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DiMarzio True Velvet vs Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat

DiMarzio True Velvet pickup
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DiMarzio True Velvet
middle Strat single-coil
medium confidence
Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat pickup
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Fender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat
middle Strat single-coil

We found no spec differences between them worth calling out.

Specs side by side

differs marks specs where they part ways
SpecDiMarzio True VelvetFender Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat
DC resistancediffers6.21k6.34k
Inductancediffers2.56 H (measured, 1 reading)2.46 H (measured, 1 reading)
MagnetAlnico 5Alnico 5
CoilSingle coilSingle coil
Bass (tone chart)differs1.5 / 10no chart
Mids (tone chart)differs2.75 / 10no chart
Treble (tone chart)differs5.5 / 10no chart
Slotmiddle Strat single-coilmiddle Strat single-coil
Traitsvintage output, scooped mids, tight lowsvintage 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
94
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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DiMarzio True Velvet

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