Cool Rails or Little 59.....

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Re: Cool Rails or Little 59.....

Hi all,

I have a Fender MIM Std Strat (alder body/maple fretboard). I love this guitar. It's just cool and has a great vibe; even for a diehard Tele guy like me. I have a JB in the bridge position and Fender Tex Mex Strat pickups in the neck/middle positions. I'm using stock 250k pots. I am looking for a good single coil-sized humbucker to put in the neck position. I'm thinking either Cool Rails or Little 59 for Strat.

I want a tone that's pretty vintage in output; bright, but warm. So far, I'm thinking Cool Rails. On my laptop, the sound samples sound too close to call. Thanks, in advance.

If you take a look at the product pages for these https://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/little-59-strat-neck and https://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/cool-rails-strat-neck , both have the same DC resistance of 9.8k. This means their coils probably have the same number of turns on them, so they're probably much more alike than people realize. Both also feature ceramic bar magnets, so the inductance should be near identical in both cases. That being said, the blades of the Cool Rails probably magnetically couple with the strings better than those tiny screws of the Little '59, so you'd have to get the Little '59 closer to the strings in order to achieve the same level out output.