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Seymour Duncan Black Winter vs Seymour Duncan Jazz Model (SH-2)

The Seymour Duncan Black Winter is a neck humbucker and the Seymour Duncan Jazz Model (SH-2) is a bridge 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 Jazz Model (SH-2)
DC resistancediffers13k7.9k
Inductancediffers5.64 H (measured, 2 readings)5.02 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetdiffersCeramicAlnico 5
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers6.35 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)7 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)5 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs9 / 103 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 109 / 10
Slotdiffersneck humbuckerbridge humbucker
Traitsmoderate output, mid-forward, tight & aggressivevintage output, bright, scooped mids

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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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