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Seymour Duncan Custom Flat (SSL-6) vs Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Staggered (SSL-7)

Compared with the Seymour Duncan Custom Flat (SSL-6), the Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Staggered (SSL-7) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Custom Flat (SSL-6)Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Staggered (SSL-7)
DC resistancediffers13k14.8k
Inductancediffers6.48 H (compiled)not measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers4.9 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)4 / 104 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs7 / 106 / 10
SlotStrat single-coilStrat single-coil
Traitshigh outputhigh output

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
81
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
94
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
100
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
100
tone charts on the same scale

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