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Seymour Duncan Nazgul vs Seymour Duncan Pegasus

Seymour Duncan Nazgul pickup
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Seymour Duncan Nazgul
8-string bridge humbucker
high confidence
Seymour Duncan Pegasus pickup
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Seymour Duncan Pegasus
8-string bridge humbucker

Compared with the Seymour Duncan Nazgul, the Seymour Duncan Pegasus has an Alnico V magnet (warmer, smoother), a hum-cancelling design and scooped mids.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecSeymour Duncan NazgulSeymour Duncan Pegasus
DC resistancediffers18.76k17.31k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetdiffersCeramicAlnico 5
CoildiffersSingle coilHum-cancelling
Resonant peakdiffers3.85 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)4 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)5 / 105 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differs9 / 107 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differs8 / 106 / 10
Slot8-string bridge humbucker8-string bridge humbucker
Traitshigh output, mid-forward, tight & aggressivehigh output, mid-forward

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
88
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
45
Ceramic vs Alnico 5
Coil
0
one hums, one doesn't
Brightness
89
tone charts on the same scale
Mids
67
tone charts on the same scale
Bass
100
tone charts on the same scale

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