Seymour Duncan Antiquity for Jazzmaster Pickup Set

Seymour Duncan Antiquity for Jazzmaster Pickup Set

The Seymour Duncan Antiquity for Jazzmaster captures the warm, articulate voice that made vintage offset guitars essential for recording without the fragility of original pickups. This set delivers authentic 1960s Jazzmaster character in a modern, reliable package—offering the clarity and harmonic complexity needed to cut through dense mixes while maintaining drop-in compatibility with contemporary American Standard models.

Tone & Construction

Built with Alnico 2 rod magnets and a custom coil wind using plain enamel magnet wire, these pickups reproduce the smooth, balanced response that defined the original era's studio recordings. The lacquered and wax potting ensures mechanical stability and consistent output across tracking sessions, while the vintage-correct flatwork maintains authentic tonal characteristics in both neck and bridge positions for versatile mixing applications.

Recording Performance & Compatibility

The neck pickup is reverse wound and reverse polarity, canceling hum in combination with the bridge pickup for clean, noise-free tracking and layering in the studio. These pickups are a straightforward drop-in replacement for Fender American Standard sized Jazzmaster pickups, requiring no modification to your instrument and enabling quick setup between sessions.

Key Features

• Alnico 2 rod magnets for warm, vintage-accurate tone
• Custom coil wind with plain enamel magnet wire
• Cloth push-back lead wire
• Lacquered and wax potted construction
• Vintage-correct flatwork design
• Bridge pickup dimensions: 3.530" length × 1.512" width × .318" total height
• Bridge magnet height: .471"
• Neck pickup reverse wound, reverse polarity for hum cancellation
• Drop-in replacement for Fender American Standard Jazzmaster pickups
• Matched pair configuration optimized for offset guitar architecture

The Antiquity for Jazzmaster represents Seymour Duncan's commitment to preserving vintage offset tone while delivering the dependability modern session work demands.