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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele vs Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B)

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Compared with the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele, the Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B) has hotter output and an Alnico V magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for TeleSeymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B)
DC resistancediffers17.4k21.4k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Alnico 5
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers6 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitshigh output, soft & warm, noiselesshigh output, 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
70
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
55
Alnico 2 vs Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele

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Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B)

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