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DiMarzio Air Classic vs Seymour Duncan George Lynch Screamin' Demon (SH-12)

bridge humbucker

86 match

medium confidence

bridge humbucker

Compared with the DiMarzio Air Classic, the Seymour Duncan George Lynch Screamin' Demon (SH-12) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways

Spec	DiMarzio Air Classic	Seymour Duncan George Lynch Screamin' Demon (SH-12)
DC resistancediffers	8.62k	10k
Inductancediffers	3.50 H (measured, 2 readings)	not measured
Magnet	Alnico 5	Alnico 5
Coil	Hum-cancelling	Hum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers	—	7 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand	3.5 / 10	5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand	4.25 / 10	4 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand	6 / 10	9 / 10
Slot	bridge humbucker	bridge humbucker
Traits	vintage output, bright	moderate output, bright

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

DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)

Magnet

100

both Alnico 5

Coil

100

same coil type

Brightness

each against its maker's average

Mids

each against its maker's average

Bass

100

each against its maker's average

Dimarzio Air Classic and Hughes & Kettner TriAmp MK2 sound review

Alex Richie · from Darth Phineas ↗

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“It has that warm roundness I liked from the air classic but the bass is much more articulate.”

“Don't over look the Air Classic in an HSS strat if you want smooth humbucker response with clarity and dynamics.”

Lake Placid Blues · 2014-10-28Seymour Duncan forum ↗

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