Closest match
ceramic magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; brightness from the maker's resonant peak.
medium confidence
Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan Sentient
Low output, clear and balanced, with scooped mids and tight lows.
Hotter than 27% of the 15 7-string neck humbuckers we have · estimated from resistance
- Alnico 5 magnet: the common all-rounder: firm lows and clear highs
- Fewer mids than a typical Seymour Duncan
- Tighter lows than a typical Seymour Duncan
“The Sentient more open and vintage vibe with less compression but still super articulate at gain.”
Like the Seymour Duncan Sentient, but…
- WarmerDiMarzio Illuminator 7Ceramic magnet · darker · +14% output64 match
- More biteSeymour Duncan Invader (SH-8)Ceramic magnet · similar output75 match
The closest pickup in each direction that still fits the same slot. See every match
Specs
- DC resistance
- 9.2k
- Inductance
- not measured
- Magnet
- Alnico 5
- Coil
- Hum-cancelling
- Resonant peak
- 5.57 kHzSeymour Duncan's own test load
moderate outputscooped midstight lows
From Seymour Duncan's published specs ↗ (opens in a new tab). Traits come from these specs by stated rules.
Fits the neck of a 7-string.
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ceramic magnet: punchier, more aggressive · more bass
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
Compare →medium confidencehotter 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; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
Compare →medium confidencelower output · ceramic magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
Compare →medium confidencelower output · ceramic magnet: punchier, more aggressive
No inductance for one of them, so output leans on DC resistance; tone charts compared against each maker's average.
Compare →medium confidence
What others say
Demos, reviews and forum posts, quoted word for word and linked to where they were published. No reviews collected yet.
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“Both have very nice high gain solo voices the Sentient clearer and more articulate the Liquifire more aggressive compressed and smooth and thicker.”
Comparing with DiMarzio LiquiFire
“The Sentient more open and vintage vibe with less compression but still super articulate at gain.”
“The Sentient is more traditional sounding more even response sounds big smooth and sweet really nice super versatile neck humbucker that sounds really good at gain..”
“LOVE the tone with the sentient in my KOA Carvin DC 127 it's sweet fat and smooth but really well defined also.”
“For articulation the obvious choices are the Full Shred, Sentient and Jazz, but again they're A5 and, you guessed it, are a bit more compressed.”
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