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Bootstrap Golden Ale vs Lollar Vintage Tweed

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Compared with the Bootstrap Golden Ale, the Lollar Vintage Tweed has lower output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBootstrap Golden AleLollar Vintage Tweed
DC resistancediffers5.6k5.3k
Inductancediffers2.37 H (measured, 1 reading)2.11 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetAlnico 2Alnico 2
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotmiddle Strat single-coilmiddle 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
83
measured inductance
Magnet
100
both Alnico 2
Coil
100
same coil type

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

Videos

Bootstrap Golden Ale

Partscaster Bootstrap Pickups Golden Ale Single Coil set Demo
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Lollar Vintage Tweed

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What players and reviewers say

On the Lollar Vintage Tweed

“The pg rules the vintage tweed amp twang (as far as gibson style buckers go) but that sweet and hazy top end comes at the expense of beef and heft.”
Chickenwings · 2013-08-21Seymour Duncan forum ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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