Seymour Duncan Custom Shop

Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Concept

Very hot, warm and smooth.

Hotter than 93% of the 280 bridge humbuckers we have · estimated from resistance

Alnico 2 magnet: the softest pull: warm, round and forgiving

“Seymour figured out how to wind A2 PAF's so they don't sound dark and muddy; Gibson hasn't totally mastered this concept.”
blueman335 on Seymour Duncan forum ↗

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

Specs

DC resistance: 16.7k
Inductance: not measured
Magnet: Alnico 2
Coil: Hum-cancelling

high outputsoft & warm

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.

Also in the set

Neck
44% of this one's output (est.)

Similar pickups

280 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

Closest match
Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Warren Demartini RTM
bridge humbucker
82 match
no spec differences found
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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Seymour Duncan Stag Mag (SH-3)
bridge humbucker
82 match
no spec differences found
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
low confidence
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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Éclair
bridge humbucker
80 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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Seymour Duncan Custom Custom (SH-11)
bridge humbucker
79 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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Wolfetone Fenris
humbucker
79 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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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop El Diablo
bridge humbucker
76 match
hotter output
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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“Seymour figured out how to wind A2 PAF's so they don't sound dark and muddy; Gibson hasn't totally mastered this concept.”

blueman335 · 2011-02-24Seymour Duncan forum ↗

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