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Seymour Duncan CustomStack Plus (STK-S6) vs Seymour Duncan Li'l Screamin' Demon (SLSD-1)

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Compared with the Seymour Duncan CustomStack Plus (STK-S6), the Seymour Duncan Li'l Screamin' Demon (SLSD-1) has a ceramic magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan CustomStack Plus (STK-S6)Seymour Duncan Li'l Screamin' Demon (SLSD-1)
DC resistancediffers14.45k13.35k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersAlnico 5Ceramic
CoilHum-cancellingHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers4.85 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)4.5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differs7 / 106 / 10
Mids (tone chart)4 / 104 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs5 / 106 / 10
Slotbridge Strat single-coilbridge Strat single-coil
Traitshigh output, dark, big low end, noiselesshigh output, 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
89
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
45
Alnico 5 vs Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
78
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
100
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale

Videos

No videos for either pickup collected yet.

What players and reviewers say

On the Seymour Duncan Li'l Screamin' Demon (SLSD-1)

“I'd go with the Lil Screamin Demon as it will still be fat/thick enough for the styles you listed, but it'll mix with your neck and mid pickups better than the JB Jr.”
Benjy_26 · 2006-08-09Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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