Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2) pickup
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Seymour Duncan

Seymour Duncan Hot Stack (STK-S2)

A bridge Strat single-coil with a ceramic magnet and high output.

high outputtight lowstight & aggressivenoiseless

Specs

DC resistance
20.6k
Inductance
4.91 Hmeasured, 1 reading
Magnet
Ceramic
Coil
Hum-cancelling
Resonant peak
6 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.

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