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Monty's 50 Broadcaster vs Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele

Monty's 50 Broadcaster pickup
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Monty's 50 Broadcaster
bridge Tele pickup
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Compared with the Monty's 50 Broadcaster, the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele has an Alnico II magnet (warmer, smoother).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecMonty's 50 BroadcasterSeymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele
DC resistancediffers10k9.3k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 2
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitshigh output, soft & warmhigh 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
90
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
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).

Videos

Monty's 50 Broadcaster

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele

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What players and reviewers say

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