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)
neck Strat single-coil
74 match
high confidence
Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2)
neck 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 | 10.8k | 13.2k |
| Inductancediffers | not measured | 2.52 H (measured, 1 reading) |
| Magnet | Ceramic | Ceramic |
| Coil | Hum-cancelling | Hum-cancelling |
| Resonant peakdiffers | 4.8 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) | 6.5 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 | neck Strat single-coil | neck Strat single-coil |
| Traits | high output, dark, mid-forward, tight & aggressive, noiseless | vintage 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
13
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.”