Problems with Antiquity II for Jazzmaster

metamatic

i installed 2 Seymour Duncan Antiquity II on my CIJ jazzmaster with a tune-o-matic brige, and i suspect there's something wrong with the bridge pickup.

It sounds much thinner than the neck one (which to me sounds wonderful) and also the volume seems a bit lower...

is there something wrong or it's supposed to sound like that?

metamatic

metamatic said:
Hi
i installed 2 Seymour Duncan Antiquity II on my CIJ jazzmaster with a tune-o-matic brige, and i suspect there's something wrong with the bridge pickup.
It sounds much thinner than the neck one (which to me sounds wonderful) and also the volume seems a bit lower...
is there something wrong or it's supposed to sound like that?

I also tired to measure resistance between the wires, and the multimeter doesn't show anything (like an open circuit or, say, infinite resistance)... suspect it's faulty.

Richie

That's unfortunate, Antiquities are fantastic pickups. If the multimeter reads absolutely nothing across the pickup then it is most likely that there's something wrong with it. I'd just take/ send it back to wherever you bought it and ask for a replacement. Either that or maybe see if you can get a slightly greater output one that might match the neck one better?

metamatic

yes, that's what i suspected, something not working.

I replaced it with the stock one and sounds right, though not so full bodied as the neck one, kinda high-midish with very few bass and over-bright (its a stock japan).

Which bridge pickup would you suggest for a fuller tone?

The neck antiquity is wonderful anyway.

Richie

Well just get another Antiquity, they all rate slightly differently and the readings are written on the box (at least was on mine) so just request one with a slightly higher output than the one you originally got.