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DiMarzio Vintage Minibucker vs Seymour Duncan Custom (SM-2)

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Compared with the DiMarzio Vintage Minibucker, the Seymour Duncan Custom (SM-2) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

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SpecDiMarzio Vintage MinibuckerSeymour Duncan Custom (SM-2)
DC resistancediffers8.25k16.41k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetCeramicCeramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand3 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand4.5 / 106 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsEach maker grades its own chart, so read these within a brand4.5 / 106 / 10
Slotbridge mini-humbuckerbridge mini-humbucker
Traitsvintage output, tight & aggressivehigh output, tight & aggressive

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
1
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
84
each against its maker's average
Mids
63
each against its maker's average
Bass
91
each against its maker's average

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