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Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle vs TV Jones Starwood Strat

Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle pickup
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medium confidence
TV Jones Starwood Strat pickup
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TV Jones Starwood Strat
middle Strat single-coil

Compared with the Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle, the TV Jones Starwood Strat has an Alnico magnet (punchier, more aggressive).

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBootstrap '54 Vintage SparkleTV Jones Starwood Strat
DC resistancediffers5.6k7.4k
Inductance2.31 H (measured, 3 readings)2.31 H (compiled)
MagnetdiffersAlnico 3Alnico
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
SlotdiffersStrat single-coilmiddle Strat single-coil
Traitsvintage output, soft & warmvintage output

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
100
measured inductance
Magnet
70
Alnico 3 vs Alnico
Coil
100
same coil type

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

Videos

Bootstrap '54 Vintage Sparkle

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TV Jones Starwood Strat

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TV Jones Starwood Strat

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