Hot Rails For Strat Single Coil Sized Humbucker
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DiMarzio Fast Track 2 vs Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
DiMarzio Fast Track 2
Strat single-coil
76 match
medium confidence
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
bridge Strat single-coil
Compared with the DiMarzio Fast Track 2, the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1) has scooped mids and tighter low end.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | DiMarzio Fast Track 2 | Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 18.07k | 16.9k |
| Inductance | not measured | not measured |
| Magnet | Ceramic | Ceramic |
| Coil | Hum-cancelling | Hum-cancelling |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 3.5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 10 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 9.25 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand | 2 / 10 | 4 / 10 |
| Slotdiffers | Strat single-coil | bridge Strat single-coil |
| Traits | high output, dark, mid-forward, big low end, tight & aggressive, noiseless | high output, dark, mid-forward, tight & aggressive, noiseless |
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
90
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
91
each against its maker's average
Mids
40
each against its maker's average
Bass
0
each against its maker's average
Videos
DiMarzio Fast Track 2
No videos of its own collected yet.
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
What players and reviewers say
On the DiMarzio Fast Track 2
“The crunch factor is top notch and is excellent for 80s riff-rock and modern extreme tight chugging.”
On the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
“Sure, it has some low end punch and a dominant midrange.”