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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele vs Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B)

Compared with the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele, the Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B) has a ceramic magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for TeleSeymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B)
DC resistancediffers17.4k17k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 2Ceramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers—3.4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart6 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitshigh output, soft & warm, noiselesshigh output, dark, 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
97
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
0
Alnico 2 vs Ceramic
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 Little '59 (ST59-1B)

I Tried The Seymour Duncan Little '59 - Is It Worth The Hype?
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What players and reviewers say

On the Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B)

“In this particular guitar, the little 59 is hollow sounding, bright and lacks output..”
MrDan666 · 2010-03-29Rig-Talk ↗ (opens in a new tab)
“I like the 59 too, but the SL seems to punch the mids out there a little more, and it's still slightly warmer, maybe due partially to the nickel cover.”
Stevo · 2004-05-09Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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