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Hello, I am (almost) new here.
I'm looking for advice about the choice of a humbucking set for my Epiphone semi-hollow body guitar.
I am looking for two pickups that are sweet and mellow, absolutely not aggressive, with smooth highs (bridge p.u.).
I use mostly the central position (B N), and am looking for that snappy mid-rich tone associated with a good ES335 Gibson.
I don't mind about the crunchy tone of these pickups: I use amps that breakup rather soon, and once the clean tone is okay I am sure that the crunchy tone will be beautiful!
My choice seems limited to Alnico II, Seth Lover or Antiquity.
Your opinion?

TIA,
Carlo


Originally Posted by slidincharlieHello, I am (almost) new here.
I'm looking for advice about the choice of a humbucking set for my Epiphone semi-hollow body guitar.
I am looking for two pickups that are sweet and mellow, absolutely not aggressive, with smooth highs (bridge p.u.).
I use mostly the central position (B N), and am looking for that snappy mid-rich tone associated with a good ES335 Gibson.
I don't mind about the crunchy tone of these pickups: I use amps that breakup rather soon, and once the clean tone is okay I am sure that the crunchy tone will be beautiful!
My choice seems limited to Alnico II, Seth Lover or Antiquity.
Your opinion?

TIA,
Carlo

seths

Seths or Antiquities.

i wouldnt say you are limited to those pups but a set of seths or antiquitys would be beautiful in that type of guitar

Seths are my personal choice, but I bet 59's would work well too.

I have a semi hollowbody Hamer Monoco Super Pro. I'll concur with the suggestion for Seth Lovers or Antiquitys. If you want a bridge pickup with more output than vintage I'd suggest the Custom Custom. I use a Seth Lover neck and Custom Custom bridge in my Monoco and that guitar is the best sounding humbucking pickup guitar I've ever owned...I like its tone even better than my Les Paul Historic with the zillion dollar Tom Holmes HB's. Lew

One more vote for Seth Lovers here. These are great pup to my ears.
MCG

Don't forget the A2P's very warm and smooth.

Luke


Originally Posted by Luke DukeDon't forget the A2P's very warm and smooth.

Luke

Exactly. 1


Originally Posted by slidincharlieMy choice seems limited to Alnico II, Seth Lover or Antiquity.
Your opinion?

TIA,
Carlo

They're all equally great pickups. The Antiquitys probably have the most vibe though and have a beautiful hollow pluck to them and would probably be the most complex. Anytime any of my customers have been having a hard time deciding on a vintage style pickup and I've steered them into the Antiquitys that customer's search for the ultimate vintage tone has ended right there with the Antiquitys. If you're looking for vintage tone, you just cannot go wrong with the Antiquitys unless you're actually looking for a pickup that's much hotter than vintage.

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Seths, and if you want your guitar to look and sound like pure quality, spend a little bit more and get engraved Custom Shop Seths. The price just dropped down to a little more than regular Seths. Make your guitar sound better than a stock Gibson.
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Originally Posted by Luke DukeDon't forget the A2P's very warm and smooth.

Luke

Thats my personal choice!!!!

I play blues and I love my Seth! That midrange quality would be great for slide. I would venture that I would like the Antiquities even more if I tried those.

Thank you guys!
It seems that Seth Lovers would be the preferred choice.
Yet I have a feeling that Antiquities would have received more support if only they would cost less... (thank you Lewguitar for your description of the Antiquity quality).
Carlo