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Monty's Jazzmaster-sized FM P90 vs Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound for Jazzmaster (SJM-3)

Monty's Jazzmaster-sized FM P90 pickup
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Monty's Jazzmaster-sized FM P90
bridge Jazzmaster pickup
low confidence
Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound for Jazzmaster (SJM-3) pickup
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Compared with the Monty's Jazzmaster-sized FM P90, the Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound for Jazzmaster (SJM-3) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

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SpecMonty's Jazzmaster-sized FM P90Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound for Jazzmaster (SJM-3)
DC resistancediffers8.9k12.97k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers—5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart9 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Slotbridge Jazzmaster pickupbridge Jazzmaster pickup
Traitsmoderate outputhigh output, big low end

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
46
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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