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Seymour Duncan Black Winter vs Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)

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Compared with the Seymour Duncan Black Winter, the Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6) has a darker top end.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Black WinterSeymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)
DC resistance16.6k16.6k
Inductancediffers6.98 H (measured, 2 readings)7.50 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetCeramicCeramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers6.68 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)5.5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)5 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs9 / 108 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 109 / 10
Slotbridge humbuckerbridge humbucker
Traitsmoderate output, mid-forward, tight & aggressivehigh output, bright, mid-forward, 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
90
measured inductance
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
44
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
83
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
100
tone charts on the same scale

Videos

Seymour Duncan Black Winter

Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)

DiMarzio SUPER DISTORTION vs Seymour Duncan DISTORTION SH-6 - Bridge Guitar Pickup Comparison
Mike Stamper · comparison

What players and reviewers say

On the Seymour Duncan Black Winter

Punchy and controlled lows with edgy and focused mids and highs.
Darth Phineas · May 18, 2016Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)
Seymour's neck models are more known for that more traditional fuller neck voice that can often times be big in the lows and sweet in the highs.
Darth Phineas · May 18, 2016Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)
Everything on the Seymour Duncan Black Winter

On the Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)

the Super D and DD are two VERY different sounding pickups.
Benjy_26 · Jan 3, 2011Seymour Duncan forum (opens in a new tab)
The DD is very different from the SD. As mentioned the DD is tight, percussive and hot, while the SD is big warm and fuzzy.
idsnowdog · Jan 3, 2011Seymour Duncan forum (opens in a new tab)
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