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Gorilla Pickups The Spacenaut vs Seymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2)

Compared with the Gorilla Pickups The Spacenaut, the Seymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecGorilla Pickups The SpacenautSeymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2)
DC resistancediffers17.5k21.3k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetCeramicCeramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers—3.9 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart7 / 10
Slotbridge humbuckerbridge humbucker
Traitshigh output, tight & aggressivehigh output, tight & aggressive

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
72
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type

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

Videos

Gorilla Pickups The Spacenaut

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Seymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2)

Seymour Duncan Parallel Axis Distortion PATB-2 (This Pickup Is SICK)
Otso Kirvelä

What players and reviewers say

On the Seymour Duncan Distortion Parallel Axis (PATB-2)

“I'd go with a PATB-2 Parallel Axis Distortion, they're designed to beef up a thin floyded superstrat to more closely resemble a fat Les Paul.”
Despair · 2011-01-22Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“Tight, bright, punchy, with great harmonics, but very different from other Parallel Axis pickups or the Distortion..”
Despair · 2018-03-14Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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Full reviews

Gorilla Pickups The Spacenaut

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