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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele vs Seymour Duncan Jerry Donahue Model Lead (APTL-3JD)

Compared with the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele, the Seymour Duncan Jerry Donahue Model Lead (APTL-3JD) has lower output.

Specs side by side

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SpecSeymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped TeleSeymour Duncan Jerry Donahue Model Lead (APTL-3JD)
DC resistancediffers9.3k7.8k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 2Alnico 2
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers6.63 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart7 / 10
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitshigh output, soft & warmmoderate 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
75
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).

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