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Bootstrap Lake Surfer vs Seymour Duncan Hot for Jazzmaster (SJM-2)

Bootstrap Lake Surfer pickup
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Bootstrap Lake Surfer
bridge Jazzmaster pickup
low confidence
Seymour Duncan Hot for Jazzmaster (SJM-2) pickup
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Compared with the Bootstrap Lake Surfer, the Seymour Duncan Hot for Jazzmaster (SJM-2) has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBootstrap Lake SurferSeymour Duncan Hot for Jazzmaster (SJM-2)
DC resistancediffers9.5k14.11k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Resonant peakdiffers—5.21 kHz (Seymour Duncan's own test load)
Bass (tone chart)differsno chart8 / 10
Mids (tone chart)differsno chart4 / 10
Treble (tone chart)differsno chart5 / 10
Slotbridge Jazzmaster pickupbridge Jazzmaster pickup
Traitshigh outputhigh output, dark, big low end

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
43
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
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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