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Gorilla Pickups The Number One vs Seymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3)

Gorilla Pickups The Number One pickup
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Seymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3) pickup
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Compared with the Gorilla Pickups The Number One, the Seymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecGorilla Pickups The Number OneSeymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3)
DC resistancediffers14k16.4k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers—4.4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart4 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart7 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
SlotStrat single-coilStrat single-coil
Traitshigh outputhigh output, dark, mid-forward, tight lows

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
77
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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