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Fender Deluxe Drive Strat vs Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Staggered (APS-1)

Fender Deluxe Drive Strat pickup
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Fender Deluxe Drive Strat
neck Strat single-coil
medium confidence
Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Staggered (APS-1) pickup
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Compared with the Fender Deluxe Drive Strat, the Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Staggered (APS-1) has an Alnico II magnet (warmer, smoother).

Specs side by side

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SpecFender Deluxe Drive StratSeymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Staggered (APS-1)
DC resistancediffers10.6k6.4k
Inductancediffers3.00 H (measured, 1 reading)2.83 H (compiled)
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 2
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers—9 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart4 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart7 / 10
Slotdiffersneck Strat single-coilStrat single-coil
Traitsmoderate output, soft & warmmoderate output, soft & warm

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
92
measured inductance
Magnet
90
Alnico 3 vs 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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