Closest match
Alnico magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
PRS
PRS Dragon II
Hot, clear and balanced.
Hotter than 63% of the 280 bridge humbuckers we have · estimated from resistance
- Alnico 4 magnet: between Alnico 2's warmth and Alnico 5's punch
“Duncan Screamin Demon (would have more of a treble type clang to the attack instead of an upper mid type of clang that the Dragon II has).”
Specs
- DC resistance
- 12k
- Inductance
- not measured
- Magnet
- Alnico 4
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
moderate output
From Guitar Pickup Database ↗ (opens in a new tab), a compiled database — we haven't read these from the maker's own site. Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
Fits the bridge of a Les Paul, SG, PRS Custom 24, Superstrat (HH) or HSS Strat.
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Alnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidencehotter output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidenceAlnico V magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidence
What others say
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“Duncan Screamin Demon (would have more of a treble type clang to the attack instead of an upper mid type of clang that the Dragon II has).”
“'s "Youth of the Nation" almost to the T, going from cleans to lows and the Dragon II would do it all.”
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