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Seymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3) vs Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Flat (SSL-4)

Seymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3) pickup
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Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Flat (SSL-4) pickup
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Compared with the Seymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3), the Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Flat (SSL-4) has lower output and scooped mids.

Specs side by side

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SpecSeymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3)Seymour Duncan Quarter-Pound Flat (SSL-4)
DC resistancediffers16.4k13.3k
Inductancediffersnot measured7.10 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers4.4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)4.8 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differs4 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs7 / 104 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs5 / 106 / 10
SlotStrat single-coilStrat single-coil
Traitshigh output, dark, mid-forward, tight lowshigh output

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
70
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type
Brightness
75
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
50
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
83
tone charts on the same scale

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Seymour Duncan Hot (SSL-3)

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