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Fender Ultra Noiseless Vintage Tele vs Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Rhythm (STR-3)
Fender Ultra Noiseless Vintage Tele
neck Tele pickup
68 match
low confidence

Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Rhythm (STR-3)
neck Tele pickup
Compared with the Fender Ultra Noiseless Vintage Tele, the Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Rhythm (STR-3) has a true single-coil design that hums.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Fender Ultra Noiseless Vintage Tele | Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Rhythm (STR-3) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 11.5k | 11.8k |
| Inductancediffers | not measured | 4.47 H (measured, 1 reading) |
| Magnet | Alnico 5 | Alnico 5 |
| Coildiffers | Hum-cancelling | Single coil |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 6 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differs | no chart | 8 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differs | no chart | 5 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differs | no chart | 5 / 10 |
| Slot | neck Tele pickup | neck Tele pickup |
| Traits | high output, noiseless | high output, dark, big low end |
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
96
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
0
one hums, one doesn't
Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).
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