Hot Rails For Strat Single Coil Sized Humbucker
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Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1) vs Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2)
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
bridge Strat single-coil
73 match
high confidence
Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2)
bridge Strat single-coil
Compared with the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1), the Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2) has hotter output, a brighter top end and scooped mids.
Specs side by side
differs marks specs where they part ways| Spec | Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1) | Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 16.9k | 20.6k |
| Inductancediffers | not measured | 4.91 H (measured, 1 reading) |
| Magnet | Ceramic | Ceramic |
| Coil | Hum-cancelling | Hum-cancelling |
| Resonant peakdiffers | 3.5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) | 6 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differs | 5 / 10 | 4 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differs | 7 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differs | 4 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
| Slot | bridge Strat single-coil | bridge Strat single-coil |
| Traits | high output, dark, mid-forward, tight & aggressive, noiseless | high output, tight lows, 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
71
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
0
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
67
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale
Videos
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2)
Hot Stack For Strat STK-S2
What players and reviewers say
On the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (SHR-1)
“Sure, it has some low end punch and a dominant midrange.”