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Monty's DP51 vs Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2)

Monty's DP51 pickup
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Monty's DP51
bridge Tele pickup
low confidence
Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2) pickup
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Compared with the Monty's DP51, the Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecMonty's DP51Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2)
DC resistancediffers11k15.6k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers—5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitshigh outputhigh output, dark

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
50
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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