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DiMarzio The Chopper vs Fender Hot Noiseless Strat

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Fender Hot Noiseless Strat
neck Strat single-coil

Compared with the DiMarzio The Chopper, the Fender Hot Noiseless Strat has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecDiMarzio The ChopperFender Hot Noiseless Strat
DC resistancediffers9.16k10.4k
Inductancediffers5.90 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetCeramicCeramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Bass (tone chart)differs4 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs4 / 10no chart
SlotdiffersStrat single-coilneck Strat single-coil
Traitshigh output, tight & aggressive, noiselesshigh output, 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
82
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

Videos

DiMarzio The Chopper

DiMarzio Twang King Neck & The Chopper T Bridge Pickups for Richie Kotzen
DiMarzio®
Seymour Duncan Little '59 vs DiMarzio The Chopper
Tom Roger Thu · comparison

Fender Hot Noiseless Strat

No videos of its own collected yet.

What players and reviewers say

On the DiMarzio The Chopper

“The Chopper edged out the ProTrack for me because it was a little clearer (the ProTrack was muddy exactly, but it wasn't as articulate).”
austin · 2007-04-03Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“Had a Chopper T in a mid 90s MIA Tele, killer crunch tone.”
Comparing with DiMarzio The Chopper T
Laughing Kookaburra · 2011-11-11Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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