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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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Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1)
Medium output, warm and smooth.
Hotter than 50% of the 54 bridge P-90 soapbars we have · estimated from resistance
- Alnico 2 magnet: the softest pull: warm, round and forgiving
“I am loving the Phat Cat in the neck of my warmoth tele (semi-hollow mahogany body, ebony LP scale neck), and I'm looking for a bridge pickup thats just as fat sounding.”
Like the Seymour Duncan Phat Cat (SPH90-1), but…
- WarmerDiMarzio Vintage P90 SoapbarAlnico magnet · darker · −7% output74 match
- More biteBare Knuckle Nantucket 90Alnico 5 magnet · −12% output74 match
- Less hotBare Knuckle Blue Note 90−19% output · Alnico 2 magnet78 match
The closest pickup in each direction that still fits the same slot. See every match
Specs
- DC resistance
- 8.49k
- Inductance
- not measured
- Magnet
- Alnico 2
- Coil
- Single coil
- Resonant peak
- 6.05 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
vintage outputsoft & warm
From Seymour Duncan's published specs ↗ (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
Fits the bridge of a P-90 guitars.
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No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
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What others say
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“I am loving the Phat Cat in the neck of my warmoth tele (semi-hollow mahogany body, ebony LP scale neck), and I'm looking for a bridge pickup thats just as fat sounding.”
“Too me, the Phat Cat has more mids than the jazz, and its covers more frequency from lows to highs.”
“The phat cat is not as fat or warm as the SL, but it has a comparable output and certainly does not fart out in the low end..”
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