Description
If you love the idea of a worn-in ’60s P-Bass but don’t want to actually hunt down a beat-up original, the Antiquity II is the shortcut. Seymour Duncan voiced this set to capture that dark, woody, slightly compressed low-end that made vintage Fender P-Basses the backbone of so many classic recordings u2014 thick in the mids, round on top, and punchy without getting harsh.
Under the hood it’s a proper humbucking split-coil design, so you get the vintage vibe without the 60-cycle hum that plagued the originals. Each pickup ships on a brass bottom plate, which makes mounting straightforward and adds a touch of shielding besides. The top and bottom coils are wound in opposite directions (tc/tg) with matched south/north magnet polarity for that balanced, noise-canceling output.
These aren’t calibrated pickups u2014 both coils read the same 10.56K DC resistance and 6.50 henries inductance, keeping the response even and predictable. Physically they’re built to standard P-Bass dimensions, so they should drop right into most vintage or vintage-style P-Bass routes without modification.
- Vintage-style ’60s Precision Bass tone u2014 warm, woody, punchy low end
- Humbucking split-coil design cancels hum
- Brass bottom plate for easy mounting
- Uncalibrated set, matched DC resistance: 10.56K ohms
- Inductance: 6.50 henries, Q: 2.43
- Pickup height adjustment via screws into the body cavity
If your P-Bass needs a shot of old-soul character without sacrificing quiet performance on stage, this is the pickup that gets you there.
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