Closest match
hotter output · scooped mids
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
medium confidence
Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Custom (SM-2)
A neck mini-humbucker with a ceramic magnet and vintage output.
vintage outputtight & aggressive
Specs
- DC resistance
- 8.52k
- Inductance
- not measured
- Magnet
- Ceramic
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
- Resonant peak
- 9 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
From Seymour Duncan's published specs ↗ (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
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