Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Plus (STK-S9b) pickup
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Seymour Duncan

Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Plus (STK-S9b)

A bridge Strat single-coil with an Alnico 5 magnet and high output.

high outputdarkmid-forwardnoiseless

Specs

DC resistance
20.26k
Inductance
9.18 Hcompiled
Magnet
Alnico 5
Coil
Hum-cancelling
Resonant peak
3.23 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
Seymour Duncan's tone chart, 0–10

From Seymour Duncan's published specs (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules. No videos, reviews or player posts about the Seymour Duncan Hot Stack Plus (STK-S9b) collected yet.

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