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Bootstrap Golden Ale vs Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Strat

Bootstrap Golden Ale pickup
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Bootstrap Golden Ale
bridge Strat single-coil
medium confidence
Fender Custom Shop Texas Special Strat pickup
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We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBootstrap Golden AleFender Custom Shop Texas Special Strat
DC resistancediffers7.4k6.6k
Inductancediffers3.38 H (measured, 1 reading)3.17 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotbridge Strat single-coilbridge Strat single-coil
Traitsmoderate outputmoderate 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
91
measured inductance
Magnet
100
both Alnico 5
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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