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Bootstrap Original Recipe vs Radioshop Vintage 52 Telecaster

Bootstrap Original Recipe pickup
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low confidence

Compared with the Bootstrap Original Recipe, the Radioshop Vintage 52 Telecaster has lower output.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecBootstrap Original RecipeRadioshop Vintage 52 Telecaster
DC resistancediffers7.2k6.3k
Inductancenot measurednot measured
MagnetAlnico 3Alnico 3
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Slotneck Tele pickupneck Tele pickup
Traitsmoderate 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
81
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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