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Seymour Duncan Cool Rails (SCR-1) vs Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)

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Compared with the Seymour Duncan Cool Rails (SCR-1), the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1) has hotter output and more midrange.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Cool Rails (SCR-1)Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
DC resistancediffers9.4k10.8k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetCeramicCeramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers5.2 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)4.8 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)5 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs4 / 107 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs5 / 104 / 10
Slotneck Strat single-coilneck Strat single-coil
Traitshigh output, dark, tight & aggressive, noiselesshigh output, dark, mid-forward, tight & aggressive, noiseless

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
80
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
77
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
50
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
100
tone charts on the same scale

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Seymour Duncan Cool Rails (SCR-1)

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Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)

What players and reviewers say

On the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)

Sure, it has some low end punch and a dominant midrange.
Darth Phineas · Apr 24, 2019Darth Phineas (opens in a new tab)
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