications

Here are the detailed specifications of the Seymour Duncan 11014-01-Gc Antiquity Humbucker Neck Pickup:

• Position: Neck
• Magnet: Alnico II
• D.C. Resistance: 7.6kΩ
• Lead Wire: 1-Conductor
• Cover Color: Gold
• Pole Pieces: Nickel-silver
• Mounting Type: Standard humbucker