Seymour Duncan Hot Chicken Strat Stack Neck OW Pickup
The Hot Chicken Strat Stack Neck OW captures articulate, responsive single-coil character without the 60-cycle noise that muddies recordings from traditional designs. This overwound neck pickup sits cleanly in any Stratocaster cavity and tracks with clarity across rhythm and lead takes, making it an essential choice for producers and engineers tracking guitars that demand both vintage-style definition and modern studio reliability.
Design & Construction
Built with a stacked coil design that eliminates 60-cycle hum while preserving single-coil voice, this pickup uses A5 chamfered rod magnets and Alnico 5 magnetic material for balanced output and harmonic complexity. The overwound specification increases output without sacrificing the articulate snap essential to neck position recording—critical for clean rhythm takes and smooth lead layers.
Recording Characteristics & Integration
Measuring 22.4K DCR, the Hot Chicken neck variant sits in the mid-output range, delivering sufficient gain for driven tones while maintaining clean definition during quiet, intimate passages. The pickup arrives with a 4-conductor shielded cable and installs directly into any standard Stratocaster-sized pickup slot—no routing or modification required, keeping session workflow efficient.
Key Features
- Stacked Coil Design for noiseless operation
- A5 Chamfered Rod Magnets
- Alnico 5 magnet material
- 22.4K DCR (Neck position)
- Noiseless—eliminates 60-cycle hum
- Overwound specification for enhanced output
- 4-Conductor Shielded Cable included
- Direct fit into standard Stratocaster pickup cavities
- Single-coil voice with humbucking noise rejection
The Hot Chicken Strat Stack Neck OW bridges the gap between classic single-coil tone and modern noise-free operation, delivering the studio-ready performance home producers and recording engineers depend on for versatile, transparent tracking.
