![]() My suspicion is that their wind counts are very close, with the differences owing to the magnet wire, perhaps the insulation thickness is thinner with the SSL-1's wire, causing the higher capacitive coupling within the coil.įrequency response bode plot, without load: ![]() The lower resonant peak relative to the Blackfaces owes to a higher parasitic capacitance, as the inductance values are all within 150mH of each other. The only other "vintage output" pickup I've gathered as much information on so far is the GFS Boston Blues, and the frequency and inductance figures of the SSL-1 set puts it a lot closer to the Lollar Blackface set. ![]() The pole pieces are fully charged ALNiCo 5. This is supposed to be three of the same pickup with an RW/RP middle, so the variances are presumably unintentional. A bit harsh, maybe, unless I work the tone knob a bit. Most of the pickups on the market with a 6.5K and higher DC resistance are said to be "hot", but I've never thought of these as sounding hot or "full". History is written by the victors, maybe some lesser known predecessor has long since been forgotten. The history of the SSL-1 is well known, perhaps the first "vintage Strat single coil replacement" to hit the market in the late 70's.
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