Seymour Duncan Custom Shop

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele

A bridge Tele pickup with an Alnico 2 magnet and high output.

high outputsoft & warm

Specs

DC resistance
9.3k
Inductance
not measured
Magnet
Alnico 2
Coil
Single coil

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. No videos, reviews or player posts about the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele collected yet.

Similar pickups

87 fit the same slot · ranked on measured specs · top 40 shown

Upgrading from the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele? Put it on the map and see what sits where you want your tone to go.

Each score is how close a pickup is on measured specs, out of 100. The meter shows how many of those specs we could compare; a grey score means few could be. Filters cover the top 40. How scoring works

  1. Closest match
    Monty's 50 Broadcaster
    Monty's 50 Broadcaster
    bridge Tele pickup

    Alnico III magnet: punchier, more aggressive

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
    Compare →
  2. Tone Hatch Shin Kicker
    Tone Hatch Shin Kicker
    bridge Tele pickup

    Alnico III magnet: punchier, more aggressive

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
    Compare →
  3. Bare Knuckle Nomads
    Bare Knuckle Nomads
    bridge Tele pickup

    hotter output · Alnico III magnet: punchier, more aggressive

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
    Compare →
  4. Sheptone Tele A2
    Sheptone Tele A2
    bridge Tele pickup

    lower output

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
    Compare →
  5. Bootstrap Extra Crispy
    Bootstrap Extra Crispy
    bridge Tele pickup

    lower output · Alnico III magnet: punchier, more aggressive

    No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.

    low confidence
    Compare →

Played the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele?

Tell other players how it sounds in your guitar. These are visitors' own comments: checked for spam before they appear, but not fact-checked like the sourced quotes above.

Loading comments…

Add your take

Compared with another pickup? optional

Comments are checked before they appear. Only your name is shown.

Compare side by side