Description
Seymour Duncan’s Antiquity JB takes the pickup that defined a generation of hot-rodded humbuckers and runs it through a time machine. It’s still wound to the classic 16.4k spec, so you get that signature JB upper-midrange growl and the sustain-to-distortion balance players have leaned on for decades. What’s different is the top end — a custom aged alnico 5 bar magnet, treated to simulate years of sweat, dust, and oxidation, softens the treble attack just enough to feel broken-in rather than brand new.
This isn’t a cosmetic trick layered over a modern build. Each Antiquity JB is hand-assembled using the same materials and methods Duncan used back in the 70s: a long-legged nickel silver bottom plate, maple spacer, the original JB model stamp, and a rough sand-cast alnico 5 bar magnet. The bobbins go through Duncan’s proprietary aging process for that heavily worn butyrate look, and the whole thing is wired with vintage-style push-back braided single-conductor lead wire — the kind of detail that matters as much to your wiring cavity’s mojo as your tone.
If you love the JB’s aggressive midrange but want it delivered with a little more grit and grain instead of glassy clarity, this is the version built for you. Comes in black.
- 16.4k output, original JB winding spec
- Custom aged alnico 5 bar magnet, sand cast
- Long-legged nickel silver bottom plate, maple spacer
- Heavily aged butyrate bobbins
- Vintage-style push-back braided single-conductor lead wire
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