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lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
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Seymour Duncan Custom Shop
Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Slug
Very hot, tight and aggressive.
Hotter than 100% of the 280 bridge humbuckers we have · estimated from resistance
- Ceramic magnet: the strongest pull: tight lows and a sharp attack
“I don't think it's a tight, percussive, metal beast like the Titans or the SLUG, but it's a great pickup.”
Specs
- DC resistance
- 48k
- Inductance
- not measured
- Magnet
- Ceramic
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
high outputtight & aggressive
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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lower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
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No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
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No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidencelower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
Compare →low confidencelower output
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; no tone chart to compare.
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What others say
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Keith Merrow- Seymour Duncan "Slug" Bridge Pickup (Prototype) Test. Slow and Low.
Seymour Duncan SLUG
Seymour Duncan Slug pickup // Randall Satan
“I liked it with the vari-air thing Falbo came up with, mag touching the slug coil on the bass side, mag touching the screw coil on the treble side, kinda crooked in there.”
“I don't think it's a tight, percussive, metal beast like the Titans or the SLUG, but it's a great pickup.”
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