Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Retrospec'd Jazzmaster - Neck

*New Retrospec'd Antiquity models are the same great pickups, but with shiny new covers and pole pieces to suit brand new guitars!

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The Antiquity II for Jazzmaster uses calibrated Alnico 5 rod magnets and a period-correct coil wind to give you that classic 60s instrumental tone.

New Retrospec'd Antiquity models are the same great pickups, but with shiny new covers and pole pieces to suit brand new guitars!

We use hand-ground Alnico 5 rod magnets, with our special coil wind to deliver bright, 60s Jazzmaster tone that is clean and crisp, with just the right balance of neck position warmth. Chords have a nice clear quality, and solos ring out with that eerie 60s Surf tone. The Antiquity II Jam for Jazzmaster neck pickup is wound RWRP so that when used together with the bridge model they will be hum-cancelling. This pickup is a drop-in replacement for any Fender American Standard sized Jazzmaster pickup and will fit nicely into the existing cover.

At Seymour Duncan, we have a 40-year archive of data on pickup design, detailing every nuance, down to the smallest detail. This deep knowledge is what gives our legendary Antiquity pickups their authentic vintage tone.

The Antiquity line’s story goes back to the 1990s, a particularly unique time in guitar history. ‘Shred’ guitars were on a bit of a decline, and the vintage guitar market was huge. When they weren’t able to get their hands on the actual vintage guitars they coveted so dearly, guitarists began to relic their own instruments. So, Seymour created the Antiquities to give those guitarists the aged look, tone, and response of the pickups found in the instruments of the 50s and 60s that they so revered.

Because Seymour is so detail-oriented, our Antiquities had to be exactly like the originals, down to the finest details. Seymour pulled from his 40-plus-year archive of data on pickup design, with insight on every nuance, to ensure that every facet of the Antiquity pickups was authentic and vintage accurate. If player feedback and the thousands of guitarists around the world who rely on their Antiquities are any indication, we think Seymour nailed it.

What Seymour didn’t anticipate was how popular these pickups would become among guitarists playing newer guitars. We quickly began hearing from guitar builders and players around the world who wanted our Antiquity pickups with a new, pristine look, rather than an aged, relic’d look. So, we created the Antiquity Retrospec’d series – all the beloved Antiquity tone of yesteryear in a brand new, cosmetically non-aged look.