Seymour Duncan Custom Shop

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop BG1400

Very hot, clear and balanced.

Hotter than 100% of the 79 neck Tele pickups we have · estimated from resistance

Alnico 5 magnet: the common all-rounder: firm lows and clear highs

No price published on Seymour Duncan Custom Shop's own site

Specs

DC resistance: 29.2k
Inductance: not measured
Magnet: Alnico 5
Coil: Hum-cancelling

high outputnoiseless

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 neck of a Telecaster.

Also in the set

Bridge
About the same output (est.)

Similar pickups

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

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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

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Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Rhythm (STK-T1N)
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67 match
lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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Fender Ultra Noiseless Vintage Tele
neck Tele pickup
65 match
lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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Fender Gen 4 Noiseless Tele
neck Tele pickup
65 match
lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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DiMarzio Area T
neck Tele pickup
56 match
lower output · Alnico II magnet: warmer, smoother
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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Fender Vintage Noiseless Tele
neck Tele pickup
56 match
lower output · Alnico II magnet: warmer, smoother
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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Lindy Fralin Steel Pole 43 Tele
neck Tele pickup
54 match
lower output · ceramic magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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What others say

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“For example you'd think the bg1400 (30k DCR) SD makes would be all mids and darker than a chalkboard covered in shoe polish but by all accounts it still sounds like a telecaster pickup..”

jimijames · 2014-06-09Seymour Duncan forum ↗

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