Confusion with 'Duncan website' pickup description?

[joe 90]

OK, I know it's probably just me, but as I was reading the description for the SCR-1 'cool rails' at the bottom of the text it says -

"Hotter and louder than both the Vintage Staggered (SSL-1) Hot Stack® (STK-S2) pickups, Cool Rails are for players who need a louder, punchier, and fatter single-coil sound. Comes with four-conductor hookup cable"

Ok - I get that part :smokin:

But then as you get down to the "SL59-1 little ‘59" pickup, the description near the bottom is -

"Compared to the JB Jr., it has less output and more upper-mids. Comes with four-conductor hookup cable. USA Patent No. Des. 355,207.(SSL-1) Hot Stack® (STK-S2) pickups, COOL RAILS are for players who need a louder, punchier, and fatter single-coil sound. Comes with four-conductor hookup cable"

So does this mean the 'cool rails' is louder & punchier than the 'lil 59', Or should the text say 'lil 59 is louder & punchier' etc? I dunno
Is there some sort of mistake, or can I just not read properly

I'm not tring to be smart or anything - just trying to understand the reviews before I splash out

The link I used was :

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/stratsdescr.shtml#Little59forStrat

Does anyone know what I'm on about?

 

[ErikH]

Re: Confusion with 'Duncan website' pickup description?

Looks like an oops to me that should be reported to the webmistress.

Take a look at the tone chart. The Little '59 has slightly more output than the cool rails. As for louder and punchier, I cannot say for sure because I haven't used a Cool Rails. But I love my Little '59.

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Confusion with 'Duncan website' pickup description?

No what it means is the cool rails kind of go for a single coil type sound, just fatter and punchier whereas the little '59 is probably trying to get close to sounding just like the full size '59.