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Seymour Duncan Custom Custom (SH-11) vs Seymour Duncan Custom Shop El Diablo

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Compared with the Seymour Duncan Custom Custom (SH-11), the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop El Diablo has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Custom Custom (SH-11)Seymour Duncan Custom Shop El Diablo
DC resistancediffers14.4k22.1k
Inductancediffers9.35 H (measured, 1 reading)not measured
MagnetAlnico 2Alnico 2
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers5.2 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)—
Bass (tone chart)differs3 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs7 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 10no chart
Slotbridge humbuckerbridge humbucker
Traitshigh output, mid-forward, tight lows, soft & warmhigh output, soft & warm

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
38
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

Videos

Seymour Duncan Custom Custom (SH-11)

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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop El Diablo

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What players and reviewers say

On the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop El Diablo

“The El Diablo, although with a weaker alnico2 mag, is wound "hotter" and has lower highs, higher mids and an overall more balanced eq..”
VHTJay · 2007-04-13Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“Whta concerns me is the lack of warmth in the low mids and bass of the El Diablo in clips that the 5150 is able to get .”
MetalManiac · 2011-01-02Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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