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

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Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)
8-string neck humbucker

The Seymour Duncan Black Winter is a bridge humbucker and the Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6) is an 8-string neck humbucker, so one won't drop into the other's slot. Their specs are still side by side below.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Black WinterSeymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)
DC resistancediffers16.6k17.64k
Inductancediffers6.98 H (measured, 2 readings)not measured
MagnetCeramicCeramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers6.68 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)4.15 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differs5 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs9 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 10no chart
Slotdiffersbridge humbucker8-string neck humbucker
Traitsmoderate output, mid-forward, tight & aggressivehigh output, tight & aggressive

Videos

Seymour Duncan Black Winter

Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)

Seymour Duncan Distortion TB-6 with '59 Neck SH-1n Test
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What players and reviewers say

On the Seymour Duncan Black Winter

“It doesn't have as much of a dramatic low-end rolloff as the Black Winter, but it not a fat bassy pickup like the X2N.”
Rex Rocker · 2023-12-08Rig-Talk ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“The Black Winter and Distortion sound similar too, I hear the high end clarity on the Black Winter:.”
Dejoblue · 2013-10-11Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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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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Seymour Duncan Distortion (SH-6)

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