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Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle vs Lollar Vintage Blonde

Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle pickup
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medium confidence
Lollar Vintage Blonde
neck Strat single-coil

Compared with the Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle, the Lollar Vintage Blonde has an Alnico II magnet (warmer, smoother).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBootstrap '54 Vintage SparkleLollar Vintage Blonde
DC resistance5.6k5.6k
Inductancediffers2.31 H (measured, 3 readings)2.20 H (compiled)
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico 2
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
SlotdiffersStrat single-coilneck Strat single-coil
Traitsvintage output, soft & warmvintage output, soft & warm

How close on each spec

100 means identical on that spec. The score weighs these, and counts anything we couldn't compare as a typical difference. How scoring works

Output
93
measured inductance
Magnet
90
Alnico 3 vs Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type

Not compared: brightness, mids, bass (a spec is missing for at least one of them).

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Lollar Vintage Blonde

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