Seymour Duncan Antiquity p/u demo

[corytaylorcox]

i wish i could hear this without the delay. to hear the pick-up dry

[Gabaz76]

Version texas hot o custom? Thank you!!!

[longotown]

SWEEEEET Tone!

[zeipiero]

great tone, even better playing.. im confused though, is that reverb from the amp i hear or the delay pedal? or botH?

[plotonisradd]

which antiquities are these ? Surfer 60's or Texas Hot 50's ?

[Gonzoidz]

very nice tones.

[xPsuedo]

why is your headstock backwards?

[stretch90]

@xPsuedo

probably some kind of hendrix relic

[emanucarlo]

beautiful sound. Which pickups to use?

[himynameisnathan]

dd3 ftw!



[blackmorejimi]

Surfers?

[rsaathoff]

Are these the Antiquity II "Surfers" or the antiquity I "Texas Hots"?

[TEXXET62]

great....!

[S0uLPiece]

on every guitar video there's at least one idiot who says that the guitar is out of tune, even though it isn't and this person probably just has shitty ears. The sad part is, that there are also a lot of guys who then repeat what that idiot said...

[ericmu17]

This is very nice. The tuning is perfect.

[kmcgimsey]

your rather out of tune

[superreverbking]

@kmcgimsey

"You're" rather wrong.

[kmcgimsey]

@superreverbking good man

[Notjustforfreaks]

@superreverbking Ha ha priceless! hey, what strat is that? I've got a black 1969 Time Machine, but I really wish the headstock was reversed...I can't justify spending seven bills to a grand just for a neck to satisfy my ego, though.

[TheRevelegendEMG]

@kmcgimsey if you can't hear that this is in tune, then I hope to hell I never hear you play guitar.

[TheFurpus]

HOLY SHIT! thats amazing tone right theree man!

[chris84dc]

why chors you played? or what song is? sorry for my english XD

[chris84dc]

what song you're playing is beautiful or are you play chords through thanks

[Gonzoidzz]

I have a G&L Legacy with these in, no idea what the originals sounded like by the seymours are v good.

[PhantomCover]

I have a Mexican fender with stock pickups and I was interested in buying a set of these babies. Truthfully, how much more amazing was your tone after you installed these? and What type of strat do you have? I am trying to find as many videos as possible with these pickups cause my money is very plentiful but I really, Really want these. Thank you sir!

[superreverbking]

@PhantomCover

I'll simply say that they are great pickups, but there are many others too. Most good quality replacement pickups will make a difference. How much, is up to the guitarist's ear. A lot of what you hear on this vid is the Fender amp, it's reverb and the dealy. The SD pickups are just a part of it.

[PhantomCover]

@superreverbking ha. Just realized I typed that my money is very plentiful. I meant is not. Defintely is not.

[vibroluxor]

@superreverbking makes me wanna go out and get a super again! HUGE tone with those quad 10"s! I wished it would work with what I'm doing now. I can't afford to have something that expensive that I'm not using. those pups are on my list too!

[lifternate]

@PhantomCover I have the 50s Antiquity PUPs in my American Standard and I feel they are a huge improvement over the stocks PUPs. They are very round and bell like - much less shrill than the stocks.

[stratcries]

@PhantomCover If you find you don't like these pickups try a set of Tonerider's. You'll be impressed with the tone of these pickups and the price.

[order57]

I like it.

[anarazi]

dude which antiquity pickup is this?

[Strateuphoria]

I just ordered an antiquity surfer now but only had enough money for one :P (over here in Europe it costs $130), so decided on the neck position after a long decision, lol. Tough times, but it will be a big upgrade from the stock muddy ceramic neck pick-up. This clip kinda captures that tone that makes me think of EJ and his '54.

[smoluk1]

I like!

[MrCaribbean]

Are the antiquity surfer 2's pickups better suited for maple necks or rose wood necks??. Your super reverb sounds awsome man :-) wicked CLEAN!

[The321shutdown]

what do you mean with p/u? I can't find them anywhere :( I need them now! give me give me give me:P i keed i keed.. but seriously that's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard from a strat.. If you could pick one of the three pickups you're using to put on a fender with swamp ash solid body, whitch one whould you choose? the neck pickup sounds awsome. ;)

[LeedZeeppeeliin]

This is what I call music!

What are ur settings of the DD-3?

[superreverbking]

@LeedZeeppeeliin

I am sorry, it's been so long since I recorded this that I can't remember. Probably one repeat and about 230-280ms delay.

[jensenzo]

wow... sounds amazing dude.

[EnmandsBand1]

holy shit that sounds great!

[ozztozz]

Could you do a dry sound demo?? Would like to hear the pickups un effected!!! // Oscar SWE

[ozztozz]

Could you do a dry sound demo?? Whanna hear how they sound un effected!! // Oscar

[9reasy5am]

cool tone Eric Johnson.

[GuitarEd48]

Amazing tone, great playing, I think I will test this pickups :-)

[jerome4445]

Dude , from watching your vids, I think you could make anything flow .But thanks for letting us heard the different sounds.

[majick59]

Sounds great! Anyone know how the pups sound with fuzz or heavy overdrive?

[Hoodrio]

Great, but show the other 2 positions next time.

[Mclovin717]

wow, thank you, i now know which single coils to put in my HSS strat

[flaconsius]

Amazing Sound!

And you pplay very well, bro.

[Brendanglo]

Do these hum?

[3Deity]

All single coils do. There is an option for reverse wound, reverse polarity magnets on the middle pickup which gives you hum-bucking, or silence, on the two out of phase switch positions [2 & 4].

[gajaorange]

is that surfer or texas hot ???

[moser8]

where can you buy these?

i cant find them at guitar center

[3Deity]

Is it cool to say that these pickups sounds like a slow motion Christmas, somewhere on a surf'in beach in paradise? I nearly broke my legs when my jaw dropped - just, well, perfect! {:o)

[bluesdog88]

Sounds absolutely beautiful... thanks for the demo ;0)

[popomczowzow]

This is such a great sound, one of the best clean tones I've heard that's for sure. Do they sound good with some distortion also? Not anything heavy, the heaviest being maybe like Frusciante's sound in Dani California

[superreverbking]

yeah, they sound great with the amp turned up.

[The321shutdown]

@superreverbking

I haven't played alot with super reverb, I'm kinda more like a vox guy, but how does it sound with other amps?

[AntiOwnage]

@popomczowzow i know this is old, but this is reputedly what Fru ACTUALLY uses. he claims he uses "vintage style duncans". so that's possibly an SSL-1, but he noted that he and his tech couldnt tell that the pickups were replaced until further inspection. The cloth wires on antiquities would make it much more likely.

[gibbonmonk]

which antiquitys are these? seymour duncan advertises the texas ones as well as a surfer

[Kubax230]

Please Tabs!

[superreverbking]

sorry - i couldn't write a decent tab if you paid me for it. lol

[brownbigb]

@Kubax230 the guitar neck is right front of you. watch thefingers if you can't do it by ear. if it's still too hard, then you won't be able to play it anyway.

[Kubax230]

FUCKING BEUTIFULL!

[superreverbking]

thanks

[wicanders]

very nice!

[3Deity]

These sound much better than the other vintage style replacement pickups I've heard. They have that bell like top end - its gotta be the magnets and different windind. Lovely {:o)

[superreverbking]

A lot of it is the reverb from the Super and some delay.

Plus, the guitar was put together from different parts that "worked." See, Strats are bolted together. Sometimes great Strat results from the synergy of seperate parts that, thankfully, create a beautiful whole.

[3Deity]

Totally! You should keep an eye out at present - wood is wood after all; I just bought a £50 strat copy because the neck is flame maple, just needed revarnishing, looks great now. Then I bought a £75 strat copy for the ultra blue body, it was heavy too - turns out it is two piece mahogany! Bolted them together and it rings 'n sings! Just awaiting pickups to arrive.

The other body and neck I put toegther and gave to a 12 year old kid who was over the moon. Happy endings! :o)

[LPFan3118]

What kind of Stratocsater is it?

[Stratboy999]

Sounds good, but pretty pointless with all that reverb and delay. I wanna hear the pickups sound like!

[superreverbking]

feel free to buy a set and make your own dry video of them

[pat976]

maow ! catfight !!!

[ColmIncendinall]

lovin the reverse headstock! very different!

[iGesOo]

what's the song ?

[MyBeardisGood]

I just bought an american strat and want to replace the pickups and i really like the tone of these. I was on the Seymour Duncan website and i was looking at the antiquities. I noticed that they don't come in a set so i was wondering does it matter what position you put each of the pickups in? If yes could you tell me how you have yours set up? Thanks!

[superreverbking]

They make (or at least made) a Custom Hot Bridge. I don't believe I put it in this guitar at the time of this vid though. These are just regular Texas Hots.

[MyBeardisGood]

So you just put those in all three positions? There isn't one pickup that is specific to each position? Sorry i'm new to the whole pickup thing and i guess i don't fully understand it.

[superreverbking]

no - you just buy the separate pickups and install them

[MyBeardisGood]

Thanks i appreciate it

[gmlasam]

Check out the Fender Custom Shop 69. It sounds equally as good as the SD antiiquity if not better and it comes in a set. You get a really nice Hendriix sound.

[MrCaribbean]

very nice!.I've been researching these pickups,heard some good reviews and i've been thinking about getting them for a maple neck strat.I LOVE what i heard,Thanks man.

[superreverbking]

anytime

[steven21042]

Is there a particular reason why you use a lefty neck?..and even a lefty body ?

[superreverbking]

just to have a different look. to me, a strat, in large measure, is a strat.  changing them up a bit gives you a little freshness. something different.

[timjatomnee]

The delay sounds flat and not warm, the other part of ur tone is awesome tho.

[srvnb1]

I am considering a set of Texas Hot PU but I have a couple of unanswered questions : is it worth selecting a RW/RP middle PU and will a Custom bridge PU (at 9.7K) throw the set out of balnce ?

[superreverbking]

to your first question - that's never made a differnece to me. to your second - i would use a regular strat p/u for the bridge for the reason you state

[azastrat03]

what kind of strat is that? and are you using any other pedals apart from the dd-3?? cheers

[leuthaluca]

great player, really!!!! i'd like to know wich amp do you use for this extraordinary sound, your guitar and your hand are already shown... :)

[superreverbking]

1964 Fender Super Reverb

[wisesatyr72]

perfect strat

[superreverbking]

good strat - now gone however!

[CHUNKGUY]

are these the texas antiquity ones or the surfer ones

[superreverbking]

texas

[CHUNKGUY]

thanks im thinking about swaping my pickups out for these

[iGesOo]

Great playing ! I have a Classic 60 stratocaster and I would like put this picks up on my guitar , Do you believe the price is no to expansive for the quality ? (sorry for my english , i'm french)

[superreverbking]

your best bet is to check Duncan's website for current pricing on his pickups.

[timjatomnee]

Awesome tone, awesome playing, what kind of mic did u use? Or a good camera.

[superreverbking]

just a regular JVC handheld camcorder

[timjatomnee]

Ok, so it sounds a lot better in real life.

[ltr019]

Beautiful playing man!!!!,love the sound,reverse neck,it sounds a lot like Jimi's slower ballads ,great stuff,perfect technique!!

[superreverbking]

thanks.

[Shufflekings]

What are your delay settings?

[superreverbking]

sorry - recorded so long ago i don't remember. probably about 280ms and one repeat, something like that.

[OkieSlims]

Sounds really belly and sweet... I like it the fender tone a bit more to be honest though. This is a great tone without a doubt, but the clean fender tone is instantly recognizable imo.. I would never trade it

[whynottalklikeapirat]

cool maple snap. what type of fender is it?

[TGF87]

Nice tune and playing man!

[superreverbking]

thanks

[perbalu]

hi!

I like your style. May I ask you to send me some tabs of these style? I like these clean, picking but I don't know witch players play in these style. If you know some good tabs to learn, please write!

Thx

[superreverbking]

I'm not a big tab guy but thanks for watching

[mullbenkt]

Man I love your tone! I have a DRRI which is very bright. Do you consider the Antiquity's bright in overall?

[superreverbking]

Not all - they are very good, vintage-style pickups.

[Vintageologist]

Great tone... I have neck & mid Texas Hots and I think they are really the greatest sounding Strat pickups for clean and slight overdriven sound. Not quite as harsh sounding as the Surfers or any vintage style A5 pickup.

Is that an Ash or an Alder body?

[superreverbking]

I'm not sure - the body is a Mexican Classic 60's. My guess would be alder.

[chaza221]

is it a song you are playin at the beginning and if so which one.also i heard these are quite similar to the john mayer pickup sound do you agree, i think they sound awesome

[superreverbking]

I just came up with the progression as I "rolled tape."

[bjeans79]

Very nice sound. Are these the Texas hots or the surfers? THe sound like the surfers if I were to guess.

[superreverbking]

Texas Hots

[bjeans79]

I guess I was wrong! They definatly sound fat. Have you ever tried the surfers? And did you get the regular bridge pickup or the hot one? Ive been wanting a set of SD'd for quite some time now. How would you say they sound compared to the stock pickups in your strat? Thanks!

[superreverbking]

Let's see:

Never tried Surfers

I think the bridge pickup on this vid is a regular Texas Hot, not a Custom Bridge Hot or whatever they call it.

The Texas Hot pickups are cool, old-style pickups. Strats sound alike most times to me, particularly as the amp volume goes up.

[billfishoc]

Thanks for sharing this clip, very nice!

[superreverbking]

Thanks

[joesl8]

I had some Seymour's, SSL1's and SSL3 in the bridge before I put the Fralin Blues Specials in there. I think I shouldn't have gotten rid of them, they sounded great. Your guitar have some serious blossoming going on, very Eric Johnsonish. Great stuff man, thanks for sharing I'm diggin all your vids.

[superreverbking]

thanks for watching

[angellived]

I can feel the soul from this beautiful piece~ ;) Thx for sharing!!

[superreverbking]

thanks

[angellived]

I can feel the soul of this beautiful piece ;) thx for sharing!!

[soundofbluesthing]

GREAT SOUND AND PLAYING!!!

[superreverbking]

thanks

[schecterGman]

awesome tone and great playing..

may i kno the exact models u r using on each position???

[flamydust]

The sound of you're music resonated throughout my body, making me feel a sense of elation, very chill. btw i was wondering what the song's called since it's so beautiful, or is it perhaps you're own?

[superreverbking]

i just started playing it as the recording began, iirc. nothing pre-planned. thanks for watching

[cw91335]

by the way man, are those antiquity I's or II's?

thanks

[superreverbking]

i don't know - they are from the mid-90's. Texas Hots they're called.

[mikesheldon15859]

nice playing

[slowpokerhino]

Thanks

[DangerousBastard]

Awesome! The Antiquity pickups rule. You play great too!

[superreverbking]

Thanks

[cw91335]

awesome, very relaxing

[superreverbking]

thanks

[revriley]

Lovely strat tone.

[superreverbking]

thanks

[l0llakas]

ok, i love it, it's wonderful!

[superreverbking]

thanks!

[l0llakas]

very nice :)

[juhuuu26]

beautiflu sound...

[superreverbking]

thanks

[juhuuu26]

MAN! I call THAT a strat sound !!!!!!!! this is aaaaaaweeeeeeesooooomeeee!! Is that a song? or Just Jamming ??? WOW the best neck single coil sound

[superreverbking]

thank you. just a progression i came up with the camera rolling.

[k0magnet]

Antiquities in all 3 positions? Which ones?

[superreverbking]

all three positions. texas hots, i think they're called. the ones duncan first made in the mid-90's. i bought them then

[Euphoriaman]

shiney new strings, love it. Just reminded me i need new strings.

[superreverbking]

Actually they're about 4 months old. :)

[Euphoriaman]

damn...do you use elxirs or something?

[superreverbking]

D'Addario - it's the p/u's, Super and the delay that gives the chimey sound

[tritonefascination]

it almost sounds like a slight chorus at times

[superreverbking]

it's just the delay mixed with the Super's on-board reverb

[tritonefascination]

the amp sounds great. how many watts is it? what kind of speakers are you running now (im assuming youve replaced the originals, but i could be wrong)? that amp would sound insane with an echoplex or fulltone tte

[superreverbking]

The amp is a 1964 Super Reverb. The only change to the amp is a later power transformer, which was installed prior to my ownership. A power tranny has little to do with the actual tone of the amp. The one I have (an early '70's) allows the amp to take a little higher voltage.

The rest of the amp is stock, including it's original Jensen C-10R speakers (44 years old). It is a 45 watt RMS amp. 

I will never part with it! The Fender Super Reverb is God's tone on Earth!

[Cainer666]

Recently got one myself -- a '66 -- and have to agree with you -- it is THE amp.

[superreverbking]

yeah man! the amp is at whisper volume in this clip and still sounds rich.

[Cainer666]

That's the thing with SR's -- they've got the goods at any volume! What tubes are you running in yours?  I'm going to be trying some TAD 6L6WGC's in mine soon, as well as replacing the reissue Jensen p10r's with some Weber CTS clones.

[superreverbking]

Phillips 7581 power tubes and a mixture of pre-amp