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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele vs Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Lead (STK-T3B)
Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele
bridge Tele pickup
74 match
low confidence
Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Lead (STK-T3B)
bridge Tele pickup
Compared with the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele, the Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Lead (STK-T3B) has an Alnico V magnet (punchier, more aggressive).
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates for Tele | Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Lead (STK-T3B) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 17.4k | 18k |
| Inductance | not measured | not measured |
| Magnetdiffers | Alnico 2 | Alnico 5 |
| Coil | Hum-cancelling | Hum-cancelling |
| Resonant peakdiffers | — | 7.5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differs | no chart | 6 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differs | no chart | 4 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differs | no chart | 4 / 10 |
| Slot | bridge Tele pickup | bridge Tele pickup |
| Traits | high output, soft & warm, noiseless | high output, dark, 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
95
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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