Compare
Bare Knuckle PAT Pend '63 Veneer Board vs Seymour Duncan Vintage Staggered (SSL-1)
Bare Knuckle PAT Pend '63 Veneer Board
middle Strat single-coil
86 match
medium confidence
Seymour Duncan Vintage Staggered (SSL-1)
Strat single-coil
Compared with the Bare Knuckle PAT Pend '63 Veneer Board, the Seymour Duncan Vintage Staggered (SSL-1) has hotter output.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Bare Knuckle PAT Pend '63 Veneer Board | Seymour Duncan Vintage Staggered (SSL-1) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 5.8k | 6.5k |
| Inductancediffers | not measured | 2.63 H (measured, 1 reading) |
| Magnet | Alnico 5 | Alnico 5 |
| Coil | Single coil | Single coil |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 10 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)Each maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 5 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 4 / 10 | 3 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 8 / 10 | 9 / 10 |
| Slotdiffers | middle Strat single-coil | Strat single-coil |
| Traits | vintage output, bright, scooped mids | vintage output, bright, scooped mids |
How close on each spec
100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works
Output
84
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
83
each against its maker's average
Mids
93
each against its maker's average
Bass
94
each against its maker's average
Videos
No videos for either pickup collected yet.
What players and reviewers say
On the Bare Knuckle PAT Pend '63 Veneer Board
“This is still very much a pre CBS sound, but it reflects a period when Fender single coils begin to gain a little more authority in the mids and low end.”
“The bridge pickup cuts through with authority, while the neck pickup delivers thick lead tones that never become muddy.”