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Bootstrap Original Recipe vs Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster Tele

Bootstrap Original Recipe pickup
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Bootstrap Original Recipe
bridge Tele pickup
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Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster Tele pickup
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Compared with the Bootstrap Original Recipe, the Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster Tele has hotter output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBootstrap Original RecipeFender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster Tele
DC resistancediffers6.4k7.18k
Inductancediffersnot measured3.82 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetAlnico 3Alnico 3
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotbridge Tele pickupbridge Tele pickup
Traitsvintage output, soft & warmmoderate 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
DC resistance (no inductance for one of them)
Magnet
100
both Alnico 3
Coil
100
same coil type

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

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