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DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2 vs Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Strat Middle/Neck

DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2 pickup
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Compared with the DiMarzio Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2, the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Strat Middle/Neck has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecDiMarzio Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Strat Middle/Neck
DC resistancediffers8.53k9.8k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 2Alnico 2
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Bass (tone chart)differs3.5 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
SlotStrat single-coilStrat single-coil
Traitsmoderate output, soft & warm, noiselesshigh output, soft & warm, 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
80
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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