Didn't like the Seth Lovers

['SG Std']

The Seth Lover is a great sound PAF with vintage look (cover) and AlNiCo II. Very accurate vintage sound. '59 is a bit brighter and has AlNiCo V and no cover.

Thank you very much--and that is, once I learned more about pickups including the Seth Lovers thru the years, what I concluded about the differences of those 2 Duncan models--thank you for confirming that to me.

I`ve read so many good things about the Seth Lovers thru the years. And yeah, once my friend finished installing the Duncan '59 Model' without the pickup cover, I asked him if he would put the T Top cover on it as I like 'that look' better.

And recently I had a friend re-install the T Top back into my SG so it`s 'historically correct'. These days I play a stock 2013 SG Std with the '57 Classic pickups--for me it`s a great guitar, very easy to play, & those pickups sound great I think & are really a popular pickup to match with a SG. Here`s a nice picture of it & also of my '70/`71 SG-

 

[Wilko]

Cool guitar. I always like the covers on. I used chrom covers on my '76 custom that had the '59/JB combo, then two JBs.

BTW, T-Top is the post PAF humbucker pickup that has a "T" shape molded on the bobbin. They started in the late 60s and went mostly through the 70s. First they had a patent number decal, then that number was stamped onto the back plate.

 

[Wound_Up]

The Seth Lover is a great sound PAF with vintage look (cover) and AlNiCo II. Very accurate vintage sound. '59 is a bit brighter and has AlNiCo V and no cover.

I think the '59 has a very similar voice to a T-Top because of that added high end. I'm a huge T-Top fan. The PAFs that I had for a long time were 7.6-7.8 pair and they were very much like T-Tops. Seths do it nicely, as do Antiquities

What 59 has no cover? Yours? It reads like you're saying every 59 comes without a cover. And that is not factual, if it is what you're saying.

 

[GlassSnuff]

What 59 has no cover? Yours? It reads like you're saying every 59 comes without a cover. And that is not factual, if it is what you're saying.

I never stocked '59s with covers when I was selling them over the counter. Ants and Seths, sure, but not the hot rods. Now it's a 20% upcharge for covers on Duncan's site. It's the Seths that come only with covers. I think Wilko's generalization will hold true for most people.

 

[Wilko]

What 59 has no cover? Yours? It reads like you're saying every 59 comes without a cover. And that is not factual, if it is what you're saying.

The regular seymour duncan '59 model is available with a cover, but the basic model has no cover. https://www.seymourduncan.com/single-product/59-model

single conductor, black. 4-conductor, logo, With cover models are about 20 dollars more.

 

[renderit]

Cool guitar. I always like the covers on. I used chrom covers on my '76 custom that had the '59/JB combo, then two JBs.

BTW, T-Top is the post PAF humbucker pickup that has a "T" shape molded on the bobbin. They started in the late 60s and went mostly through the 70s. First they had a patent number decal, then that number was stamped onto the back plate.

P'roly get better tonz if'n it were mounted under the wire thingys...

 

[Dave P]

I have Seth Lovers in a Hamer. The bridge pickup was kind of meh, so I swapped in a Alnico V unoriented magnet which made a big difference to me.