Hot Rails For Strat Single Coil Sized Humbucker
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Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (STHR-1B) vs Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B)
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (STHR-1B)
bridge Tele pickup
74 match
high confidence
Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B)
bridge Tele pickup
Compared with the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (STHR-1B), the Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B) 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 (STHR-1B) | Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B) |
|---|---|---|
| DC resistancediffers | 14.8k | 17k |
| Inductance | not measured | not measured |
| Magnet | Ceramic | Ceramic |
| Coil | Hum-cancelling | Hum-cancelling |
| Resonant peakdiffers | 2.5 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) | 3.4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load) |
| Bass (tone chart)differs | 5 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
| Mids (tone chart)differs | 9 / 10 | 6 / 10 |
| Treble (tone chart)differs | 4 / 10 | 5 / 10 |
| Slot | bridge Tele pickup | bridge Tele pickup |
| Traits | high output, dark, mid-forward, tight & aggressive, noiseless | high output, dark, 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
80
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Ceramic
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
11
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
50
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale
Videos
Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (STHR-1B)
Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B)
Seymour Duncan Little 59 Review (SL59-1B) How well does it fit into a Strat?
I Tried The Seymour Duncan Little '59 - Is It Worth The Hype?
What players and reviewers say
On the Seymour Duncan Hot Rails (STHR-1B)
“Sure, it has some low end punch and a dominant midrange.”
On the Seymour Duncan Little '59 (ST59-1B)
“In this particular guitar, the little 59 is hollow sounding, bright and lacks output..”
“I like the 59 too, but the SL seems to punch the mids out there a little more, and it's still slightly warmer, maybe due partially to the nickel cover.”