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Gibson Original Mini-Humbucker vs Seymour Duncan Vintage (SM-1)

Gibson Original Mini-Humbucker pickup
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Seymour Duncan Vintage (SM-1) pickup
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Compared with the Gibson Original Mini-Humbucker, the Seymour Duncan Vintage (SM-1) has an Alnico V magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecGibson Original Mini-HumbuckerSeymour Duncan Vintage (SM-1)
DC resistancediffers6.2k6.54k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 5
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers—7 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart4 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Slotneck mini-humbuckerneck mini-humbucker
Traitsvintage output, soft & warmvintage output

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
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
55
Alnico 2 vs 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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