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Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2) vs Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B)

Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2) pickup
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Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B) pickup
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Compared with the Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2), the Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B) has hotter output, a hum-cancelling design and a brighter top end.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2)Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B)
DC resistancediffers15.6k21.4k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoildiffersSingle coilHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)6 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)5 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)6 / 106 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs5 / 106 / 10
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitshigh output, darkhigh 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
54
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
0
one hums, one doesn't
Brightness
47
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
100
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
100
tone charts on the same scale

Videos

Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2)

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Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-T2B)

What players and reviewers say

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Full reviews

Seymour Duncan Hot Lead (STL-2)

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