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Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Tele vs Seymour Duncan Hot Rhythm (STR-2)

Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Tele pickup
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Seymour Duncan Hot Rhythm (STR-2) pickup
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We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

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SpecFender Custom Shop Texas Special TeleSeymour Duncan Hot Rhythm (STR-2)
DC resistancediffers9k9.7k
Inductancediffers2.92 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers—8 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart4 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Slotneck Tele pickupneck Tele pickup
Traitsmoderate outputhigh output, dark

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
89
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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Seymour Duncan Hot Rhythm (STR-2)

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